Whale's Presence: Village's Lifeblood? 🐋 #shorts

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]The money to pay for school comes from the whales.

[00:00:04]When the whales arrive, we're happy.

[00:00:08]We're not happy.

[00:00:15]The whole village is in tune with the forge. The men are focused entirely on hunting, which includes making harpoon heads, so that the sacred link binding the people to the whale is never broken.

[00:00:25]This is what Michael Batouna, a journalist in Kupang, who was born on the island, is fighting for.

[00:00:33]The whale and the Lamalera villagers are one.

[00:00:37]A single spirit, a single soul.

[00:00:40]The people of Lamalera may live or die.

[00:00:43]Everything depends on the whale.