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[narrator] "In a world older than ours
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there are finished and complete creatures
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gifted with the extension of the sense
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we have lost or never attained,
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living by voices we shall never hear."
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Henry Beston.
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[♪ gentle music playing]
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[distant drumming]
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[insects chirping]
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[♪ gentle music continues]
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[narrator] In the 18th century,news reached Europe about islands
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with breathtaking natureand beautiful people,
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and about their dancesfull of unbridled passion.
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News about nativespracticing magical rituals,
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capable of listening to nature
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and using it by means unequaledon our planet.
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[♪ gentle music continues]
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{\an8}[water laps gently]
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[Libor] A 20-hour flight from the heartof Europe to the other side of the globe
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set our clock back by eleven hours,thanks to the difference of 11 time zones.
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The archipelago of French Polynesiaconsists of 118 islands and atolls
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scattered over an area as large as Europe.
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The desire to learn aboutand record this paradise on earth
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with photographic cameraswas alluring to us.
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[Petra] We are headedfor the Society Islands.
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The islands of Tahiti;Mo'orea with its legendary Cook's Bay,
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vanilla-flavored Taha'a,sacred Raiatea, hospitable Maupiti,
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Huahine, as well asthe island of Bora Bora,
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also called the Pearl of the Pacific;all these are waiting for us.
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Today it is much easierto travel from island to island
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than it was for the first inhabitantswho sailed here in canoes
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from far away South East Asiasome 200 years B.C.
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They were excellent seafarers;they knew how to navigate using stars,
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reading sea currentsand the directions of the waves.
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The world admirestheir abilities to this day
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and the locals are justifiably proud
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of the skills and traditionsof their ancestors.
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What is life like in French Polynesiatoday, in the 21st century,
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after 200 yearsof Western cultural influences?
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[♪ tranquil music playing]
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[Libor] Every time I arrive at the seaI first approach it,
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stroke the water and ask its permissionfor me and my friends
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to enter and return safely.
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It is my own ritual.
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The surface of the seais a gateway into another world.
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In the silence of the ocean's depth
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I quickly forget all the insistentmanifestations of civilization.
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Under the water I am much calmer,
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although today I feel a little uneasyabout how Petra will manage
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those close encounterswith the schools of sharks waiting for us.
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This area is famous for them.
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For Petra it will certainly bea new experience.
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And here they are, the first sharks...
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well, rather babiesof the white tip sharks.
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They watch us with curiosity.
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[Petra] The colorful paletteof the undersea world fascinates me.
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The fatigue from the long flight is gone.
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For me, the sea is likean enormous accumulator of energy.
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I realize that in the areaof the Society Islands
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there are few places leftwith such a well-preserved coral kingdom
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like here on Maupiti.
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And the main thing is, even in the centerof the busy and multicolored sea life,
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incredible silence reigns.
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[soft breathing through regulator]
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[narrator] The coral worldused to be much richer.
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The coral, to'a, represent life and growth
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and had its power ti'i.
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It transferred this powerto objects made of it.
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Sanctuaries called "marae"were made of large coral blocks.
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Marae used to witness ceremoniesvenerating many gods.
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Stones were attributed an extraordinaryspiritual power called "mana."
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By turning the headsof the stone fish towards the ocean,
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the guardians of the sanctuarieswere asking the god of fishermen
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to assure a good catch.
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Legends say thatby concentrating their minds,
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the forefathers were capableof influencing nature.
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Marae reminds of rectangular pedestalswith no walls or roofs.
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The most sacred place is the altar, ahu.
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The buildings are constructedof lava rocks and coral slabs,
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hauled here laboriously,quite often from distant places.
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The coral seats were places from whichrepresentatives of the highest class
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observed the ceremonies.
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[Petra] On Maupiti, marae aredensely sprinkled close to each other.
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Riding rickety bicycles, we barely covera few meters before our guide Jeffry
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stops at another remarkable sanctuary.
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There are many of themon all the islands around.
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[♪ eerie music playing]
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[narrator] The majorityof local inhabitants today
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are followers of the Christian faith.
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In spite of that, they are afraid,just as their ancestors were,
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to move any stoneso as not to invite bad luck.
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Some of the stones havesacred animals engraved on them.
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Nobody knows exactlythe age of these petroglyphs.
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[Petra] Jeffry shows us human bones.
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He does not know, however,
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whether these are the remainsof those who died naturally,
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or whether they werevictims of sacrificial rituals.
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Human sacrifices to the Godswere by far not so exceptional.
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[♪ soft music playing]
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[narrator] Missionariesdid not understand native rites.
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They were terrified by their influenceand so attempted to eradicate them.
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They did not even hesitateto use the sacred places
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as foundations for their churches.
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The missionaries abolished strict rulesbased on tapu, that is tabu.
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Unfortunately, even those important
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for maintenance of balancein the living environment.
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Depending on seasons, certain kindsof fish or plants were forbidden to eat.
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In Individual regions,people could eat only certain meals.
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[wind blowing]
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[Petra] Polynesians drewthe spiritual power mana
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from both the dry land and the sea.
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Even then they understood the closerelationship between these two worlds
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and the needto protect them for the future.
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[Libor] Coral reefs are in a way cities.
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They offer apartments and enough to eatfor a varied community of animals.
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The perfectly intertwined structurerepresents a biological laboratory
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not only for the ocean,but for the whole planet.
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If one part is damaged,the others are affected too.
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One of the natural enemiesof the life giving coral is the starfish,
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the "crown of thorns."
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In one year this variety of a sea star
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can wipe outup to ten square meters of live coral.
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It causes more damage than a hurricane.
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[♪ ambient music playing]
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[♪ ambient music continues]
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[Petra] I'm so thrilledI can hardly breathe.
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She emerged from the depth of the oceanlike a phantom.
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I'm trying not to miss even a fractionof this wonderful encounter.
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Giant five meter wings of Atlantic mantaalmost touch Libor's camera.
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[drum beating]
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[narrator] From the sacredMarae Taputapuatea,
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the most able seafarers of the planetwere setting out in their canoes.
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{\an8}On each of the newly settled islandsthey erected a sanctuary,
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{\an8}using as the main foundation stoneone from this same area.
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Raiatea thus played an important rolein the whole process of settlement
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of the Polynesian triangle.
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[Petra] The festive ceremony startsjust as, like by magic,
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an enormous cloudburst stopped.
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Ambassadors from Tahiti, Hawaii,New Zealand, Easter and Cook Islands
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arrive to strengthen their ancient ties
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from the times whenTaputapuatea was a spiritual center.
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The guard in front of the ceremonialcircle wouldn't let us any closer.
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We're probably the only tourists
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among the ambassadorsand natives of the islands.
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I feel a strange humility.
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[Libor] The man conductingthe Ava ceremony
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performs a cleansing ritualusing seawater.
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The water is in factthe carrier of the sea Mana.
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Delegates from the individual islandsinside the circle
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embody the connection between the visibleand the invisible sacred world.
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The ceremony is accompaniedby drinking the ritual beverage kava.
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The presence of the ancestor spirits
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is to reinforce the unityof the participants and gods.
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One after the other,
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like in the times whenTaputapuatea was a kind of university,
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the ambassadors share experiencesfrom their home islands.
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[people applauding]
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[drum beating continues]
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[narrator] Things were notalways so friendly.
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Even humans were sacrificedat the altar of Oro, the god of war.
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He was also the god of harmony and peacein peacetime.
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His spiritual energy is saidto still emanate from the highest stone.
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Even today we can still feel it.
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[Petra] Legends are toldalso through dances,
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originating in the movements of nature.
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[fast-paced drum beating]
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[waves crashing]
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[Petra] With the islanders,the family comes first.
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On Tahiti even very young women bearchildren, who are cared for by the family.
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Childlessness is unheard of.
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Affectionate human relationshipsattract many men
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even from other corners of the world.
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[narrator] My father, grandfather, myself,
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my cousin and the owner of the boat.
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Here I am Don Corleone and my fan club.
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...with his fan club.
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[narrator] Daughter number oneis 30 years old,
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son number five is 20,
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daughter number two is 28.
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[birds chirping]
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[Petra] Flowers servenot only as decoration
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and perfume behind one's ear,
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but also as herbal remedies.
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By the way,there isn't a pharmacy on Maupiti.
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Pulp made of the mangrove nut hotu,
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wrapped in a piece of cloth and appliedto the back, can chase pain away.
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[man talking indistinctly]
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This is tamanu seed.
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[narrator] This is tamanu.
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We press oil out of it for burnsand sore skin after tattoos.
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It heals wounds and prevents infections.
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We dry it under the sun...
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[narrator] There is alwaysone member in a family
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who knows the secrets of nature
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and whom people see in case of illness.
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He then passes his know-how
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onto the next keeperof family traditions and knowledge,
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usually to one of the childrenof his own children.
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In spite of modern times, grandparentsteach their grandchildren old skills.
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Such as weaving of basketsfrom palm leaves,
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or building of traditional roofsfrom soaked leaves of the pandanus.
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Even coconut fibers becomebeautiful decorations and jewels
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in the hands of women.
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[Libor] Some women prefer fishing.
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During the Heiva festival,
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a contest is also heldfor the most successful fisherwoman.
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[Petra] The show of the catch takes place
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at the famousquarter-of-a-millennium old market place
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in the capital of Tahiti, Papeete.
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Mahi mahi is a favorite delicacy.
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However, harpooning itcan at times be life threatening.
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Men chase the fish from a boatwhen the strong winds blow.
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In big wavesthe fish come close to the surface.
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This courageous hunt brings backthe artful skills of ancient savages
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and can sometimes last for hours.
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[people chattering]
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[water bubbling]
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[Libor] Rather than being surroundedby fish in the market
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I feel much betterwith the live fish underwater.
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Although sometimesone must be very careful.
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Four hundred million years of evolution
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polished the abilities of sharksbeyond human comprehension.
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They do not perceive their environmentthrough five senses like we do,
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but with eight.
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They discover potential prey easilyand its chance of escape is negligible.
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We are not an item on their menubut circumspection is necessary.
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The basic rule is: Never show fearand constantly keep facing them.
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[Petra] I guard each of my thoughts
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and concentrate on the gracious movementsof the black tip sharks.
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Any sign of nervousness could wake uptheir unnecessary curiosity.
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Even though the likelihood of an attackis minimal it cannot be entirely excluded.
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[Libor] Three and a half meter longlemon sharks circle around us
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and scan us inquisitivelywith their senses.
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They perceive changes in vibrations,waves and pressure,
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thanks to the small channelson the sides of their trunks
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where the nerve endings are located.
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Another extraordinary organ of sharks
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is locatedin the vicinity of their nostrils
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and called Lorenzini's ampoules.
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With this they can feel,at the distance of several meters,
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changes in the electromagnetic field.
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Every living being emitsweak electromagnetic waves,
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even a shrimp cleaning a moray eel ofunpleasant parasites and food leftovers.
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[Petra] The first close encountersurpassed all my expectations.
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They are so beautiful I'm spellbound.
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I cannot take my eyes off them.
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[Libor] Flashes of our strobesalso lured over curious grey reef sharks.
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[Petra] Next to our underseabiologist and guide Julian,
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I can fully concentrateon taking pictures.
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Not only does he cover my back,but he also watches
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whether the predators show any signof restlessness and want to taste me.
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A shark has taste budsover the whole of his body
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and when he brushes past me,he is in fact tasting me.
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[♪ soft music playing]
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[Libor] Unfortunately,our air is getting low
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so we have to slowly return to the boat.
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[Petra] Libor, of course,would rather stay.
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Sharks, as if they sensed our hesitation,don't want to part with us either.
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[Libor] Whereas we discoverthe beauties of the undersea world
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in a state of weightlessness,
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moving on the surface of the island hasits limitations and sometimes even hurts.
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[Petra laughs]
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[Petra] We set out to the interiorof Bora Bora by the only road there is.
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Where is our driver Terry?
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It's a strange feelingto see nobody driving.
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However, the passable road ends soon,
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so to reach the interiorwe have to go on foot.
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[Libor] The next day, we followthe Moroccan archeologist Azdin.
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We had no idea he cleared the trailwith a machete only recently.
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He pushes us further and further.
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The first...
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[narrator] This altarcould not be completed
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before the arrival of the missionaries.
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The altar is small
because there's only one God.
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[narrator] Have a look at how wide it is.
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In comparison with Christian churches,which have an altar for only one God
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they needed a space for each of many gods.
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They sit in front of the people...
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[narrator] This was his placeduring the ceremony.
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Here, the marae ends.
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Imagine in the past...
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[narrator] Don't forget, maraewas never built with walls or roofs.
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These are the ruins of a house,which belonged to the priest.
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And it's straight like this.
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[narrator] And this is a chairfor the king,
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where he was sitting during the ceremony.
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Like this.
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[narrator] At that time,
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you would not have to carrya bottle with water.
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You see? The snake tree. Open your mouth.
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[Petra] I'm not very keen,but curiosity gets the better of me.
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Hm, it's good!
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This is the fresh water.
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[Libor] It's a little sweetish.This wouldn't have occurred to me.
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[satisfied] Mmm-hm.
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[thuds]
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[narrator] This is how they communicated.
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Echoes traveledthroughout the whole island.
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Almond, Tahitian almond.
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It's a larger nut.
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Tahitian almond. You can eat it.
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Mm.
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[narrator] Sweet, isn't it?
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Do you see these leaves?They have a shape of three fingers.
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It's a passionflower.
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It has fragrant blossoms and sweet fruits.
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Blossoms can be usedfor preparation of shampoo.
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Not with the leaf; with the flower.
If you have the flower, you make shampoo.
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[narrator] Ylang Ylang, on the other hand,protects the hair from the sun.
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It is then nice and shiny.
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Wild vanilla is a variety of orchid.
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Today it is cultivatedand pollinated by hand.
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Because of this care,there is a saying "you marry her."
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It is the most demanding plantin the world.
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Overripe coconutrepresents a traditional dessert.
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It is sweetish and smooth as cotton.
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Like cotton.
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[narrator] You can gobble up two kilosof it a day and you won't put on weight.
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[Petra] Our archeologist'sgreatest surprise.
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An enormous sacred banyan tree.
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[narrator] Here they laidthe personal artifacts
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and skulls of their chiefs, ari'i.
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New shoots graduallygrew up through the skull
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and strengthened till they eventuallyswallowed it up completely.
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...and after I close this place.
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Here in Polynesia, we have...
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[narrator] Petroglyph depicts a mapof the entire island.
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This is the main island.
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The big mountain, Otemanu.
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The smaller mountain, Pahia.
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Matira beach and its look-out,
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lagoon with its deepest spotand the only channel into the lagoon.
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[♪ gentle music playing]
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[Petra] In the mountains,where the medicinal herbs grew
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almost under the noses of the inhabitants,
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nobody lives anymore.
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They all left long ago for the beaches.
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In place of the original huts,
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luxurious hotel complexeshave been erected.
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Although the costs to buildand run such places are growing,
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today's guests expectthe same virgin nature and customs
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as existed hundreds of years ago.
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[echoing shell blow]
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[echoing shell blow]
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[♪ soft music playing]
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[Libor] Although lifeoriginated in the sea,
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we still know desperately little about it.
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In spite ofour growing consumption of energy,
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the sea offers hidden reserves
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which could mitigate the harmful impacton the submarine wealth.
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[water lapping]
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[Petra] As, for example,the system of utilizing cold seawater
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for air conditioning,spa and regeneration of corals
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in the Intercontinental hotel complexon the island of Bora Bora.
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As a natural source of cooling,
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cold seawater is pumpedfrom a depth of 900 meters.
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In a heat exchangerit cools down the warm water
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and saves up to 90% of energy.
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Thus they implementedthe vision of the actor Marlon Brando
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who lived here and strivedfor the ecological use of energy sources.
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[♪ soft guitar melody playing]
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Cold water from the ocean is also utilizedfor spa treatments called Thalasso.
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[Libor] Cold water entersthe shallow lagoon
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via a channel dug outat the narrowest part of the reef.
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Whereas before the high temperatureof the water was detrimental
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to almost all life,
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today underthe watchful eyes of biologists
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there grows a coral gardendirectly under the spa.
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[♪ peaceful music playing]
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Every new centimeter of growthis carefully documented.
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It is not easy to bring life backwhere nature did not succeed.
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[♪ peaceful music continues]
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[Petra] Local waters are hometo a marine miracle
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which came in to being, paradoxically,as a defensive reaction.
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Tahitian black pearl, a unique jewelcreated by a pearl oyster
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as a protective coataround a grain of sand
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is one of the attractionsof these islands.
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This rare phenomenon has been masteredand propagated at pearl farms.
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A small grain is manually insertedinto a pearl oyster with black edges.
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A pearl then grows inside,sometimes for several years.
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Pearls are sorted and pricedaccording to the shade, shape and luster.
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[Libor] They used to be calledRoyal pearls
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since only members of the nobilitycould afford them.
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Today they aresubstantially more affordable
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and some customerskeep coming back for more.
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This is said to be the destiny of thosewho fall in love with their black beauty.
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[♪ soft guitar melody playing]
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Don't be misled by their name;
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the black pearl is not in fact only black,
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but its colors cover a whole paletteof shades from black to gray,
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from silver to green.
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Some of these jewels growunder the careful supervision of growers
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over many years.
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An 18-year-old black pearl like this oneis a treasure of the local market.
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[♪ rhythmic music playing]
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[Petra] I always consider an encounterwith a sea turtle to be great luck.
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Only a small number of them still remains.
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For navigation during their long voyagesto the beaches where they were born
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they have for millions of years been usingthe magnetic field of the Earth,
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transoceanic currents, differencesin temperature and perhaps even stars.
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In legends they were consideredmessengers of gods
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and only the great warriorswere allowed to eat them.
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People believed that through eating themthey would acquire their abilities.
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After the tabu was liftedby the missionaries,
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this exclusivity ceased to exist
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and unfortunately the sea turtlesbecame a delicacy for many.
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[♪ tranquil music playing]
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[Libor] Biologist Mathewfrom the organization Spirit of the Ocean
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cares for sick and injured turtles
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at the turtle clinicon the island of Mo'orea.
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He tries to make the local childreninterested in their fate.
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They then continueto protect and care for the turtles.
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[Petra] This patient was attackedby her natural enemy, the tiger shark.
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In the open seashe wouldn't stand a chance of survival.
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[♪ tranquil music continues]
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[Petra] Sebastian from the turtle centerhas been nicknamed "the turtleman."
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Most of these turtleswould not have been born at all
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were it not for his ingenious idea.
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[narrator] Once in the middleof the night,
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customs officers brought inthe body of a confiscated turtle.
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Unfortunately, she was already dead.
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Since it was nesting season,
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it occurred to me to open her upand put her eggs here, in the sand.
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Naturally I wasn't surewhether this would work
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but two months later,little baby turtles were born.
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We built a reef and grew plants on it,so that the turtles could relax in them.
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Adult turtles graze on sea grass
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and by doing so, they maintainthe natural environment for other animals.
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[♪ serene music playing]
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[Petra] Within five years Sebastiensaved over 500 green turtles.
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He recognizes each of the current 30by the designs on their heads and shells.
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They are as unique as fingerprints.
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[Libor] When her time comes,this turtle will set out into the open sea
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and perhaps she will becomeone of a thousand that will survive.
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She will have to facefishermen's drag nets,
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in which hundreds of thousands of turtlesperish each year,
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as well as plastic trashwhich turtles confuse with their food.
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[♪ serene music continues]
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[Petra] It is difficult for meas well as Libor
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to say goodbye to these angelswe learned to love.
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Especially when we knowwhat demanding tests lie ahead of them.
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[♪ serene music continues]
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[distant thunder rumbling]
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[Libor] The beliefin the abilities of sacred animals
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is reflected in the art of tattoo.
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The symbols and other markings,banned for more than 160 years,
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decorate the skin of their owners again.
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Decorate and also tell their life stories.
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This is about my job in pearls.
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It was in the ocean, of course.
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My daughter
and my last children, three boys.
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That means stronger, higher, you know?
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In... job.
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- [Petra] Mm-hm.
- In activity.
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That means about different symbols
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of our culture, of our stories.
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[narrator] Doing a tattoo I proceedin steps, because it's painful.
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- It's big.
- Uh-huh.
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[narrator] The picturecan be enlarged continually.
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But he can take it. He likes pain.
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[tattoo machine buzzing]
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[narrator] The individual symbolsare connected with your life, family
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and history of the island.
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[Petra] This is nice.You don't have to speak the language
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but you can still read it.
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This is the place...
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[narrator] This is an old tattoo stone.
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And now have a look how they did it.
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You take two wooden sticks
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and you should imaginea shark's tooth here.
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It is dipped in inkmade of special ash ti'a'iri
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mixed with oil...
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and then it is hammered here."Ta-ta-ta-ta".
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This is the family...
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[narrator] This representsa family of healers.
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The sun.
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These pictures come fromthe Tuamotu islands
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and this is a symbolof the spiritual power mana.
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Yeah, this is a spirit guardian.
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[narrator] On my backI have a picture rendition
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of the connectionwith the whole spiritual world.
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Both from the left sideand from the right.
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[Petra] I haven't chosenany of these eternal symbols.
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They have a deeper meaningthan it would appear.
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And so I'd rather stickto the traditional fashion decorations.
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[♪ peaceful music playing]
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I fell in lovewith the enchanting fragrance
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of the tiny blossom tiaré tahiti.
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It decorates not onlythe wraparound pareo,
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but it is also an important symbol.
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When worn behind the ear, accordingto whether it is the right or the left,
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it shows whether the weareris "spoken for" or "free."
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[drum beating]
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[festive singing]
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[Libor] There is also a dance underwater,
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and not only in July.
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That attracts me.
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[♪ peaceful music playing]
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[Petra] Some moments should never pass.
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The more I concentrateon the pictures in front of me
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the more intensively I perceive them.
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[♪ peaceful music continues]
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In spite of being constantly on guard,
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I feel a strong bond with the ocean.
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[♪ peaceful music continues]
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[Petra] Our guide Lino lures usto the depths of the sea
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to see his favorite places.
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[♪ gentle music playing]
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[Libor] A moray eel.
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It looks like she knows Lino well.
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The only real wreck in Polynesia,the Norby.
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She sank at the island of Raiateain the year 1900,
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after she unexpectedly hit a shoal.
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[♪ gentle music continues]
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[Libor] Some animalscan be easily overlooked.
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The poisonous stonefish,dangerous to the touch.
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And here,the poisonous lionfish are hiding.
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[Petra] For the first time in my life
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I am swimmingthrough the bowels of a wreck.
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I am now close undera trapped pocket of air
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which divers replenishwith their air bubbles.
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It's a strange feeling.
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[♪ gentle music continues]
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[Libor] I only wishthat more people could learn
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how unjustified arethe surviving myths about sharks.
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Their attacks on men are very rare.
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The locals respect sharks
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and many of them considera shark to be their guardian animal.
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Some people even consider themto be their re-incarnated ancestors.
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They manage to live in harmony withthis symbol of strength and protection.
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It is getting dark
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and it is perceptibleeven under the water.
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[Petra] I'm looking forwardto the spectacular dance show on land.
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[intense drum beating]
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[Libor] Heiva means timeand space for fun and joy.
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July is the monthof the Heiva celebrations.
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Natural art forms of the natives
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of which they were deprivedfor years by the missionaries.
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It was as absurdas when a king in a fairy tale
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forbids his subjects to laugh.
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Today, the islanders again tell the legendof their ancient relationship with the sea
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through their dance.
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[drum beating continues]
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[drum beating fades out]
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[Petra] Even after two centuriesof western cultural influences
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we find elements of mysticismbonded with joy and passion.
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[♪ soft festive music playing]
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The male and female dancers do not realize
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they're becomingpart of our fulfilled dream.
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[♪ soft festive music continues]
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[Libor] The evening is far from ending.
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Our friend Lorickcaught a deep-sea stonefish
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and invited us for dinner.
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[laughter]
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[Petra] Even the tuna kebab
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and traditional saladof raw fish look delicious.
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[indistinct chattering]
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[Libor] Perhaps we will all fit in
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since only a partof Lorick's family is here.
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[overlapping conversations]
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[narrator] We pray before each meal.
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We do benediction before eating.
Yeah? So...
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[narrator] Cheers translates as "manua."
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Manua!
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[indistinct chattering]
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[laughs]
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Yes.
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[distant chattering]
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[Petra] Food, wineand the general mood are wonderful.
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I feel like I'm among long-time friends.
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{\an8}[distant conversations]
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[people laughing]
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[Libor] Some had danced until morning.
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[♪ dance music playing,
Shakira "Waka Waka"]
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[Libor] While others are startingtheir usual day.
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♪ The pressure's on, you feel it ♪
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♪ But you got it all, believe it ♪
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- [waves crashing]
- [birds squawking]
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[Libor] We have yetto say goodbye to the ocean.
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[♪ festive music playing]
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[Petra] For the last time I sink intothe intoxicating state of weightlessness.
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[♪ serene music playing]
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Other perfect forms of lifeappear in front of me.
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[♪ serene music continues]
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[Libor] The most feared ocean predatorsswim around us in absolute calmness.
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Over millions of years naturehas provided them with perfect senses
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but did not count on the appearanceof an animal species
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which would target them for slaughterin many parts of the world.
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The slow and complicatedreproduction of sharks
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is insufficient to preventtheir gradual disappearance.
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Unfortunately, many other lifeformswill disappear with them as well.
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[♪ serene music continues]
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[♪ gentle music playing]
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[♪ gentle music continues]
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[Libor] We visited islandsthat have become a synonym for paradise.
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The heritage of traditions and respectfor nature are still present there.
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But most of the unexplored secretson Earth are still hidden in the ocean.
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Evolution has not prepareddwellers of the sea world
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for their dry land enemies.
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Man absolutely irrationallydestroys many things,
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not grasping what important bondsare being infringed upon.
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The invisible threadsof mutual connections
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still remain concealed to us.
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- [♪ gentle music continues]
- [drum beating]
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[♪ serene music playing]
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[music fades out]
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[water lapping]
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