1 00:00:24,242 --> 00:00:28,526 MASTERS OF OUR OWN LAND 2 00:00:46,652 --> 00:00:49,972 I am at the port. Where are you? 3 00:01:00,997 --> 00:01:06,227 The tourists who come to Raja Ampat usually stay at the resorts owned by 4 00:01:06,227 --> 00:01:09,777 outside investors, business people. 5 00:01:10,727 --> 00:01:18,022 They (investors) come to Raja Ampat to make money out of Raja Ampat 6 00:01:18,022 --> 00:01:24,177 and take it away to where they come from. 7 00:01:24,177 --> 00:01:34,083 So, I thought, "as a son of Raja Ampat, I own the place, I should be like them." 8 00:01:38,912 --> 00:01:45,967 If I may say, Raja Ampat is like a newborn baby, that has suddenly become a celebrity. 9 00:01:46,158 --> 00:01:48,945 And what people are looking for is its sexiness. 10 00:01:52,182 --> 00:01:56,121 When the sexiness is gone, what will Raja Ampat be? 11 00:01:56,608 --> 00:02:01,611 The resorts are owned by investors with big capital. 12 00:02:02,111 --> 00:02:05,992 They can buy out customary land with their money and the people 13 00:02:05,992 --> 00:02:09,292 become the victims. 14 00:02:09,542 --> 00:02:16,135 Therefore we don't want any more resorts here. 15 00:02:38,293 --> 00:02:45,650 I used to go fishing at night and sell my fish to the resorts. 16 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:47,671 At what price? 17 00:02:47,921 --> 00:02:52,651 Only enough to buy food for a day. There was nothing left the next day. 18 00:02:53,761 --> 00:03:00,924 So, I built this homestay to give me enough income. 19 00:03:02,724 --> 00:03:09,124 I didn't have money. I didn't have anyone to back me up. 20 00:03:09,124 --> 00:03:16,605 But I had wood, which can be found in abundance in Raja Ampat. 21 00:03:16,605 --> 00:03:20,088 There's also a lot of rattan rope here. 22 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,848 There's also a lot of natural material for roofing here. 23 00:03:23,882 --> 00:03:30,688 My ancestors and even my parents use it. 24 00:03:30,688 --> 00:03:35,672 Even God provides the land, ready to use. 25 00:03:35,915 --> 00:03:40,405 So, I built a homestay and the outcome has been good for me. 26 00:03:41,011 --> 00:03:49,126 Locals have built the homestays in Raja Ampat. 27 00:03:50,250 --> 00:03:56,858 Before, the young people of Raja Ampat, especially those from Meosmanswar 28 00:03:56,858 --> 00:04:07,108 and South Waigeo, worked at the resorts. 29 00:04:07,108 --> 00:04:11,376 They learnt about tourism while working in the resorts. 30 00:04:11,376 --> 00:04:21,970 Once they understood tourism, they decided to quit and open their own homestays. 31 00:04:27,992 --> 00:04:32,473 Year after year, the number of homestays has increased. 32 00:04:33,208 --> 00:04:39,083 Today there are 55 homestays. 33 00:05:03,801 --> 00:05:16,931 After two years, an investor came and asked my staff, "Who owns the homestay?" 34 00:05:17,175 --> 00:05:20,881 They said, "Mr. Matias Mayor owns it." 35 00:05:21,671 --> 00:05:28,542 But perhaps because I didn't look neat or dashing, he did not believe it. 36 00:05:28,542 --> 00:05:33,663 So he asked again and they answered, "He owns the homestay - Mr. Matias Mayor." 37 00:05:34,249 --> 00:05:43,502 He then opened his suitcase. I saw red (100,000 rupiah bills) and blue 38 00:05:43,502 --> 00:05:46,772 (50,000 rupiah bills) money in it. 39 00:05:46,772 --> 00:05:51,825 But I thought to myself, "What is the value of that money?" 40 00:05:52,372 --> 00:06:00,389 If he pays me 200 million rupiah and I distribute it to all my family members 41 00:06:00,389 --> 00:06:04,839 the money would be gone in a week. 42 00:06:07,745 --> 00:06:14,805 I want to be an entrepreneur and I want to be, what we call "Ember", the master of 43 00:06:14,805 --> 00:06:17,975 our own land. 44 00:06:17,975 --> 00:06:19,595 I have a big dream. 45 00:06:19,595 --> 00:06:25,208 In the near future, two or three years from now 46 00:06:25,208 --> 00:06:28,208 my homestay will be like the resorts. 47 00:06:28,208 --> 00:06:33,879 And I will have many staff from the villages around here 48 00:06:33,879 --> 00:06:38,980 so we can all work together here and make a living.