Phil Borges: Documenting our endangered cultures

Traducător: Anamaria Muresan Corector: Brandusa Gheorghe

A fact

Urmatoarea informatie

came out of MIT,

a iesit de la MIT,

couple of years ago. Ken Hale,

acum doi ani. Lingvistul Ken Hale

who's a linguist,

spunea ca

said that of the 6,000 languages

din 6.000 de limbi

spoken on Earth right now,

vorbite pe pamant la ora actuala,

3,000 aren't spoken by the children.

3.000 nu sunt vorbite de catre copii.

So that in one generation,

Astfel ca, intr-o generatie,

we're going to halve our cultural diversity.

diversitatea culturala se va injumatati.

He went on to say

A mai spus ca

that every two weeks,

la fiecare doua saptamani

an elder goes to the grave

un batran duce cu el in mormant

carrying the last spoken word

ultimele cuvinte graite

of that culture.

in acea cultura.

So an entire philosophy,

Astfel, o intreaga filosofie,

a body of knowledge about the natural world

o masa de cunostinte despre lumea naturala

that had been empirically gleaned over centuries,

culese in mod empiric de-a lungul secolelor,

goes away.

dispare.

And this happens every two weeks.

Asta se intampla la fiecare doua saptamani.

So for the last 20 years,

Deci in ultimii 20 de ani,

since my dental experience,

de la ultima mea experienta ca si dentist,

I have been traveling the world

am calatorit prin lume

and coming back

intorcandu-ma

with stories about some of these people.

cu cateva povesti despre acesti oameni.

What I'd like to do right now

Si -- ce as vrea sa fac acum

is share some of those stories with you.

este sa va impartasesc cateva dintre aceste povesti.

This is Tamdin.

Aceasta este Tamdin.

She is a 69-year-old nun.

Este o calugarita de 69 de ani.

She was thrown in prison in Tibet for two years

A fost bagata doi ani la inchisoare in Tibet

for putting up a little tiny placard

pentru ca tinea o pancarta mica

protesting the occupation of her country.

in semn de protest impotriva ocuparii tarii sale.

And when I met her, she had just

Cand am cunoscut-o,

taken a walk over the Himalayas

tocmai se intorsese dintr-o plimbare pe jos peste muntii Himalaya

from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet,

din Lhasa, capitala Tibetului,

into Nepal, across to India --

in Nepal, traversand India --

30 days --

30 de zile --

to meet her leader, the Dalai Lama.

pentru a-si intalni liderul, Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama lives in Dharamsala, India.

Dalai Lama traieste in Dharamsala, India.

So I took this picture three days

Poza aceasta i-am facut-o la trei zile

after she arrived,

dupa ce a ajuns,

and she had this beat-up pair of tennis shoes on,

era incaltata cu o pereche de tenisi foarte uzati,

with her toes sticking out.

din care ii ieseau degetele.

And she crossed in March,

A calatorit in luna martie

and there's a lot of snow at 18,500 feet in March.

cand zapada este foarte mare la 5.600 m altitudine.

This is Paldin.

Acesta este Paldin.

Paldin is a 62-year-old monk.

Paldin este un calugar de 62 de ani.

And he spent 33 years in prison.

Si a petrecut 33 de ani in inchisoare.

His whole monastery was thrown into prison

El si toti cei din manastire au fost bagati la inchisoare

at the time of the uprising,

cand a avut loc rascoala,

when the Dalai Lama had to leave

iar Dalai Lama a fost nevoit sa paraseasca

Tibet.

Tibetul.

And

Si

he was beaten, starved,

a fost batut, infometat,

tortured -- lost all his teeth while in prison.

torturat -- i-au cazut toti dintii in timpul inchisorii.

And when I met him, he was a kind gentle old man.

Iar cand l-am cunoscut, nu era decat un batran bland si linistit.

And it really impressed me --

Si chiar m-a impresionat --

I met him two weeks after he got out of prison --

l-am cunoscut la doua saptamani dupa ce a iesit din inchisoare --

that he went through that experience, and ended up

ca, dupa ce a trecut prin acea experienta, a ajuns

with the demeanor that he had.

sa aiba o asfel de atitudine.

So I was in Dharamsala meeting these people,

In timp ce cunosteam acesti oameni in Dharamsala,

and I'd spent about five weeks there,

am petrecut cinci saptamani acolo,

and I was hearing these similar stories

auzeam povesti similare

of these refugees that had poured out of Tibet

de la tot felul de refugiati care au scapat din Tibet

into Dharamsala.

in Dharamsala.

And it just so happened, on the fifth week,

Si intamplarea a facut ca

there was a public teaching by the Dalai Lama.

in a cincea saptamana Dalai Lama a tinut o prelegere publica.

And

Si

I was watching this crowd of monks and nuns,

el -- iar eu stateam si observam multimea de calugari si calugarite,

many of which I had just interviewed,

multi dintre care tocmai i-am intervievat,

and heard their stories,

si le-am ascultat povestea,

and I watched their faces,

si le-am observat expresia fetei,

and they gave us a little FM radio,

ne-au dat un mic radio FM

and we could listen to the translation of his teachings.

si am putut sa ascultam o traducere a invataturilor lui.

And what he said was:

Ce a spus era:

treat your enemies as if they were precious jewels,

trateaza-ti dusmanii ca pe niste bijuterii pretioase,

because it's your enemies

deoarece ei sunt cei care

that build your tolerance and patience

iti construiesc toleranta si rabdarea

on the road to your enlightenment.

in drumul tau spre iluminare.

That hit me so hard,

Si nu am mai rezistat -- asta m-a lovit asa de tare,

telling these people that had been through this experience.

sa le spuna asta acelor oameni care au trecut prin aceasta experienta.

So, two months later, I went into

Asadar, doua luni mai tarziu, am mers in

Tibet, and I started

Tibet si am inceput

interviewing the people there, taking my photographs. That's what I do.

sa intervievez oamenii de acolo, fotografiindu-i. Cu asta ma ocup eu.

I interview and do portraits.

Iau interviuri si fac portrete.

And this is a little girl.

Si -- si aceasta este o fetita.

I took her portrait up on top of the Jokhang Temple.

I-am facut portretul sus la templul Jokhang.

And I'd snuck in --

A trebuit sa ma furisez --

because it's totally illegal to have a picture of the Dalai Lama in Tibet --

pentru ca este absolut ilegal sa detii o poza cu Dalai Lama in Tibet --

it's the quickest way you can get arrested.

este cea mai rapida metoda de a fi arestat.

So I snuck in a bunch of little wallet-sized pictures of the Dalai Lama,

Asa ca am strecurat inauntru un teanc de poze de marimea unui portofel cu Dalai Lama,

and I would hand them out.

si le-am impartit oamenilor.

And when I gave them to the people,

Cand le daruiam oamenilor,

they'd either hold them to their heart,

acestia le tineau in dreptul inimii

or they'd hold them up to their head and just stay there.

sau stateau cu ele la frunte.

And this is --

Si asta era --

well, at the time -- I did this 10 years ago --

la acea vreme -- am facut poza asta acum 10 ani --

that was 36 years after the Dalai Lama had left.

la 36 de ani dupa plecarea lui Dalai Lama.

So

Deci

I was going in, interviewing these people and doing their portraits.

mergeam si intervievam acesti oameni si le faceam portretele.

This is Jigme and her sister, Sonam.

Ea este Jigme si sora ei, Sonam.

And they live up on the Chang Tang, the Tibetan Plateau,

Ele stau sus pe Chang Tang, Platoul Tibetan,

way in the western part of the country.

tocmai in partea de vest a tarii.

This is at 17,000 feet.

Asta este la 5.200 m altitudine.

And they had just come down from the high pastures,

Tocmai au coborat de la pasunile aflate la

at 18,000 feet.

5.500 de metri.

Same thing: gave her a picture,

Acelasi lucru: i-am daruit o poza,

she held it up to her forehead.

iar ea a dus-o la frunte.

And I usually hand out Polaroids

Si de obicei le daruiesc Polaroide,

when I do these, because I'm setting up lights,

deoarece pot seta luminile

and checking my lights,

si le pot proba,

and when I showed her her Polaroid, she screamed and ran into her tent.

iar cand i-am aratat lui Jigme un Polaroid, a zbierat si a fugit in cort.

This is Tenzin Gyatso;

Acesta este Gyatso,

he was found to be the Buddha of Compassion at the age of two,

a fost descoperit ca fiind Buddha al Compasiunii la varsta de doi ani,

out in a peasant's house,

in casa unui taran,

way out in the middle of nowhere.

in mijlocul pustietatii.

At the age of four, he was installed

La varsta de patru ani a fost numit

as the 14th Dalai Lama.

al 14-lea Dalai Lama.

As a teenager, he faced

Ca adolescent a infruntat

the invasion of his country,

invazia tarii sale

and had to deal with it -- he was the leader of the country.

si a trebuit sa-i faca fata -- el era conducatorul tarii.

Eight years later, when they discovered there was a plot

Opt ani mai tarziu, cand s-a descoperit ca se pune la cale un complot

to kill him,

ca sa-l omoare,

they dressed him up like a beggar

l-au imbracat in haine de cersetor

and snuck him out of the country on horseback,

si l-au furisat calare afara din tara,

and took the same trip that Tamdin did.

urmand acelasi traseu ca si Tamdin.

And he's never been back to his country since.

Acolo traieste si acum -- si de atunci nu s-a mai intors in tara lui.

And

Si

if you think about this man,

cand te gandesti ca acest om,

46 years later,

46 de ani mai tarziu,

still sticking

adera la acelasi

to this non-violent response

raspuns non-violent

to a severe political and human rights issue.

fata de problemele severe dintre politica si drepturile omului.

And the young people,

Iar tinerii,

young Tibetans, are starting to say, listen, this doesn't work.

tineri tibetani, incep sa spuna, atentie, ceva nu merge bine.

You know, violence as a political tool

Sa stiti ca vi -- violenta ca unealta politica

is all the rage right now.

face ravagii acum.

And

Si

he still is holding this line.

el inca se tine tare.

So this is our icon

Deci aceasta este icoana noastra

to non-violence in our world --

a non-violentei in lume --

one of our living icons.

unul din simbolurile noastre vii.

This is another leader of his people.

Acesta este un alt lider al poporului sau.

This is Moi. This is in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

El este Moi. Asta este in Amazonul Ecuadorian.

And Moi is 35 years old.

Iar Moi are 35 de ani.

And

Si

this area of the Ecuadorian Amazon --

in aceasta zona a Amazonului Ecuadorian --

oil was discovered in 1972.

petrolul a fost descoperit in 1972.

And in this period of time -- since that time --

Iar in aceasta perioada de timp -- de atunci --

as much oil, or twice as much oil

la fel de mult sau de doua ori mai mult petrol,

as was spilled in the Exxon Valdez accident,

cat a fost varsat in accidentul Exxon Valdez,

was spilled in this little area of the Amazon,

a fost varsat si in aceasta mica zona a Amazonului,

and the tribes in this area have constantly had to move.

iar triburile din aceasta zona au trebuit sa se mute constant.

And Moi

Moi

belongs to the Huaorani tribe,

face parte din tribul Huaorani,

and they're known as

si sunt cunoscuti ca

very fierce, they're known as "auca."

fiind foarte indarjiti, sunt cunoscuti ca "auca."

And they've managed to keep out

Si au reusit sa tina departe

the seismologists and the oil workers

seismologii si petrolul -- muncitorii din domeniul petrolier

with spears and blowguns.

doar cu sulite si tuburi cu sageti.

And we spent --

Si am petrecut --

I was with a team --

noi am petrecut -- am fost o echipa --

two weeks with these guys out in the jungle

doua saptamani in jungla cu acesti oameni

watching them hunt.

privindu-i cum vaneaza.

This was on a monkey hunt,

Asta este la o vanatoare de maimute,

hunting with curare-tipped darts.

care se vaneaza cu sageti cu varful imbibat in curara.

And the knowledge that these people have

Iar cunostintele pe care le au acesti oameni

about the natural environment is incredible.

despre mediul inconjurator sunt incredibile.

They could hear things, smell things, see things I couldn't see.

Pot sa auda, sa miroasa, sa vada lucruri pe care eu nu puteam sa le vad.

And I couldn't even see the monkeys

Si nici macar nu puteam sa vad maimutele

that they were

pe care

getting with these darts.

le doborau cu aceste sageti.

This is Yadira,

Ea este Yadira,

and Yadira is

Yadira are

five years old. She's in a

cinci ani. Este dintr-un -- a --

tribe that's neighboring the Huaorani.

trib invecinat cu Huaorani.

And her tribe has had to move

Si tribul ei a fost nevoit sa se mute

three times in the last 10 years because of the oil spills.

de trei ori in ultimii 10 ani datorita varsarii de petrol.

And we never hear about that. And the latest

Iar noi nu auzim niciodata despre asa ceva. Iar ultima

infraction against these people is,

infractiune impotriva acestor oameni este,

as part of Plan Colombia,

face parte din Planul Columbia,

we're spraying Paraquat or Round Up, whatever it is --

care pulverizeaza cu Paraquat sau Round Up, sau ce-o mai fi --

we're defoliating thousands of acres

defriseaza mii de hectare

of the Ecuadorian Amazon

ale Amazonului Ecuadorian

in our war on drugs.

in razboiul impotriva drogurilor.

And these people are the people who take the brunt of it.

Iar acestia sunt oamenii care suporta consecintele.

This is Mengatoue.

Acesta este Mengatoue.

He's the shaman of the Huaorani,

El este samanul tribului Huaorani,

and

iar el --

he said to us, you know, I'm an older man now;

el doar -- el ne-a spus, stiti, sunt batran acum,

I'm getting tired, you know; I'm tired

si ma satur, stiti, m-am saturat

of spearing these oil workers.

sa-i tot alung cu sagetile pe acesti oameni care lucreaza cu petrolul,

I wish they would just go away.

as vrea doar sa plece.

And I was -- I usually travel alone

Iar eu am fost -- de obicei calatoresc singur

when I do my work, but I did this --

cand imi fac treaba, dar am facut urmatorul lucru --

I hosted a program for Discovery,

am fost gazda unui program pentru Discovery,

and when I went down with the team,

iar cand m-am dus cu echipajul acolo

I was quite concerned about

am fost cam ingrijorat de faptul ca

going in with a whole bunch of people, especially into the Huaorani,

eram cu un grup mare de oameni, mai ales la Huaorani,

deep into the Huaorani tribe.

in mijlocul tribului Huaorani.

And

Dar

as it turned out, these guys really

pana la urma, acesti oameni

taught me a thing or two about blending in

m-au invatat una alta despre cum sa ma integrez

with the locals.

printre localnici.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

One of the things I did

Unul din lucrurile care le-am facut

just before 9/11 --

chiar inainte de 9/11 --

August of 2001 --

in august 2001 --

I took my son, Dax,

a fost sa-mi duc fiul, Dax,

who was 16 at the time,

care avea 16 atunci,

and I took him to Pakistan.

in Pakistan.

Because at first I wanted --

Deoarece, initial, am vrut --

you know, I've taken him on a couple of trips,

sa stiti ca l-am dus cu mine in vreo doua excursii,

but I wanted him to see

insa am vrut ca el sa vada

people that live on a dollar a day or less.

oameni care traiesc cu un dolar sau mai putin pe zi.

I wanted him to get an experience

Am vrut sa aiba parte de o experienta

in the Islamic world

in lumea islamului

and I also wanted him to --

si de asemenea am vrut ca el --

I was going there to work with a group,

am mers acolo sa lucrez cu un grup,

do a story on a group called the Kalash,

sa fac o poveste despre un grup numit Kalash,

that are a group of animists, 3,000 animists,

care sunt un grup de animisti, 3.000 de animisti,

that live -- very small area --

care locuiesc -- o zona foarte mica --

surrounded by Islam -- there's 3,000

inconjurati de Islam -- 3.000

of these Kalash left; they're incredible people.

de oameni din Kalash au mai ramas, si sunt niste oameni incredibili.

So it was a great experience for him. He stayed up all night with them,

Asadar a fost o experienta foarte buna pentru el. Toata noaptea a stat treaz cu ei,

drumming and dancing.

cantand la tobe si dansand.

And he brought a soccer ball,

Si le-a dus o minge de fobal

and we had soccer every night in this little village.

si jucam fotbal in acel satuc in fiecare seara.

And then we went up

Iar apoi ne-am dus

and met their shaman.

si l-am cunoscut pe samanul lor.

By the way, Mengatoue was the shaman

Apropo, Mengatoue era si samanul

of his tribe as well.

tribului sau.

And this is John Doolikahn,

Iar acesta este John Doolikahn,

who's the shaman of the Kalash.

samanul tribului Kalash.

And he's up in the mountains,

Si locuieste sus in munti,

right on the border with Afghanistan.

la granita cu Afganistan.

In fact, on that other side is the area, Tora Bora,

De fapt, de cealalta parte este zona, Tora Bora,

the area where

zona in care

Osama bin Laden's supposed to be. This is the tribal area.

se banuieste ca s-ar gasi Osama bin Laden. Aceasta este zona tribului.

And we watched

Si noi am privit

and stayed with

si am stat cu

John Doolikahn.

John Doolikahn.

And the shaman -- I did a whole series on shamanism,

Iar samanul -- am facut o intreaga serie despre samanism,

which is

ceea ce este un --

an interesting phenomenon.

un fenomen interesant.

But around the world,

Insa peste tot in lume,

they go into trance in different ways,

ei intra in transa in moduri diferite,

and in Pakistan,

iar in Pakistan,

the way they do it is they burn juniper leaves

modul in care o fac este ard frunze de ienupar

and they sacrifice an animal,

si sacrifica un animal,

pour the blood of the animal on the leaves

ii toarna sangele peste frunze

and then inhale the smoke.

si apoi inhaleaza fumul.

And they're all praying

Si toti se roaga

to the mountain gods

la zeii muntilor in timp ce --

as they go into trance.

in timp ce intra in transa.

You know,

Acesta a fost -- stiti,

getting kids used to different realities,

un mod de a-i obisnui pe copii cu diferite realitati,

I think, is so important. What Dan Dennett said the other day --

si cred ca este foarte important. Cum spunea si Dan Dennett ieri --

having a curriculum where they study different religions,

sa aiba un curriculum in care sa studieze diferite religii --

just to make a mental flexibility,

pentru a obtine o flexibilitate mentala --

give them a mental flexibility

care sa le dea o flexibilitate mentala

in different belief systems --

intr-un sistem de credinte diferit.

I think this is so necessary in our world today

Cred ca este foarte necesar in ziua de azi

as you see these clash of beliefs taking place.

avand in vedere discrepanta dintre credinte care s-a creat.

And all the security issues they cause us.

Si toate problemele de siguranta care -- care ni le-au creat.

So, one thing we did five years ago:

Iar ceea ce am facut acum cinci ani a fost

we started a program that links kids

sa incepem un program care sa creeze o legatura intre copii

in indigenous communities with kids in the United States.

din comunitatile indigene cu copii din Statele Unite.

So we first hooked up

Prima legatura a fost --

a spot in the Navajo Nation with a classroom in Seattle.

un loc din Natiunea Najaro cu o clasa din Seattle.

We now have 15 sites.

Acum avem 15 situri.

We have one in Kathmandu, Nepal;

Avem unul in Kathmandu, Nepal;

Dharamsala, India; Takaungu, Kenya --

Dharamsala, India; Takaungu, Kenya --

Takaungu is one-third Christian, one-third Muslim

Takaungu este o treime crestin, o treime musulman

and one-third animist, the community is --

si o treime animist, comunitatea este --

Ollantaytambo, Peru,

Ollantaytambo, Peru,

and Arctic Village, Alaska.

si Arctic Village, Alaska.

This is Daniel; he's one of our students

Acesta este Daniel, unul dintre elevii nostri

in Arctic Village, Alaska.

in Arctic Village, Alaska.

He lives in this log cabin --

Locuieste in aceasta cabana de lemn:

no running water, no heat other than --

fara instalatie de apa, fara alta sursa de caldura --

no windows

fara geamuri

and high-speed Internet connection.

si cu conexiune rapida la internet.

And this is --

Iar aceasta este -- este ---

I see this rolling out all over --

vad asta peste tot --

this is our site in Ollantaytambo, Peru, four years ago,

acesta este situl nostru din Ollantaytambo, Peru, acum patru ani,

where they first saw their first computers;

cand au vazut primul calculator din viata lor;

now they have computers in their classrooms.

acum au calculatoare in salile de clasa.

And the way we've done this --

Iar modul in care am facut asta --

we teach digital storytelling to these kids.

a fost sa-i invatam pe acesti copii sa spuna povesti cu ajutorul calculatorului

And we have them tell stories about issues in their community

Si ii punem sa povesteasca despre problemele din comunitatile lor

in their community that they care about.

in comunitatile lor despre care le pasa.

And this is in Peru, where the kids told the story

Asta este in Peru, unde copiii au spus povestea

about a river that they cleaned up.

unui rau pe care l-au curatat.

And the way we do it is, we do it in workshops,

Iar modul in care ne organizam este in workshop-uri

and we bring people who want to learn

in care aducem oameni care vor sa ii invete

digital workflow and storytelling,

fluxul de lucru digital si povestirea

and have them

si ii punem

work with the kids.

sa lucreze cu copiii.

And just this last year we've taken a group of teenagers in,

Chiar anul trecut am adus un grup de adolescenti

and this has worked the best.

si a mers cel mai bine.

So our dream is to bring teenagers together,

Deci visul nostru este sa unim adolescentii

so they'll have a community service experience

ca sa aiba o experienta in serviciul comunitatii

as well as a cross-cultural experience,

si, de asemenea, o experienta in schimbul cultural,

as they teach kids in these areas

prin faptul ca ii invata pe copiii din aceste zone

and help them build their communication infrastructure.

si ii ajuta sa isi construiasca o infrastructura in comunicare.

This is teaching Photoshop

Aici este la o lectie de Photoshop

in the Tibetan children's village in Dharamsala.

la copiii -- satul tibetan al copiilor din Dharamsala.

We have the website, where the kids all get their homepage.

Avem un website unde fiecare copil are un homepage.

This is all their movies. We've got about 60 movies

Acestea sunt toate filmele lor. Avem cam 60 de filme

that these kids have made,

facute de acesti copii

and they're quite incredible.

si sunt chiar incredibile.

The one I want to show you --

Cel care vreau sa vi-l prezint --

after we get them to make the movies,

dupa ce il terminam,

we have a night where we show the movies to the community.

avem o seara in care aratam filmele intregii comunitati.

And this is in Takaungu --

Iar aceasta este in Takaungu --

we've got a generator and a digital projector,

avem un generator si un proiector digital,

and we're projecting it up against a barn,

si l-am proiectat pe un hambar,

and showing one of the movies that they made.

le aratam unul din filmuletele pe care le-am facut.

And if you get a chance, you can go to our website, and you'll see

Si daca aveti ocazia, puteti accesa website-ul nostru, si veti vedea

the incredible work these kids do.

munca incredibila pe care o fac acesti copii.

The other thing:

Copiii din -- inca un lucru:

I wanted to give indigenous people a voice.

am vrut sa dau voce oamenilor indigeni.

That was one of the big motivating factors.

Acesta a fost unul din cei mai mari factori care m-au motivat.

But the other motivating factor is

Insa celalalt factor care m-a motivat a fost

the insular nature of our country.

natura insulara a tarii noastre.

National Geographic just did a Roper Study

National Geografic tocmai a facut un Studiu Roper

of 18 to 26 year olds

pentru oameni intre 18 si 26 de ani

in our country

in tara noastra

and in nine other industrialized countries.

si in alte noua tari industrializate.

It was a two million dollar study.

A fost un studiu de doua milioane de dolari.

United States came in second to last

Statele Unite au iesit pe penultimul loc

in geographic knowledge.

in materie de cunostinte geografice.

70 percent of the kids couldn't find

70 la suta din copii nu au putut localiza

Afghanistan or Iraq on a map;

Afganistanul sau Iraq-ul pe harta,

60 percent couldn't find India;

60 la suta nu au gasit India;

30 percent couldn't find the Pacific Ocean.

30 la suta nu au putut gasi Oceanul Pacific.

And this is a study

Iar acesta este un studiu

that was just done a couple of years ago.

facut acum doi ani.

So what I'd like to show you now,

Iar ceea ce as vrea sa va arat acum

in the couple of minutes I have left,

in cele doua minute cate mi-au mai ramas

is a film that a student made in Guatemala.

este un filmulet facut de un elev din Guatemala.

We just had a workshop in Guatemala.

Tocmai am avut un workshop in Guatemala.

A week before we got to the workshop,

Cu o saptamana inainte sa ajungem la workshop

a massive landslide, caused by Hurricane Stan,

o masiva alunecare de teren, cauzata de uraganul Stan,

last October, came in and buried

in octombrie care a trecut, a venit si a ingropat

600 people alive in their village.

de vii 600 de oameni in satele lor.

And this kid lived in the village --

Iar acest copil a trait in acel sat --

he wasn't there at the time --

nu era acolo cand s-a intamplat --

and this is the little movie he put together about that.

insa acesta este fimuletul pe care l-a facut despre ce s-a intamplat.

And he hadn't seen a computer before

Si nu a vazut in viata lui un calculator inainte

we did this movie. We taught him Photoshop and --

sa facem acest film. L-am invatat Photoshop si --

yeah, we can play it.

da, il putem viziona.

This is an old Mayan funeral chant

Acesta este un cantec mayan vechi pentru inmormantari

that he got from his grandfather.

invatat de la bunicul sau.

Thank you very much.

Va multumesc mult.

(Applause)

(Aplauze)