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0:08 - 0:12Wamena: in local language
there is no name for this place. -
0:12 - 0:13'Wam' means pig.
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0:14 - 0:14'Ena' is tame.
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0:24 - 0:29From the feast where we roast the pig,
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0:32 - 0:35From the mountain springs to the
mouth of the river, -
0:36 - 0:41Smoke trails, making the heart long
to be there, -
0:42 - 0:46in Wamena, around the fire we celebrate.
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0:49 - 0:55When the Dutch first arrived here,
they saw Father Enda's wife in a field. -
0:56 - 1:01She was carrying a piglet in her hands.
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1:01 - 1:05Then the Dutch asked, "What is it?"
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1:05 - 1:08People here replied,
"Oh that's Wamena". -
1:08 - 1:10The Dutch then proclaimed
"This area is called Wamena". -
1:12 - 1:15We can't separate the pig
from human activities. -
1:16 - 1:18It's not that pigs are equal to humans.
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1:18 - 1:20No, 'Wam' is still 'Wam'. They are pigs.
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1:21 - 1:23But the role of pigs and humans
is tied together, -
1:23 - 1:26they are related to one another.
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1:26 - 1:30Humans have used pigs in almost
every ritual they have. -
1:31 - 1:32During the human life cycle,
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1:32 - 1:35from when they are still inside
the womb as a foetus -
1:35 - 1:37until their death, they'll use pigs.
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1:38 - 1:45In times of marriage, death,
adat (indigenous ceremony) and illness -
1:46 - 1:48When people were sick, they would kill a pig.
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1:48 - 1:50They were important for everything.
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1:54 - 1:59Many pigs began to die from 1995.
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1:59 - 2:01That's when many pigs started dying.
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2:01 - 2:06I had 27 pigs.
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2:06 - 2:09Twenty died and I have only
seven left now. -
2:10 - 2:15When we found out the pigs had
Kondoyu disease, we felt hopeless. -
2:16 - 2:19All in all, 40 pigs died.
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2:20 - 2:22See that long house? It’s all empty
– all dead. -
2:22 - 2:24I have only one pig left.
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2:24 - 2:27We tried to nurture it until it gave
birth to many other pigs. -
2:27 - 2:30We shared its kids with other neighbors,
so now we have got plenty. -
2:30 - 2:33They are just piglets and newly born.
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2:35 - 2:37A virus is the cause of this disease.
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2:38 - 2:44When the virus infects the pigs,
it multiplies itself through the faeces. -
2:44 - 2:51From faeces and every secretion,
from saliva, -
2:51 - 2:56the virus infects other animals.
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2:56 - 2:59The transmission period is fast.
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3:00 - 3:05I tried really hard to save my animals.
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3:06 - 3:08I willed and prayed.
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3:08 - 3:13I went to get some medicine
from the government. -
3:13 - 3:16They gave me this tiny bottle
for injection. -
3:16 - 3:19But I gave an injection to all the animals,
including the piglets. -
3:19 - 3:20Usually we don't do this.
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3:21 - 3:28The first step to handle this virus
is to vaccinate your pigs -
3:28 - 3:34The second step is to gather all
your animals in one stall, -
3:34 - 3:38so you can contain this disease.
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3:38 - 3:42So, even if one gets infected, it does
not spread to the other pigs. -
3:42 - 3:48Thirdly, if animals in one stall are
infected with this disease, -
3:48 - 3:54we can reduce the effect by spraying disinfectant.
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3:57 - 4:02I bought a syringe. I bought it myself at the drug store
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4:03 - 4:07Whenever we took our animals
to the government clinic, -
4:07 - 4:10they gave our animals an injection,
but we had to pay. -
4:10 - 4:13We thought that the government
would help us for free. -
4:13 - 4:17After doing that several times, we
finally started doing it ourselves. -
4:18 - 4:21But still the pigs died.
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4:21 - 4:23So, we tried other options.
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4:23 - 4:27We bought penicillin and other
drugs at the drug store -
4:27 - 4:31and we injected the animals.
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4:31 - 4:36After that the pigs were fine.
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4:36 - 4:39So, we thought maybe this
government help -
4:39 - 4:42didn’t suit our animals.
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4:44 - 4:51If many members of society do the vaccination,
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4:51 - 4:57I'm confident that we can control
this disease. -
4:59 - 5:03The government never comes to the
villages to conduct surveys -
5:03 - 5:06about who owns animals.
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5:06 - 5:09They have never done that.
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5:09 - 5:13So, they don’t have any information
about this. -
5:13 - 5:16If they start consulting, maybe they can help us.
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5:16 - 5:19They have never done that in my village,
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5:19 - 5:22so they don't really know, actually.
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5:23 - 5:27When their animals get sick,
people often look to adat ways. -
5:27 - 5:30They don’t look for modern medicine.
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5:30 - 5:34The most that they will do is give tetra
(an antibiotic for human) to their pigs. -
5:34 - 5:38Is that helping? It creates more disease.
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5:38 - 5:42So, I think the government pays very
little attention to us.
- Title:
- videos.engagemedia.org/.../wamena_finale-mp4.webm
- Video Language:
- Indonesian
- Team:
- EngageMedia
- Duration:
- 06:25
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