The Last Whale Hunters of Indonesia | Lamalera: The Ultimate Battle | Free Documentary

[@FreeDocumentary]

Lamalera: a remote village of 2 500 people on the southern coast of Indonesia: When globalization strikes and people are torn between the preservation of traditions and the need for modernity, discover how the entire village has to confront a new kind of battle, an ultimate battle-for their survival.

[@zahidbashir3003]

😂

[@dyalsaraswati3915]

WHALES DIDN'T KNOW SOMEBODY DOING CEREMONY AND MEAL USING THIER NAME 😮😮😮😅😅😅

[@Matt-yw9sw]

It's funny the Muslim government of Indonesia helps them preserve their tradition and even their Christian faith but the Christian WWF is trying to take it away

[@idrinkjet-a2022]

Please minimize the use of blurring effect. This is an educational film, and we seem to lose quite a lot of information trying to accommodate a small group who frankly should grow up and accept the uncomfortable reality of blood, violence and death in the natural human heritage that is hunting for food. Great documentary

[@KennyHepundjua-ff2fd]

💯

[@jase4270]

It's KZbin not the uploader so take it up with them they are doing it to all videos involving fishing and hunting episodes.

[@idrinkjet-a2022]

@@jase4270 Thanks I did not know that. They really need to stop this it drastically reduces the quality of work people are putting up. what a shame.

[@hydrooxy84]

100 percent I agree whole heartedly

[@lcfflc3887]

​@@jase4270nahh, it's the uploader that does this, so the video won't be demonetized, you should do more research before giving someone wrong information.

[@umbertoverbita6653]

Thanks, Free Documentary, thank you for documenting our people in Lembata island. Greetings from Flores, island.

[@8ballphil150]

Villages like this are not affecting the fish population badly . It is the commercial boats coming from as far as China .

[@yuchicordoba9131]

Like this John West?

[@amadujagitay4385]

Exactly what I wanted to say. The method is basic and the purpose is just for family consumption and not for commercial export.

[@liuhongqian]

so only Chinese hunt and eat fish? You are such an racist

[@mcbchannel7173]

and those fisherman from vietnam. they're really stubborn even after indonesian government jailed them and blast their boats off they keep coming.

[@jasonsmith2439]

Yeah as a fisherman I can only keep a couple fish meanwhile they are out there netting tons of fish 😢. At the end of the day it’s all about the money. But money can’t replace a species that is on the brink of extinction 🤦‍♂️

[@hendrytan5357]

Mereka adalah penduduk aseli dan pekerjaan mereka berburu paus sudah dilakukan sejak dahulu kala ! Jika mereka dilarang berburu Ikan Paus oleh siapapun itu maka pihak yang melarang harus bisa memberikan solusi yang baik untuk mereka, tapi sebelum itu kita harus lihat juga bahwa di negara jepang,eslandia mereka sama berburu ikan paus untuk kebutuhan industrial, sedangkan penduduk lamalera , suku eskimo untuk kebutuhan hidup mereka !! Dan sudah menjadi tradisi mereka untuk berburu ikan Paus, dolphin, anjing laut dsb nya, diburu untuk kelangsungan hidup keluarganya. ( Mohon maaf jika salah )

[@drossabell7732]

This is my island, really proud i grow up here💛

[@BrianParrish-ze6mx]

GUESS YOU NEED TO LEARN TO CODE THEN BUDDY

[@BrianParrish-ze6mx]

Looks like if you opened a dentist office on that island you might make a good living !!

[@Laurel143]

Drossabell ♥️ so happy to see you with love for your roots.

[@timesups3466]

@@BrianParrish-ze6mx💀💀🤣🤣🤣Facts

[@Bonbon3024]

​@@BrianParrish-ze6mx😂😂😂😂

[@010car010]

It's quite hypocritical of the WWF to go after the Lamalera and their traditional fishing, while not doing anything about the Japanese shark fin fishing, or the Taigi dolphin hunts.

[@capricorn839]

And those large commercial fishing boats intruding into other countries to fish illegally

[@sakmadik69420]

they go after weak people who cant afford lawyers

[@quanglobaldocumentary]

It is inspiring to see the resilience of this community. I hope they find a way to preserve their traditions while adapting to the challenge they face.

[@EkoAjiwinasis]

Lamalera tempatnya para pemburu ikan paus yang tangguh,kebiasaan yang sudah ada sejak nenek moyang Indonesia gudangnya keindahan kuliner dan budaya

[@bkmabor4736]

I love their way of natural living, no police, no hospital and they're living happily with conflicts. The man made paper money is the evil of all! WWF shouldn't worry about one whale or two they catch to eat. God bless and be with them🙏❤❤

[@alto491]

yes indeed, unlike them when their wounds get infected they just accept death while we are too scared to die from a simple wound we have to rely on modern medicine. they are strong people

[@quanglobaldocumentary]

Such a powerful depiction of the struggles faced by the Lamalera villagers. Their connection to the whale is trully heartbreaking.

[@littleleon7987]

Cant believe this is Indonesia, we just know how vibrant Jakarta and Heavenly Bali. But this is incredible, how rich they are ❤❤❤❤

[@CartoonWeasel]

They aren't rich. Everyday they must work hard just for food. You're born working and you die working.

[@andrewj3177]

To be fair its hard to deliver grid to thousands of small island with very few people living in it

[@danawasiat1343]

​@@CartoonWeaselreally..? do you things he talk about money??? Come on... you better than thats..

[@danawasiat1343]

FYI.. We (Indonesia) have more than 17000 island...

[@BrianParrish-ze6mx]

​@@danawasiat1343Sounds like a personal problem......!

[@BENARDKATETE]

I enjoy watching HD very much. Am in 🇰🇪 Kenya. Mie Mkenya❤

[@_.o.n.t.o.p._]

Kabisaa mtu wangu

[@Vanso163]

Tuko wengi🇰🇪

[@frankhaugwitz8178]

I stayed there 10 days in 1993! Joined them hunting whale sharks back then. They charged Rupiah 15,000 incl 1,000 for the boat. They practice barter trade with villagers from the other side of the island, bc there soil is not great at all.

[@Slamet66Y6]

I m from Indonesian.tanks.frind..

[@RegulareoldNorseBoy]

cool. Im from an norwegian tank frind

[@_.o.n.t.o.p._]

Cool. I m from Somalian.tanks.frind

[@RahulRk-tr7ot]

cool.I m from Indian.tanks.frind..

[@MK7rr]

im from your neiborhood...pls tell to indonsian billionere give then 1motor...give 10motor also are not effected their fortune..

[@kcraig51]

Just leave people alone. This has been their way for generations. Take a closer look at China's overfishing.

[@brobee577]

One of the bravest men on this earth.

[@KennyHepundjua-ff2fd]

Great documentary but could be greater without blurring some events and please put some English subtitles of the men speaking while while fishing at sea. Otherwise loved it from Namibia 🇳🇦

[@uinifaretifaitala3219]

After commercially hunting for money and they want to band traditional hunting for thousands of years. Depleting whales is not from traditional fishing but commercial fishing. Same thing with pollution. Big countries profiting from pollution and against pollution.

[@drossabell7732]

Ikan paus adalah ikon pulau Lembata, Bangga bisa lahir dan besar di pulau ini💛

[@pidikwahono8888]

Keren, terbaik

[@raulsanchez1079]

Hermosa historia, y el viejo finalmente terminó su canoa y enseñó al nieto a pescar, caray simplemente indescriptible.

[@abangjagoquabang7668]

😊 mereka orang² hebat Banyak ( Pulau ) di negara kami Indonesia! yaitu Diantaranya terdapat sekitar 17.508 (Tujuh belas ribu lima ratus delapan pulau) 😅 Banyak kelompok etnik atau suku budaya,agama,bangsa tepatnya terdapat 1.340 suku bangsa. Indonesia memiliki 715 bahasa daerah .. semoga anda memahami dlm bentuk apapun ❤🇮🇩😘 Jika anda ingin berkunjung ke indonesia silakan kami sangat senang anda mau ke pulau Bali , sumatera, sulawesi, irian, jawa, bangka, kalimantan dan masih bnyak lagi pulau yang lain nya ..😊

[@chuckfrezzel348]

As hard as it is to question why the old man wont evolve, I respect him.

[@alyadede1596]

Negara kami Indonesia adalah negeri yang sangat kaya akan sumber daya alamnya,namun sayang karena salah kelola dari para pejabatnya maish banyak rakyat indonesia yang hidup dibawah garis kemiskinan.

[@ismaelmatano3571]

I'm from 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪 and I enjoyed this documentary

[@KevinOndieki-c9e]

Sawa mkuu

[@salvatrixmareea3419]

Thank you for documenting my home-island people, ^^...

[@NgaprakSumedang]

Indonesia melihat , salam

[@rikopora8580]

Saya dari flores thanks my friend

[@rommel13579]

What a beautiful documentary

[@scriedheaven3455]

traditional of catch fish is awesome from lamalera island indonesia,,like long time ago in memory story life evolution of oldest human on earth

[@djawadwipa6136]

the culture and tradition of lamalera is awesome

[@JohnKamasua]

A small village can not overfish in the vast ocean of limitless bounty.

[@syarifazza0074]

Mereka bukan cari kekayaan cuma untuk bertahan hidup😢😢

[@needmoreramsay]

Great documentary !! Beautiful people, thank you !

[@tuna5287]

Really? You had to blur it? A great documentary! I would want to see the real thing unfold

[@KonstantinShepard]

It's the rich countries polluting and destroying the world not these poor , self sustaining people.

[@FreeDocumentary]

sadly this is true

[@vatansalvery]

Rich countries can destroy anything if there is a benefit for them. That’s mainly how they make themselves rich.

[@JavierPerez-og6sg]

Saludos y felicidades por este estupendo documental,

[@Iskandar-ki2re]

Mereka sangat tertigal pendidikan adem Semoga bisa berubah kasih sodara ku di.timur

[@eparamaravinatata1041]

In my country Fiji, we use whale tooth called tabua in many of our cultural gatherings. In funerals, to seek forgiveness, to ask for a girls hand in marriage , we present these whale tooth which is braided on both end and its off great value. I have always wondered where our ancestors got this whale tooth because they didnt practise whale haunting. Since we are part of the austronesian family,i think i now know why.

[@eeeaten]

in nz maori mostly get whale bone and teeth from stranded whales. probably the same in fiji? i'll come to visit fiji soon - any historic locations for lapita/first people to visit?

[@eparamaravinatata1041]

@@eeeaten yeah probably the same for my ancestors. Lapita remains are found in the sigatoka sandunes.

[@PakamBakez-if5ex]

In Indonesia, we are Melanesia, not Astronesia, just like Papua & Maluku Greetings from NTT Indonesia🙏🇮🇩

[@Rohul.ID9]

Ini video udh lama skrg warga udh mengunakan perahu yg mengunakan motor, tidak dgn layar lg

[@widodoakrom3938]

Nah Ini bener

[@morrismwenda9138]

Very insightful 😊

[@darwin4996]

Halo saya dari indonesia aceh, sesekali main documentary ke aceh..

[@user-susiharbaya]

Campur tangan Pemerintah Indonesia harus serius menangani Permasalahan ini,ini menyangkut hajat hidup org banyak,di negeri terkorup ini sebetulnya asal dari Pemerintah pusat dan daerah serius menangani no problem,hanya untuk 2000/1jt jiwa,banyak yg bisa di lakukan bkn di bicarakan

[@AussieRandomVideos]

Real Indonesians living a real way of life and not this so called civilised way that is far from it - earth damaging people killing “advanced” way of life. If we all lived like this we would all be happy.

[@BộlạcbắccộngBộlạcbắccộng]

I want to living there I love there native people

[@capatainnemo]

They say they don't sell any part of the whale, yet the lady says the whales pay for their schooling

[@lokanathank1368]

Kunne avru jeevichu potte...👍 capatainnemo thyoli .

[@earlemorgan5068]

It says they barter it.

[@widodoakrom3938]

As Indonesian u got my respect

[@Brownpridegranado3592]

Dont have kids if u cant afford it stop blaming the government for why people dont have food

[@catfishstalkeroutdoorswith530]

God Bless those people

[@asdimonyek]

Aku cinta Indonesia, tanah beta 🖤

[@JavierPerez-og6sg]

Estos pescadores no son el problema, son los barcos piratas de pesca los que acaban con los recursos pesqueros.

[@RijalDali]

Hasil tangkapan ikan yang luar biasa. I'm from Indonesia🇲🇨❤️

[@davidb2147]

Why are the dead fish blurred? But a dead bloody shark is fine?

[@CartoonWeasel]

Welcome to youtube 2024. Turning everyone into sissies.

[@giannidcenzo]

Right? Too many censor.

[@feljanmalajos6396]

I think blured one is dolphin and its not allowed

[@harryecke5399]

Fish?

[@gonzoxp]

Welcome to KZbin censorship. What do you expect from a channel that steals documentaries, and KZbin politics promote censorship. And KZbin if you delete my comment again. The wold will know about you BS.

[@OlgaMironova-do7ss]

This is my island, really proud i grow up here

[@Cyberoll]

Maybe one of the reasons sometimes there's a whale wash on shore wounded and died.

[@Comedybrand]

Yea because who doesn't want a motor and a grocery store. You can see it in the eyes 👀 of the elderly. They're ready for a comfy bed and some chicken soup.

[@arunamadhushan]

thank you❤

[@KansasKid0909]

Moana.... MAKE WAAY MAKE WAAAY! 😂😂😂 Tenna would DEFINITELY be the type of boat Moana & Maui used to cross that ocean. Now I know

[@izyadisyahid2016]

Belajar bertani dan menternak. Tukar pola hidup dan pekerjaan. Jika selamanya mereka memburu paus lama2 spesis ini akan pupus dan mereka sendiri akan putus punca perekonomian. Ubah pola hidup seperti bertani sayuran dan buahan serta menternak haiwan seperti lembu, kambing, biri2 atau membuat kolam dan tambak ikan. Hidup pada masa kini tidak boleh berharap dengan hanya satu sumber!

[@krisvan_01]

Mereka bukan pemburu paus. Bukan yang memburu paus kemana-mana seperti kapal ikan Jepang dan China. Mereka hanya membunuh beberpa ekor paus yang lewat di depan rumah/kampung mereka, dua kali setahun, dan hanya beberapa ekor, cukup untuk kebutuhan mereka, tidak membuat mereka jadi kaya. Hanya meneruskan tradisi, menerima karunia dari Tuhan dari paus yang sedang beremigrasi dari lautan Hindia ke Pacific dan sebaliknya.

[@danawasiat1343]

Anda tidak menyimak dengan baik... "Hanya yg datang" yg mereka tangkap,dan itu bukan utk cari kaya.... Btw,kepunahan adalah salah satu siklus kehidupan,yg berbeda adalah "mana yg duluan".Dan seluruh rakyat Indonesia mendukung mereka.

[@bocahpetualang89]

di pesisir pantai susah untuk bercocok tanam.. kalo mau beli sayur pake duit kan mahal.. nonton di menit 47:47 liat bapaknya bilang apa?

[@wiener__]

si paling pola hidup. bacot lu

[@0ir0ke]

belajar yang rajin dan perluas pengetahuan. biar komennya ga malu maluin. sangat sulit bertani di daerah payau. tanah sangat asin, PH nya juga ga mendukung. butuh biaya yang sangat besar untuk mengolah tanah. sama juga dengan ternak. sebelumnya kehidupan mereka sebenarnya cukup. jika tidak ada exploitasi laut dari nelayan modern menggunakan bom dan pukat dari luar indonesia (shockwave dari bom itu benar2 bisa membuat takut mamalia laut sejauh ratusan mil. membuat mereka ga mau melintas wilayah2 yang ada shockwave itu kedepannya). inilah tujuan sebenarnya dari video ini. mencegah exploitasi laut dengan alat modern secara brutal. bukan untuk mempersekusi mereka.

[@TheSaidOne]

Sometimes the best thing to do, is to do nothing. Just leave the Lamalera alone. They will will be just fine, as they have been for centuries.

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

This video reminds me of episode 386 of Green Dreamer podcast for some odd reason.

[@bordirsatuan3442]

God bless Lamalera

[@afiedsiswoyo5225]

Indonesia bangga👍👍

[@PlayerUnknown8930]

May God bless them

[@christopherstmarin]

Leave them alone. Once money is involved then there’s greed and over fishing but when it’s sustenance it won’t harm nature.

[@oscararevalo3935]

Bonito video

[@alexlongwe1833]

Amazing village love it

[@lynwilliams6898]

plz lot's of other big fish in that big sea water your people could never go hungry ❤

[@uummaaxxxx1012]

come on, this is culture. we must respect the culture and must preserve their culture. Just so you know they don't do this every day, they only do it on special days in their culture. They don't just harpoon whales, they choose the biggest whales and let the other whales live and reproduce. They also guard their beaches and seas so that whales can breed and be comfortable there, the proof is that whales migrate and breed there. So, we must respect and see this habit as a culture that can be used as a lesson for the younger generation.

[@CartoonWeasel]

​@uummaaxxxx1012 they fish everyday for food. With nets. So they are doing what every other fishing nation starts doing, fishing with nets. Taking all the fish from the sea. Harpoon fishing is sustainable, net fishing is not. They now fish with nets.

[@KennyHepundjua-ff2fd]

Great documentary but could be greater without blurring some events and please put some English subtitles of the men speaking while while fishing at sea. Otherwise loved it from Namibia 🇳🇦 .the commentary at 42:45 is interesting because in the western world people buy whatever they eat from the supermarket etc but people out in remote areas have to forage. Whatever is in the supermarket is slaughtered and harvested in cruel ways too but we are happy to shop and enjoy it but we judge people like these for making an honest natural and not so easy living. These guys are fit and healthy. No obesity and the ills of civilization

[@summermanco]

so cool,my country nusantara indonesia😊

[@OgoDelaCruz-wh8ye]

Nice video

[@martingoodef811]

Listen to the stories of the lamalarans ? Prehistoric thinking

[@vietly.50]

"Small village is not effecting the. Fish pupulation" but killing the giant intelligent fish ( whale) is not only decrease the pupulation of the whales but imbalancing the ocean environment❤

[@010car010]

I don't understand why whole segments of this are blurred.

[@joshcages1038]

A place that no “money” only bargaining..and yet they survive..99.99 percent of the world ban the traditional bargaining..for what?

[@blsdbyndmsr]

😢how can they even suggest banking fishing from the culture when it is literally their way of life? Why not focus on corporate greed and ppl who don't fish to live.. literally!

[@asimally9468]

GOOD DOC...

[@nicanorbadal689]

There people were doing their way of fishing maybe for centuries...modern fishing like the used nets could be destructive...could rapidly diminish fish stocks specially if there is no control like to ban harvesting of juvenile fish...during spawning time and fish with eggs

[@shehbazkhan1856]

when was this documentary been shoot ?

[@tourwithfrendy6087]

Amazing🥰😍

[@georgelucienfrancfortii4282]

It's terrifying to realize that even these poor gentlemen out on this remote island have to run the idea of an outboard motor for their boat pass their wife and she sure as hell didn't look like the answer was yes 💀❤️💯

[@brandonferrell828]

Please release the unblurred film. Obviously blur any nudity but we are hear to learn amd your blurring the only part we can learn from.

[@ariparip7747]

Helo i'm from indonesia

[@JessiccaTeamo-eu8rj]

Are they trying to say lamalera is over fishing?

[@peterxd3610]

everything has its price even in nature

[@Kingjabba23]

Control the food, control the people, Efff these corporations. They want the land, life is meant to be lived off the land & sea.

[@johnflynn3824]

You're ruining the video by blocking out the pictures who wants to watch new blotting out the pictures blurring up the pictures

[@SopraiRangmang]

Feel bad when u blurr the images. It's normal now a days to see fish blood, but what are u?

[@giannidcenzo]

Great video too much censor

[@dwaynepennel1488]

Their dying because they don't progress or change with the times. So it is natural.

[@JohnKamasua]

Lidmfe is risky. Living is risky but worth it

[@dannyvasquez1557]

If you want to conserved the whales go after those. Chinese that doing commercial fishing on whales not the lamanerans that only fish for their survival.

[@kachacontent3231]

Need subtitles for video.

[@aracelioroldan4253]

Tienen que conservar sus tradiciones pero moverse hacia la modernización pues en el mundo todo cambia nos guste o no así que es mejor estar preparados yo creo que sus antepasados no los quieren ver pasando necesidades .

[@SurprisedBear-qg7ol]

Maybe new generation should think and shift new way to build their community. Old ways not working

[@mcbchannel7173]

younger generation tends to pursue education in their main island and most of them even pursue bachelorate in java island like my high school physics teacher in the east java that merely most of his families study in the Java island come from Larantuka. it's not only happens there, but most remote villages in small islands younger generation tends to left their islands to pursue jobs in the big cities on their main island.

[@junexjeyesmallbrain3477]

Very old school to hunt fish

[@Wolf-bn8mz]

We need to introduce the alternative first and we need to help them achieve the objective. We need to make sure the new system is working then we can help them reduce the numbers of whales, dolphins and other species they hunt per seasons so their culture and traditions will not banish forever..

[@JyotinmoyJodder]

Hii Good morning

[@Satoshi79]

I’m sure the whales wouldn’t want to be part of this tradition

[@ready2fishnow]

Love you sister ❤

[@ready2fishnow]

If you have ever been a hungry child you will understand why .

[@soulcontractor1641]

A " Whale of a Catch"! Dean( Soul)