WEBVTT 00:00:24.242 --> 00:00:28.526 MASTERS OF OUR OWN LAND 00:00:46.652 --> 00:00:49.972 I am at the port. Where are you? 00:01:00.997 --> 00:01:06.227 The tourists who come to Raja Ampat usually stay at the resorts owned by 00:01:06.227 --> 00:01:09.777 outside investors, business people. 00:01:10.727 --> 00:01:18.022 They (investors) come to Raja Ampat to make money out of Raja Ampat 00:01:18.022 --> 00:01:24.177 and take it away to where they come from. 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." 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. 00:01:46.158 --> 00:01:48.945 And what people are looking for is its sexiness. 00:01:52.182 --> 00:01:56.121 When the sexiness is gone, what will Raja Ampat be? 00:01:56.608 --> 00:02:01.611 The resorts are owned by investors with big capital. 00:02:02.111 --> 00:02:05.992 They can buy out customary land with their money and the people 00:02:05.992 --> 00:02:09.292 become the victims. 00:02:09.542 --> 00:02:16.135 Therefore we don't want any more resorts here. 00:02:38.293 --> 00:02:45.650 I used to go fishing at night and sell my fish to the resorts. 00:02:45.760 --> 00:02:47.671 At what price? 00:02:47.921 --> 00:02:52.651 Only enough to buy food for a day. There was nothing left the next day. 00:02:53.761 --> 00:03:00.924 So, I built this homestay to give me enough income. 00:03:02.724 --> 00:03:09.124 I didn't have money. I didn't have anyone to back me up. 00:03:09.124 --> 00:03:16.605 But I had wood, which can be found in abundance in Raja Ampat. 00:03:16.605 --> 00:03:20.088 There's also a lot of rattan rope here. 00:03:20.320 --> 00:03:22.848 There's also a lot of natural material for roofing here. 00:03:23.882 --> 00:03:30.688 My ancestors and even my parents use it. 00:03:30.688 --> 00:03:35.672 Even God provides the land, ready to use. 00:03:35.915 --> 00:03:40.405 So, I built a homestay and the outcome has been good for me. 00:03:41.011 --> 00:03:49.126 Locals have built the homestays in Raja Ampat. 00:03:50.250 --> 00:03:56.858 Before, the young people of Raja Ampat, especially those from Meosmanswar 00:03:56.858 --> 00:04:07.108 and South Waigeo, worked at the resorts. 00:04:07.108 --> 00:04:11.376 They learnt about tourism while working in the resorts. 00:04:11.376 --> 00:04:21.970 Once they understood tourism, they decided to quit and open their own homestays. 00:04:27.992 --> 00:04:32.473 Year after year, the number of homestays has increased. 00:04:33.208 --> 00:04:39.083 Today there are 55 homestays. 00:05:03.801 --> 00:05:16.931 After two years, an investor came and asked my staff, "Who owns the homestay?" 00:05:17.175 --> 00:05:20.881 They said, "Mr. Matias Mayor owns it." 00:05:21.671 --> 00:05:28.542 But perhaps because I didn't look neat or dashing, he did not believe it. 00:05:28.542 --> 00:05:33.663 So he asked again and they answered, "He owns the homestay - Mr. Matias Mayor." 00:05:34.249 --> 00:05:43.502 He then opened his suitcase. I saw red (100,000 rupiah bills) and blue 00:05:43.502 --> 00:05:46.772 (50,000 rupiah bills) money in it. 00:05:46.772 --> 00:05:51.825 But I thought to myself, "What is the value of that money?" 00:05:52.372 --> 00:06:00.389 If he pays me 200 million rupiah and I distribute it to all my family members 00:06:00.389 --> 00:06:04.839 the money would be gone in a week. 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 00:06:14.805 --> 00:06:17.975 our own land. 00:06:17.975 --> 00:06:19.595 I have a big dream. 00:06:19.595 --> 00:06:25.208 In the near future, two or three years from now 00:06:25.208 --> 00:06:28.208 my homestay will be like the resorts. 00:06:28.208 --> 00:06:33.879 And I will have many staff from the villages around here 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:38.980 so we can all work together here and make a living.