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You missed...

Listen son,

if you can't hit the target,

the village won't eat.

Try again.

I'll try my best Dad...

Yeah, well done.

We are hungry,

and we have run out of food.

Yeah, okay.

I will hunt tomorrow.

I will catch something big.

Being hungry is part of life here.

Sometimes we don't eat for days.

But we are not afraid,

because I know we won't starve.

Look, we should hunt there...

Come around from the side.

Being hungry...

makes me a better hunter.

Look, dik-dik antelope has taken a poop.

I think he is close by.

The dik-dik is in there...

When you're getting closer,

your mind becomes alert to the wild.

The animal is your only goal.

Yes. it's a dik-dik.

We got it, we got it!

Everyone is happy.

when I bring home meat.

Our children

and our wives are happy.

Everyone is happy.

Today is a beautiful day.

Papa, are we nearly there yet?

No, not yet.

Are you tired?

Yes I'm tired.

Don't be tired, be strong.

Fasting is very important to us,

it is a tradition handed down by our ancestors.

We fast to be closer to God.

Come on you two.

I'll be so happy when we get there.

The first day was the hardest.

I felt so weak.

My brain was telling me, "You can do this."

But my stomach was saying, "Bring me food!"

Although my father is 75 years old, he is very strong.

I have never seen him sick.

He swears fasting is why.

I started fasting when I was seven.

And I've been doing it for 68 years.

It keeps me feeling healthy.

I have never been affected by a common cold,

or any other disease.

Look, Gondar is just over the mountain.

I can see it...

Come on.

I can smell incense.

All these smells. So much food.

Gondar is an amazing place.

I am very proud of myself for doing the fast.

I will do it every year.

I will only stop fasting on the day I die.