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DIGITALLY RESTORED in 2014
FROM THE SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE.
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The gentlemen,
a few words from me before the film.
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This film presents
the lesser-known India.
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He deals with the indigenous peoples of India,
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long before the Indo-Aryans,
the Mongols
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and Dravidians were there,
those from the Himalayas
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descended into the plains of India.
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Peoples who have been around for 10,000-15,000 years
India.
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The Muria people,
a tribe of these peoples,
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did not create exquisite temples,
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wise writings, great philosophy
or five-year plans.
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They lived isolated in the Bastar jungle,
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in the heart of India.
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Assertiveness is foreign to them.
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Instead, they concentrate
in the most difficult way
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and the most important problem of humanity.
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How people are happy
can live together.
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The Muria are only superficially primitive.
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And only on a material level.
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You have extensive knowledge
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relating to the human community,
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and above all, they have
about high moral standards.
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Yes, they live in a world of gods,
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but you exchange “gods”
against “symbols”,
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you realize that your world
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isn't much more superstitious
as ours.
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Do you know anything about their gods?
you realize,
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that they represent symbols,
for good and evil, life and death,
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Fertility and drought, etc.
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There is Mata, the earth goddess,
to whom the bamboo flute is dedicated.
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There is the tiger Duwal,
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the companion and avenger
the jungle god.
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Niram, the leopard,
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often a symbol of widespread evil
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or tool of evil spirits.
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There are gods everywhere: in the wind,
in the rivers, in the mountains
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and in the tall trees.
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For the Muria, this is life,
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like all people,
divided into good and evil.
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Two things accompany it
a Muria man for the rest of his life.
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The bow with arrows
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and the bamboo flute
with a band decorated with shells.
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One of the two symbols
stands for the fight for food
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and against the tigers and leopards,
who kill people and livestock.
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The other, the flute,
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is a symbol of love, children's play
and the prosperity of the rice fields.
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The film deals with these topics.
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I hope that you will after the film
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the Muria not as exotic strangers,
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but as friends
and look at fellow human beings.
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On the horizon further mountain jungle,
where leopards and tigers live.
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Religious processions on the streets
and people in a holiday spirit.
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It's the last Sunday market,
before the monsoon reaches Bastar,
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a jungle plateau
in the heart of India.
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Under the mango trees
outside Maranpur
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gather
the tribes of distant villages.
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Here the Muria and Hill Maria meet,
these native peoples of India,
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the Hindu castes of the Halbas,
Gandas, Lohars, Rauths, Kostas
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and many others.
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The Muria dominate the market.
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There are the pretty Motiaris,
what they call Muria girls.
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Shopping is everywhere in the world
a favorite pastime of women.
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Who can?
Resist sunny yellow earplugs?
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Or colorful glass bracelets?
Or onions for the stew?
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Or fruit. tomatoes,
Beans and sweet potatoes.
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Delightful flowers. Candied rice.
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Arrowheads for a friend.
Roasted beans as a snack. And more.
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The Muria have them on the market
Contact with civilization.
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These archers are taught
How not to get tricked.
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There are different people here,
a multitude of faces,
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of languages and dialects.
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Faces everywhere.
Faces… and fates.
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This is Riga,
who has just overcome a difficult time.
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She is a Ganda from the weaver caste,
now wife of Ginjo,
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a hunter from the Muria tribe.
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An unforgivable crime
against the laws of Muria and Ganda.
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But with shops here in the market
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no one is shunned or rejected.
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And today Riga
even infected with happiness.
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For most Muria men are
Cockfights and betting a highlight.
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Ginjo's cousin Chendru also likes it,
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as did his grandfather Tengru Shikari,
the famous tiger hunter.
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But the girls, such as Assai, Chendrus
sister, and her friend Koti,
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are attracted by glittering jewelry.
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The two oxen
on which Ginjo and Riga completely depend,
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They slowly move back to their village.
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Ginjo feels
always safe with the two oxen.
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Thanks to them he can plow the fields and
feed the family like a free man.
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The young Cheliks are learning
know the Motiaris of the other villages.
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But Chendru is even more interested
the birds in the trees.
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A leopard!
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Tengru Shikari, the old hunter, holds Ginjo
from shooting his arrow.
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Returned the infamous man-eater
back to their jungle?
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He killed Chendru and Assai's mother.
Her grandfather is raising her.
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The leopard is like an evil spirit.
Nobody is safe from him.
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But the timing
for a confrontation would be wrong,
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with all the people on the streets.
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It's a bad omen for Ginjo and Riga,
to see the leopard,
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a dark new threat
for their difficult bond.
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But in the evening Tengru tells Shikari
the children stories.
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While Tengru tells the stories,
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guide the fairy tales
something from the cruel reality.
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From the Ghotul, the village youth center,
you can hear chants.
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It is surrounded by palisades.
This is holy ground.
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Evil can never win here.
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This is where Cheliks and Motiaris meet
to get to know each other and have fun.
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Jealousy and envy are frowned upon.
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Everything is shared fairly,
the killed deer is slaughtered,
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and all Ghotul members
receive one portion.
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Rice simmers in the kettles
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and is served in leaf bowls.
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Cooking rice is a necessity
as food and to tune drums.
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The size of the rice lump
determines the tone.
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Practice makes perfect!
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In the Ghotul the boys learn etiquette
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and how they relate to each other
meet with gentleness.
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The Ghotul will
to the heart of Muria village.
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To live this quiet life,
there must be strict taboos.
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One of them is inviolability
of the Muria village.
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No outsiders are allowed
threaten their old way of life.
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And the hours pass.
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The songs change.
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The songs keep Riga awake.
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Playing with her son
gives her some joy and solidarity,
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what else do they do?
as an outsider in the village.
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Stalking at the waterhole
the leopard approaches its prey.
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The Ghotul serves as a kind of temple.
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When the girls leaf cups
and bring mahua, flower wine,
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everyone takes part in the sacrament.
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Before everyone drinks,
becomes the decorated bamboo flute
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placed on the floor.
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The earth goddess Mata,
Mother of all things, is evoked.
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The drops of flower wine fall
on the flute and the holy ground.
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They drink in honor of the goddess,
that presents itself to them.
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The flute is played for her.
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Chendru takes his morning walk.
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As always, he smokes tobacco
in a rolled up sheet.
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He has his bow with him
and is up to mischief as always.
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The langurs warn as if it were
a leopard or tiger nearby.
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Assai and Koti have no time for mischief.
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They wash their saris in the river.
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Ginjo washes the street dust
from his oxen.
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Patel, the tribal leader,
and drink some Cheliks
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a common morning drink
from the sap of the sago palm.
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When night falls,
Ginjo hides high in a tree
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with bow and arrow.
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The leopard will
return to his prey.
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Ginjo lost an ox,
but maybe now
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return to the village community.
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The tiger represents Ginjo
also represents the evil of the night.
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The feathers of the wild peacock
serve as decoration for Ginjo's bow,
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which he did after the successful hunt
would like to honor.
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He braids it with fibers
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from the cocoon of the silkworm.
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Chendru breaks the cocoons
into thin but strong strips.
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The colorful flag
is plucked from the white feathers.
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But Chendru doesn't just hear praise.
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The older ones express concerns
to recent events.
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Was it rebellious to kill the tiger,
the tool of the jungle gods,
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so close to plowing the fields?
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At some point you will
take less seriously.
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But for Ginjo and Riga
it is a serious matter.
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They need their rice field
plow with just one ox.
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All adversities for Chendru and Ginjo
are soon forgotten.
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They found a leopard cub.
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The cub will soon be born
everyone's favorite,
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and Chendru has to fight for the cub.
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The songs of the night also sound
during the day's work in the fields.
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This is the time of the earth goddess Mata.
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The rice has sprouted and
needs to be thinned out and transplanted.
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This is how the water becomes
regulated in the fields.
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In a few months
the fields are a sea of panicles.
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But the field must be protected from game
and wild boars are protected.
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Riga braids with dry sticks
Rice bowls made from green leaves.
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She is preparing dinner.
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The leopard has its attack
interrupted this time.
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The deep scars on Ginjo's back
serve as a reminder, a warning.
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Siran, the shaman,
drives away evil spirits,
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and the drums
ask for the help of the gods.
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The goat is gone.
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So the leopard attacked after all.
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But the leopard is laughed at.
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While the children play,
is being seriously considered.
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Tengru and some Cheliks
set up the leopard trap.
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Chendru's leopard is maturing
and develops adult instincts.
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Chendru neglects him,
to play mean games.
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Chendru only plays towards the end of the day
with the leopard.
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The terrors of the night
demand the help of the gods.
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In Anga, this sacred black one
logs, one of the gods lives,
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the oracle of the village: Anga Deo.
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The sign of the god
comes on the foreheads of the priests
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and on the sacrificial stake.
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They want to appease the gods.
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Why was the leopard
sent as punishment?
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Who is to blame?
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Sandalwood incense blends
with the scent of the temple flowers.
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Maybe the god is sleeping.
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So must be awakening
with flowers, playing the flute,
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Singing and dancing are accompanied.
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The place of sacrifice is consecrated.
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Other gods too
are conjured up:
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Mata, the earth goddess, and the gods
of rivers, winds and tall trees.
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Where does this lead?
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The ecstasy of the gods was already over
on the priests and the shaman.
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"Dance, Motiaris, dance for the gods!"
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An Anga from a neighboring village is there.
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Filled with the power of the gods
he moves in a trance.
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Why the leopard?
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Who is to blame?
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These questions can be done alone
the god in Anga answer.
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One thing is certain: the gods
will require sacrifices, many sacrifices.
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Chendru worries
about his leopard cub.
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The rice on the sacrificial pole
is just the beginning.
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Carrion is the second.
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The power of the village's own Anga
has awakened.
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Sirahan uses iron chains with spikes,
to wipe yourself out
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and to become one with the gods.
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The Anga moves back and forth,
searching.
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This bridge
between the world of gods and men,
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which rests on the shoulders of the media,
has a will of its own,
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as a blessing, as a judgment, as a hint,
as reward and condemnation.
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The shadows of the clouds
glide over the jungle.
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Regardless of their surroundings
the séance reaches a climax.
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The flying foxes
are leaving the village in droves.
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During the hottest hours of the day
the flying foxes hang in the trees
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and fan out
breathe in with their wings.
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The Anga turns searching
around in a circle.
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No one is completely blameless.
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The gods have answered.
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Ginjo and Riga
have to leave the village.
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You have no choice
and have to live in the jungle.
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There is work to be done in the village.
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Rice is threshed and sifted.
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Sickles are sharpened
and ground flour.
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Arrowheads are filed
and braided carpets.
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ladles become
hollowed out of pumpkins.
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People work everywhere...
to feed yourself.
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01:13:27,042 --> 01:13:29,042
The time has come.
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01:13:30,750 --> 01:13:32,250
The leopard must die!
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01:14:03,167 --> 01:14:05,333
No, Ginjo is not allowed to accompany her.
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01:14:06,167 --> 01:14:09,917
The favor of the gods deserted him,
he only brings bad luck.
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01:14:25,458 --> 01:14:27,292
Ginjo feels sorry for Chendru,
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01:14:28,333 --> 01:14:31,375
if Ginjo isn't allowed to come,
He doesn't go either.
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01:14:33,458 --> 01:14:35,917
He would rather stay at home with Ginjo.
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01:14:37,917 --> 01:14:40,250
Maybe he has
also afraid of leopards.
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01:14:42,125 --> 01:14:48,583
The hornbill is briefly surprised
about the activity.
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01:14:50,750 --> 01:14:54,958
The hunters split up,
to surround the leopard.
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01:15:01,667 --> 01:15:08,500
Slowly, quietly, step by step
take their positions.
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01:15:15,375 --> 01:15:19,375
A group goes east,
the other to the west.
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01:18:41,667 --> 01:18:46,333
The leopard tugs
his prey into the thicket.
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01:23:03,375 --> 01:23:08,708
Ginjo and Chendru rush
in celebration of the dead leopard.
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01:29:24,625 --> 01:29:30,583
Ginjo paid the price first,
to live with your loved one.
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01:29:31,542 --> 01:29:38,000
Then he paid the price for it, the village
to save from the deadly leopard.
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01:29:38,750 --> 01:29:40,875
Ginjo, the hunter...
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01:29:41,917 --> 01:29:46,125
As a rejected person
he was neither Muria nor Ganda,
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01:29:47,042 --> 01:29:48,958
but the freest of all.
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01:32:20,500 --> 01:32:23,833
END
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Subtitles by: Whenke Killmer