(The Great Meal)
(The Path to the Great Meal)
Caption Indonesia
NA The sleeping boats arise and ride above the waves.
Caption The hunt for the meal begins.
NA Each of the crewmen possesses a role. There is an oarsman, a helmsman, and a harpoon man.
The preparations are complete.
Caption Over there...it's over there!
NA They have arrived. The boats gather speed.
Caption Narrator, Yu Hae-Jin
NA The harpoon man flings himself.
NA It's a whale. The whales have returned.
The hunting season has begun.
Fish are necessary for survival for the people in Lamalera.
A shark is caught.
Caption Pull the line.
NA One year has passed.
Four young, strong men use all their strength but are unable to pull the large catch to shore.
In the end, they must first cut their catch into pieces.
The unfarmable volcanic island.
Whale meat is the only thing that can be shared by all the village people.
Caption O whale god, made of rock~
O bird and cat gods~
Caption Descend upon our village beach and enable us to catch many whales~
NA Only if the village people can catch whales can they exchange the whale meat for grains and provide for the educational expenses of their children.
In this village, even the gods wait for the whales.
Caption Stefano, 47
Without any whales, life is very hard.