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Producciones Doce Lunas

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presents

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in co-production with BANDA IMAGEN Bolivia

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with the support of the COLOMBIAN FUND
FOR CINEMATOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT

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and the support of IBERMEDIA.

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There's a woman named Polowi,
who was bathing…

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…in a lagoon near my settlement.

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My aunt went to that place once,
during the night.

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As she went by, she saw someone bathing.

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She was dressed in white
and was stripping herself naked.

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My aunt wondered if who
she saw was a Wayuu woman…

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… and thought of leaving, for
fear that she was drunk.

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When she got home, she dreamed of Polowi…

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…who, in her dream, told her not to take…

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… that path again, …

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… because something could happen to her.

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That's what Polowi told
my aunt in her dream.

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So, my aunt obeyed…

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… and never went back to that place, …

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… because something could happen to her.

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And so, she changed her route.

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These Marua twigs are for protection…

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… from the storm that's coming.

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The eternal night of the twelve moons.

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We, the Wayuus, are children…

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…of the rain, the masculine,
and the earth, the feminine.

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That's where the plants
and animals come from…

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… as so do we, the Wayuus.

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With the special participation of
the girl FILIA ROSA URIANA

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and the Karequishimana Wayuu settlement.

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Director of Photography DANIELA CAJÍAS.

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Camera DANIELA CAJÍAS. VMANA GÓMEZ.

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Sound Design VLADIMIR DÍAZ.

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Original Soundtrack DANNY RUBI.
SOL OKARINA.

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Mixing Supervisor RAMIRO FIERRO.

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Montage XIMENA FRANCO.

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Production JOHANA PEÑUELA.

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Executive Production
GUSTAVO PAZMÍN. PRISCILA PADILLA

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a, e, I, o, u.

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The consonants

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ita – cup.

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Wayuu - person.

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Script and Direction PRISCILA PADILLA.

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“This is the ring of Mr. Policeman...

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…whoever moves goes to the kitchen...”

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Andreina.

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Well, girls. Today,
you're going on vacation.

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As the Arijunas (non-Wayuu people) say, …

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… we're on vacation.

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As you know, there's a classmate of yours…

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who's about to enter puberty, …

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… about to have her first menstruation.

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It's Pili. How old are you? Ten?

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No, I'm twelve.

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Laidy, your grandmother spoke to you.

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Did she give you any advice about this?

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No, no.

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And you, Adriana?

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No.

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And Pili?

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Yes.

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That's how it should be.

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Grandmothers should teach.

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What do we have to recover?

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Our customs.

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We have to recover our customs.

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Come to the front, Pili!

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Let's give her an applause.

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Pili will be leaving us for
a long time, but she'll be back.

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We'll continue to instruct
her during her seclusion.

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You'll learn many things
that will make you mature.

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Come, let me give you a kiss.

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Now, we want to listen
to you before you leave.

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I'm happy to go into seclusion…

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… and that our customs will continue.

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Are you sad?

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I'm not sad. Nothing is
going to happen to me.

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It's not like they're going
to kill me or anything, …

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… for me to be sad.

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We, the Wayuus, count
time in moons and suns.

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One year is 12 moons, …

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…365 suns, and one rain.

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Mamma, tell me…

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… what was your experience like,
when you got your first period?

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Were you secluded? Did you drink
your medicinal herbs infusion?

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I drank Jawapia, …

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… they put me in the hammock …

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… and gave me food without salt and sugar.

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I only ate a lot of maize soup.

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I bathed three times a day:…

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… in the wee hours, in the
morning, and at noon.

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How long did your seclusion last?

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Only nine months.

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When a Wayuu woman is secluded, …

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…is she valued for it?

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Yes, she's highly valued.

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If she doesn't play or laugh with men, …

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… they'll offer a good bride price for her.

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But, if the young girl
doesn't behave properly…

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… and goes jumping around, …

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… she'll lose her value.

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You won't be able to
sing to the Arijunas' music, …

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… you'll have to mature.

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You won't be able to go jumping around, …

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… you can't be looking at men.

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How was a girl's hand
asked for in your days?

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If the man was a righteous
man, he'd offer a car or a horse.

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This was given to the Majayut's
(young girl) father or mother, …

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… it was like a gift.
They'd also give necklaces.

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Pili, are you listening
to your grandmother?

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Only the woman who has
been secluded is valued.

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If there's a man interested in you…

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… you won't be able to go with him.

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You'll have to tell him
you have a grandmother.

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He can't take you with him just like that.

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Did you hear that?

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Yes.

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I want you to tell me
what your heart feels…

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… now that you're going to be secluded.

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I want to learn how to
make the patterns and designs…

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… of the mochilas (shoulder bags)…

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and the chinchorros (fiber-woven hammock).

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I want to learn, and that's why…

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… I want to be secluded.

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You know that Wayuu
women today think differently, …

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… and say seclusion is a bad thing.

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That's why some girls are scared of it.

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And how do you feel
about having your hair cut?

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It's going to be cut very short
and you'll have to wait till it grows…

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…before you can leave your hut.

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Nothing will happen to me…

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… because the hair, by nature, …

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… will grow again.

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Aren't you afraid of seclusion?

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I'm not afraid. Why should I?

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Are you aware that you'll
have to be very brave…

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… for when you enter puberty?

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There used to be many tigers around here.

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Now, there are just a few, here and there.

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A tiger came into our settlement once, …

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… and we were all very scared…

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… because we thought it
was going to hurt us.

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The tiger just sniffed us, walked
around us, and went: “Roarrr”.

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But since our clan's totem animals…

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… are represented by
the tiger and the rabbit, …

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… it didn't hurt us.

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A tiger doesn't hurt its own family.

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It doesn't eat its own flesh.

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Hello, how are you?

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I've been waiting
for you a long time.

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The road was very muddy.

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Let's go and buy what you need.

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Your clothes, your
traditional medicine, Jawapia.

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Good afternoon.

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How much does a meter of this cost?

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It's thirteen thousand eight hundred.

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No, it's too thick. Do
you have something lighter?

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Of course, come on in.

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We have this quality.

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There are two kinds.
This one, and this other one.

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It's for the girl, for her seclusion.

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And that green one?

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She says she likes the orange one.

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How much for a meter?

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Nine thousand eight hundred.
I'll give you a discount.

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I need four meters.

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What's it for?

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To wrap her up during seclusion.

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Because she's going to be
secluded. Nobody can see her.

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But, why is she being secluded?

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When she enters puberty.
Oh! Puberty!

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She'll be there for… Oooff!,
about eight months, a year.

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Eight months or a year, secluded?

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Of course, without anyone seeing her.

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And, can't you see her?

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Only her mother.

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And her father?

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No, she can't see men.

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Only women? Oh, well. Everyone
has different customs, right?

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Of course. It's for her
to be respected, and all that.

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It's hard now to find someone
to tell them about…

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…how a Wayuu woman used to be, …

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… because the Wayuu women…

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are becoming Arijunas (non-Wayuu people).

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Who are your relatives?
Have you seen how they live?

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Do their women practice seclusion?

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No. I don't know.

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I used to live with my mother in Maicao…

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… and my grandmother went to fetch me, …

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… for me to study with my younger sister.

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And what did your sisters and aunts do…

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…when they got their first menstruation?

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Were they secluded?

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They kept quiet…

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… and stayed still all the time.

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That's why they're doing well…

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… and suitors offer a good
bride price for them.

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Pili, if they don't seclude
you, you'd be left behind…

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…and taken for a jenny or for a bitch.

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A bitch, when in heat, has
many dogs running after her, …

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… whereas a secluded Wayuu
woman is always valued.

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Because many things are forbidden to her.

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Nobody can see her, …

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… only her mother.

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Very few people can see her.

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A Wayuu woman who's had
several husbands can't see her.

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No Wayuu woman who's
changed husbands can see you, …

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because she'd pass all
her bad habits on to you.

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Only your mother will see you, …

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… and only if she's had good luck.

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If not, she'll have to find
someone to take care of you.

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Once you're lying in your hammock, …

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… you must not move your arms and feet.

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You must keep very still,
as if you were dead.

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Pili, you're going to be fine.
You'll do very well in your seclusion.

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Your luck will be very prosperous…

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… and your old age will be good.

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Do you understand what I'm saying?

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Are you going to follow my advice?

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Yes, I will.

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The Arijunas must realize…

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… that you've had your period
and are following our customs.

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That's how it must be.

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Pili, we're in the Jepirra.

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Jepirra is for us a sacred place.

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Here reside the souls of our grandparents…

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… and those of all our relatives.

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It's the place where the
spirits of the dead come…

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… after the second burial
of the Wayuu people.

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We're here so that the
spirits that rest here…

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… may give you strength for your wellbeing.

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You're becoming an adult woman…

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… and you need our dead
to grant you the bravery …

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… and the willpower you
need when your secluded.

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They'll help you become…

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a righteous woman
after your seclusion.

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A tale our elders used to tell us…

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… says that all that
surrounds us, such as the sun…

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… the rain, the earth,
the darkness, the wind, …

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…created our ancestral culture.

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The Rain was the man,
and the Earth was the woman.

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They fell in love and they had children, …

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who we now call trees.

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They felt lonely and decided to bring…

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more Wayuu people into the world.

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The Rain seduced Pulowi,
mother of all things living in the sea, …

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… of all that which lives in the water…

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and they bore a daughter.

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She was the first Wayuu woman, among all…

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… and is known in our tradition as Worunka.

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She was a woman just like you, …

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but she was born with a toothed vagina.

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The Earth found out that
her husband, the Rain, …

00:25:11.625 --> 00:25:14.625
… had a daughter with Pulowi.

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So, the Earth said to the Rain:…

00:25:21.083 --> 00:25:28.083
…“I'm going to have a son…

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…who will seduce your daughter, Worunka.”

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One day, the young man
went looking for Worunka…

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… and found out that her vagina had teeth…

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… and that she bathed naked in a lagoon.

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He approached her without her knowing…

00:25:59.666 --> 00:26:06.083
… and, when Worunka opened her legs, …

00:26:06.083 --> 00:26:13.666
… he aimed his arrow and
destroyed the teeth in her vagina.

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The water in the lagoon turned red…

00:26:18.791 --> 00:26:25.333
… thus creating the Wayuu
woman's menstruation.

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That's how the first
Wayuu woman came to be.

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Pili, this is your hut.
I hand it over to you.

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I'll seclude you here, day and night, …

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… whenever you get your first period.

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Here, you'll have to mature.

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Here, in your house, you'll
learn to be a woman.

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Here, in seclusion,
you'll become a grown-up.

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You'll have to clean it up.

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You'll have to take care of it.

00:27:10.583 --> 00:27:16.250
That's what you'll have to do.

00:27:17.125 --> 00:27:20.500
You won't be able to go around laughing.

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:26.375
Tell me you'll keep your
hair tidy and pulled back,

00:27:26.375 --> 00:27:28.916
… because you're not like a witch, …

00:27:28.916 --> 00:27:31.708
… that wears her hair all over the face.

00:27:31.708 --> 00:27:38.208
You'll comb and tie up your hair…

00:27:38.208 --> 00:27:43.208
… and tidy your clothes.

00:27:43.208 --> 00:27:45.333
Do you like your house?

00:27:45.333 --> 00:27:50.500
Yes, I like it. The mud
and zinc roof are good.

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:55.625
I like that it's high and spacious.

00:27:58.125 --> 00:28:03.041
I'm in charge of filming the first phase…

00:28:03.041 --> 00:28:07.583
… of Pili's seclusion.

00:28:07.583 --> 00:28:11.666
Because the girl can only be seen..

00:28:11.666 --> 00:28:16.500
… By women who are
very closely tied to the family.

00:32:21.541 --> 00:32:26.250
The arrival of the first period…

00:32:26.250 --> 00:32:29.291
… means that the body opens up and breaks.

00:32:29.291 --> 00:32:34.916
And with that blood, the girl parts, …

00:32:34.916 --> 00:32:39.958
… giving way to the adult woman.

00:34:56.208 --> 00:34:58.791
Hand over the Calabash cup…

00:34:58.791 --> 00:35:03.958
… to give Pili her medicinal infusion.

00:35:15.958 --> 00:35:21.166
Pili, we're going to lift you up.

00:35:30.291 --> 00:35:35.458
Get into the hammock.

00:35:40.916 --> 00:35:46.083
You must always lie straight…

00:35:47.041 --> 00:35:51.666
… and keep quiet.

00:35:51.666 --> 00:35:56.791
The Jawapia infusion is almost ready.

00:36:46.541 --> 00:36:49.083
While you're hanging in your hammock, …

00:36:49.083 --> 00:36:50.833
… don't move your arms and legs.

00:36:50.833 --> 00:36:53.750
You must keep very
still, as if you were dead.

00:37:49.708 --> 00:37:53.625
Seclusion is like our second birth.

00:37:54.250 --> 00:37:57.208
It teaches us to be good mothers…

00:37:57.208 --> 00:38:00.500
… and it teaches us to be good wives.

00:38:01.791 --> 00:38:05.458
For our bodies to be strengthened, …

00:38:05.458 --> 00:38:08.916
…and to avoid any trouble at childbirth, …

00:38:08.916 --> 00:38:12.500
… we need to take moon baths.

00:40:10.083 --> 00:40:12.625
Happy new year, Pili!

00:40:12.625 --> 00:40:15.000
Pili, happy new year!

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:18.125
Happy new year!

00:40:18.125 --> 00:40:21.583
May the next year be good to you, Pili!

00:40:57.583 --> 00:40:59.666
How are you, Pili?

00:41:00.125 --> 00:41:05.791
This bath is to change your luck.

00:41:05.791 --> 00:41:09.041
It's also for you to
stop behaving like a child.

00:41:09.041 --> 00:41:12.041
Everything I'm doing, …

00:41:12.625 --> 00:41:15.000
… is for you own good.

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:18.208
Your mother should be doing all this…

00:41:18.208 --> 00:41:21.750
…but, since she's not here to do it, …

00:41:21.750 --> 00:41:25.916
… I have to do it.

00:41:25.916 --> 00:41:31.500
Pili, do you know the name
of the plant we're using for your bath?

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:34.750
Yes, it's Judter.

00:41:34.750 --> 00:41:36.750
It's the Parice leaf.

00:41:38.125 --> 00:41:40.125
This bath is given to
the girls who are secluded.

00:41:42.125 --> 00:41:44.125
When you have your own daughters, …

00:41:44.458 --> 00:41:46.916
… you'll also have to do this to them.

00:41:46.916 --> 00:41:49.916
This is how you make sure that …

00:41:49.916 --> 00:41:54.166
… your youth, and your daughters',
will last forever.

00:41:54.166 --> 00:41:57.375
The cold water…

00:41:57.375 --> 00:41:59.625
… will make men respect you.

00:42:00.666 --> 00:42:06.750
If a man approaches
you, he'll do it respectfully, …

00:42:06.750 --> 00:42:10.000
… and you'll have to do likewise.

00:42:24.666 --> 00:42:27.666
You need to know it was your daughter…

00:42:27.666 --> 00:42:30.500
… who had her first period.

00:42:31.958 --> 00:42:37.000
Didn't your aunt tell you?

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:46.000
It's not that we're
scolding you, you're our sister.

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:54.416
But you should have come
as soon as you received notice, …

00:42:54.416 --> 00:42:58.166
… and you should have told your husband…

00:42:58.166 --> 00:43:01.708
… that you had to see your daughter, …

00:43:01.708 --> 00:43:03.708
… because she'd had her first menstruation.

00:43:03.958 --> 00:43:05.916
You should have come…,

00:43:05.916 --> 00:43:07.083
…even without his permission.

00:43:07.958 --> 00:43:09.625
We'd have sent you money for the tickets.

00:43:09.625 --> 00:43:11.333
Don't you feel sorry for your daughter?

00:43:11.666 --> 00:43:12.666
Why didn't you come?

00:43:12.666 --> 00:43:17.875
Your ex-husband called last night.

00:43:17.875 --> 00:43:22.208
He asked if you had come to see Pili, …

00:43:22.208 --> 00:43:25.416
… and we said you hadn't, …

00:43:25.416 --> 00:43:27.375
… because you had another husband…

00:43:27.375 --> 00:43:29.791
… who didn't let you come.

00:43:29.791 --> 00:43:32.666
Your daughter, Pili, misses you.
You should have been here…

00:43:32.666 --> 00:43:34.958
… with her, during this
important moment of her life.

00:43:34.958 --> 00:43:39.750
We weren't asking anything from you.

00:43:39.750 --> 00:43:43.625
All we wanted was for
you to be with your daughter, …

00:43:43.625 --> 00:43:48.625
… for you to give her some love.

00:43:48.625 --> 00:43:53.333
Everyone needs to count on her mother.

00:43:53.333 --> 00:43:57.416
Even the oldest people need their mother.

00:43:59.666 --> 00:44:04.666
A Wayuu woman who's
changed husbands can't see you…

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:09.000
… because she'd pass her
bad habits on to you.

00:44:29.416 --> 00:44:35.250
My aunt called me and told
me to come see my daughter.

00:44:35.250 --> 00:44:38.166
You knew you had to come.

00:44:38.166 --> 00:44:42.250
I didn't come sooner
because I didn't have money.

00:44:42.250 --> 00:44:47.958
Ask your daughter how she feels now.

00:44:47.958 --> 00:44:54.916
Nurture her. Give her your support.

00:44:57.875 --> 00:45:00.958
Are you happy in your seclusion?

00:45:01.958 --> 00:45:04.416
Everyone here supports you.

00:45:06.208 --> 00:45:10.083
Let her cry, let her cry.

00:45:28.791 --> 00:45:30.791
Pili, how are you feeling?

00:45:30.875 --> 00:45:31.875
Are you dizzy?

00:45:33.041 --> 00:45:36.041
We have to throw your
hair into a pen full of goats…

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:40.000
… for you to be well-paid
and have good luck, …

00:45:40.708 --> 00:45:42.708
…for you to get a degree
and have a profession.

00:45:45.166 --> 00:45:49.541
I don't know what to do,
because my grand-daughter needs me.

00:45:49.541 --> 00:45:51.166
And, her mother?

00:45:51.166 --> 00:45:54.125
She's leaving now.

00:45:55.666 --> 00:45:58.458
Pili, I'm cutting your hair…

00:45:58.458 --> 00:46:01.166
… because your childhood hair is lost.

00:46:01.166 --> 00:46:05.041
Your new hair will grow during
this new stage of your life…

00:46:05.041 --> 00:46:08.041
… because you're no longer a child.

00:46:10.458 --> 00:46:13.458
Your child hair is lost, …

00:46:13.541 --> 00:46:16.166
… and so is your childhood…

00:46:16.166 --> 00:46:18.041
… and your games.

00:46:20.666 --> 00:46:25.666
Here's your hair.
Now, you'll grow new hair, …

00:46:26.458 --> 00:46:28.458
… which will represent the adult woman.

00:46:28.958 --> 00:46:30.958
And so, you'll mature.

00:46:31.708 --> 00:46:33.708
Are you listening to me, Pili?

00:46:35.333 --> 00:46:40.125
Your childhood has been left behind.

00:46:40.125 --> 00:46:48.125
Now, you'll only have to take
your grand-mother's advice.

00:46:52.416 --> 00:46:56.416
Now, you'll have to behave
like an adult woman.

00:46:56.916 --> 00:47:00.916
Your new hair represents adulthood, …

00:47:01.750 --> 00:47:03.750
…your girl being is gone.

00:47:05.125 --> 00:47:08.125
A cousin also had her period.

00:47:08.875 --> 00:47:09.875
Aaah!

00:47:10.375 --> 00:47:12.375
And what happened to her?

00:47:13.416 --> 00:47:15.625
She was secluded.

00:47:15.625 --> 00:47:17.916
She was?

00:47:17.916 --> 00:47:20.916
Yes, but she hung only for one day.

00:47:20.916 --> 00:47:24.333
She should have lasted longer.

00:47:25.666 --> 00:47:30.166
She wasn't secluded for long…

00:47:30.166 --> 00:47:34.916
… because she only wanted to play.

00:47:42.375 --> 00:47:46.375
I'm throwing Pili's hair
into the goats' pen…

00:47:47.125 --> 00:47:50.125
… because she's now in seclusion.

00:47:51.208 --> 00:47:53.208
I'm throwing the hair over these animals…

00:47:54.250 --> 00:47:56.250
… for the girl to have good luck…

00:47:57.833 --> 00:48:01.250
… and for a wealthy man to
offer a good bride price for her.

00:50:04.333 --> 00:50:09.333
It's during seclusion that we, the women, …

00:50:09.958 --> 00:50:12.958
… strengthen our soul and spirit…

00:50:13.875 --> 00:50:17.875
… and learn to become tough,
which is a feature of our culture.

00:50:18.666 --> 00:50:22.666
In seclusion we learn…

00:50:23.333 --> 00:50:29.041
… to walk slowly, with a short stride,
and to build our character.

00:51:47.208 --> 00:51:51.541
Pili, I brought this cotton for you.

00:51:51.541 --> 00:51:53.541
It needs to be spun.

00:51:53.541 --> 00:51:58.041
It has to be wrapped around the spindle…

00:51:58.041 --> 00:52:03.958
…twisting it while…

00:52:03.958 --> 00:52:07.958
… you wrap it around.

00:52:08.333 --> 00:52:14.250
You do this little by little.

00:52:15.000 --> 00:52:18.541
Try with your leg. Put it on your leg…

00:52:18.541 --> 00:52:22.333
… do it slowly, pulling it…

00:52:22.333 --> 00:52:25.333
… twist it.

00:52:26.458 --> 00:52:28.458
Look, like that, on your leg.

00:52:29.250 --> 00:52:31.250
Like that you can't
wrap it around the spindle, …

00:52:32.791 --> 00:52:37.666
… only when you work it on your leg.

00:53:56.625 --> 00:54:00.583
Look, do it like this.

00:54:00.583 --> 00:54:04.625
Watch, and then do it.

00:54:04.625 --> 00:54:08.125
Your weaving must be a part of you.

00:54:08.125 --> 00:54:11.041
You must do your best to do it right, …

00:54:11.041 --> 00:54:14.708
… and for your work to be
admired by those who see it.

00:54:14.708 --> 00:54:19.500
You are now a Majayut (young woman)

00:54:19.500 --> 00:54:22.375
Through your fingers' movement…

00:54:22.375 --> 00:54:25.958
… you sing to your weaving.

00:54:56.708 --> 00:54:59.708
Hello, Pili. We're
here with your classmates.

00:55:01.541 --> 00:55:06.333
We came to visit you.

00:55:06.333 --> 00:55:09.708
Here they are: Liliana,
Chiquita, Luz Sandra, …

00:55:09.708 --> 00:55:13.125
… Andreina, Maria Eugenia,
Paola, Liliana, and Dalis.

00:55:13.125 --> 00:55:16.958
They'd like to see you,
but they can't right now.

00:55:58.833 --> 00:56:01.041
Hello, Pili.

00:56:02.625 --> 00:56:05.625
Pili, are you alright? Have you been sick?

00:56:05.666 --> 00:56:06.666
No.

00:56:06.666 --> 00:56:08.666
Are you happy to be secluded?

00:56:09.875 --> 00:56:12.083
What has your grand-mother
told you about my being here?

00:56:12.541 --> 00:56:14.000
Nothing.

00:56:14.000 --> 00:56:15.708
Is she happy with my work?

00:56:15.708 --> 00:56:17.666
Yes.

00:56:18.708 --> 00:56:25.750
Pili, today we're going to
talk about the Wayuu clans.

00:56:25.750 --> 00:56:28.708
Do you know what caste you belong to?

00:56:28.708 --> 00:56:31.583
Uriana.

00:56:31.583 --> 00:56:33.708
Mine is the Epiayu caste.

00:56:33.708 --> 00:56:37.458
According to what some
authors say in their books, …

00:56:37.458 --> 00:56:41.125
… we didn't use to have castes.

00:56:41.125 --> 00:56:45.458
As our Wayuu nation began
to grow and we became many, …

00:56:45.458 --> 00:56:47.791
… we couldn't identify each other.

00:56:47.791 --> 00:56:51.666
Then, someone dressed
in white began to assign…

00:56:51.666 --> 00:56:56.541
… castes to the different Wayuu families, …

00:56:56.541 --> 00:56:59.416
… along with a symbol, …

00:56:59.416 --> 00:57:03.541
… which is, for us, our totemic animal.

00:57:03.541 --> 00:57:05.958
That's how our family
identification began, …

00:57:05.958 --> 00:57:09.125
… such as the Jarariyus,
the Epiayus, the Urianas.

00:57:09.125 --> 00:57:13.541
That's how we got our caste.

00:57:13.541 --> 00:57:17.041
If this hadn't happened,
we wouldn't know who is who.

00:57:17.041 --> 00:57:24.666
It's like the surname for the Arijunas, …

00:57:24.666 --> 00:57:30.083
… like Suárez, Fernández, González,
Iguarán, for example.

00:57:30.083 --> 00:57:33.666
If we didn't have a caste, …

00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:37.583
… we wouldn't know where we came from.

00:57:37.583 --> 00:57:40.583
The caste can be identified
by a totemic animal…

00:57:41.750 --> 00:57:43.000
… and that's why the totem has…

00:57:43.625 --> 00:57:44.750
… the features of an animal.

00:57:45.583 --> 00:57:47.375
For example, which is the
Uriana clan's totem?

00:57:47.375 --> 00:57:48.375
The rabbit.

00:57:48.916 --> 00:57:50.916
Yes, with the tiger.

00:57:51.416 --> 00:57:55.250
Now, write down your caste and your totem.

00:57:56.000 --> 00:57:59.000
The totem is given to each person…

00:58:00.541 --> 00:58:04.541
… according to each one's behavior.

00:58:05.083 --> 00:58:08.083
If he has been a good human being, …

00:58:08.083 --> 00:58:10.416
… he'll be represented by a good animal.

00:58:10.416 --> 00:58:13.458
From whom do we, the Wayuus,
receive our lineage?

00:58:13.458 --> 00:58:16.250
From the father or the mother?

00:58:16.250 --> 00:58:19.041
From the mother.

00:58:19.041 --> 00:58:22.708
For example, my mother
belongs to the Epiayu clan…

00:58:22.708 --> 00:58:26.958
… and my father is Jarariyu.

00:58:26.958 --> 00:58:30.916
So, I carry my mother's
lineage, the Epiayu.

00:58:30.916 --> 00:58:33.625
When you have children, …

00:58:33.666 --> 00:58:36.833
if your husband belongs
to a different caste, …

00:58:36.833 --> 00:58:39.333
… for example, if he belongs
to the Ipuana caste, …

00:58:39.333 --> 00:58:42.041
… you must be aware that
your sons and daughters…

00:58:42.041 --> 00:58:44.125
… must carry your lineage.

00:58:44.125 --> 00:58:48.083
A young Wayuu woman must know…

00:58:48.083 --> 00:58:51.166
… to which caste she belongs,
where her relatives come from.

00:58:51.166 --> 00:58:52.666
Where are you from?

00:58:52.666 --> 00:58:54.125
I'm from Nazareth.

00:58:54.125 --> 00:58:58.083
From Nazareth. You have to say that…

00:58:58.083 --> 00:59:02.166
… that's your territory.

00:59:02.166 --> 00:59:05.166
All the Wayuu castes must know…

00:59:05.166 --> 00:59:07.375
… where their burial site is, …

00:59:07.375 --> 00:59:11.541
… because that's where
all our ancestors are.

00:59:25.666 --> 00:59:27.666
Have you done your Math homework?

00:59:28.416 --> 00:59:31.166
And Spanish?

00:59:31.166 --> 00:59:33.083
Natural Sciences?

00:59:33.083 --> 00:59:40.541
I'll be back on Sunday to
check the homework I left for you.

00:59:40.541 --> 00:59:43.458
Like this, you won't
fall back in your studies…

00:59:43.458 --> 00:59:46.333
… and you'll be able to pass the year.

01:00:00.125 --> 01:00:02.125
The sand will give your legs strength…

01:00:02.500 --> 01:00:04.500
…so that you can start walking soon.

01:00:04.625 --> 01:00:07.625
This was also done to all of us.

01:00:08.291 --> 01:00:13.875
We never use the stroller,
like the Arijunas.

01:00:16.291 --> 01:00:20.291
Play!, play!

01:00:20.833 --> 01:00:24.833
Look, take this! Take it!

01:00:25.458 --> 01:00:28.041
Take the sand!

01:00:29.083 --> 01:00:35.500
Stand up now! Get on your feet!

01:00:35.500 --> 01:00:39.250
Your strength is in the sand.

01:00:39.250 --> 01:00:43.041
You can't be like the Arijunas.

01:00:43.750 --> 01:00:48.541
A day like today,
Negrita was born in Maicao.

01:01:10.000 --> 01:01:11.000
We're happy to celebrate…

01:01:11.958 --> 01:01:12.958
… my grand-daughter's…

01:01:13.708 --> 01:01:14.708
… birthday!

01:01:20.375 --> 01:01:23.375
I recently heard my family say…

01:01:23.500 --> 01:01:27.500
…that a very old man had bought a girl…

01:01:27.791 --> 01:01:29.791
… and she hadn't even had her period.

01:01:31.208 --> 01:01:34.208
The girl had to go with him…

01:01:35.541 --> 01:01:39.541
… because a Wayuu's word must be kept.

01:01:39.916 --> 01:01:43.208
If that happened to me, I'd die!

01:01:49.416 --> 01:01:54.958
Pili, let's set up the loom
for you to keep on weaving.

01:02:03.000 --> 01:02:06.208
Pili, this is done fast.

01:02:13.708 --> 01:02:15.708
We, the Wayuu women,
must teach our daughters…

01:02:17.375 --> 01:02:18.375
… the gift of weaving…

01:02:19.708 --> 01:02:22.708
… because the Wayuu women
who don't know how to weave…

01:02:24.166 --> 01:02:27.166
… have no value for our culture, …

01:02:27.500 --> 01:02:29.500
… nor for our men.

01:02:30.375 --> 01:02:34.375
1,2,3,4,5…

01:02:35.791 --> 01:02:40.791
… 6,7,8,9,10

01:02:42.208 --> 01:02:46.208
Knowing how to weave gives us the gift…

01:02:46.333 --> 01:02:48.333
… of being wise women.

01:02:49.375 --> 01:02:50.458
Pili, is your back hurting?

01:02:52.166 --> 01:02:53.166
No.

01:02:53.708 --> 01:02:57.708
The loom is almost set.

01:02:58.250 --> 01:03:01.833
I'm tired. My hips hurt.

01:03:03.333 --> 01:03:07.333
We haven't eaten anything all day.

01:03:43.625 --> 01:03:47.250
Learning to weave was
a little hard at the beginning…

01:03:47.250 --> 01:03:50.375
because my fingertips would hurt.

01:03:50.375 --> 01:03:54.583
Later, weaving became my best company…

01:03:54.583 --> 01:03:56.791
I'd weave day and night.

01:04:02.416 --> 01:04:05.333
Learning how to weave during seclusion…

01:04:05.791 --> 01:04:08.750
… is most important.

01:04:21.041 --> 01:04:25.041
I like weaving in bright and lively colors.

01:04:25.708 --> 01:04:29.416
They brighten up my life.

01:04:30.458 --> 01:04:33.458
They don't let me feel lonely.

01:04:34.750 --> 01:04:37.750
Everything I've learned about weaving, …

01:04:40.041 --> 01:04:42.041
… I have to practice every day…

01:04:42.791 --> 01:04:45.708
… and I can't forget it.

01:05:05.083 --> 01:05:08.083
Mamma, tell me. Were you bought?

01:05:08.291 --> 01:05:10.291
Yes, I was.

01:05:11.250 --> 01:05:13.250
What did they give for you? Animals?

01:05:14.208 --> 01:05:19.208
They gave lots of goats, necklaces…

01:05:20.291 --> 01:05:25.708
… and also cash.

01:05:28.250 --> 01:05:33.000
I was very well paid for.

01:05:34.250 --> 01:05:38.083
I remember they also gave…

01:05:38.625 --> 01:05:42.625
… 5 mules, 10 cows…

01:05:43.125 --> 01:05:45.625
What did they do with your bride payment?

01:05:46.083 --> 01:05:50.083
They gave it to my maternal family…

01:05:50.416 --> 01:05:54.333
… and they did very well.

01:05:54.333 --> 01:05:58.166
As if they'd won the lottery.

01:05:58.166 --> 01:06:01.041
My mother was also paid for.

01:06:01.041 --> 01:06:03.375
How much did they give for her?

01:06:04.416 --> 01:06:08.416
200 head of cattle, …

01:06:09.208 --> 01:06:14.166
… 15 tuma necklaces.

01:06:14.166 --> 01:06:18.875
My father was very rich.

01:06:18.916 --> 01:06:22.666
I remember crying when my father…

01:06:22.666 --> 01:06:28.041
… gave me away to a man,
because men scared me.

01:06:37.041 --> 01:06:40.875
Pili, breakfast!

01:07:04.666 --> 01:07:10.333
The hardest part of seclusion
is that I can't laugh anymore.

01:07:10.333 --> 01:07:16.083
To become a woman here
means one can't laugh, …

01:07:16.083 --> 01:07:19.083
… but I love to laugh.

01:07:58.458 --> 01:08:00.458
How are you?

01:08:03.375 --> 01:08:05.375
How've you been?

01:08:06.458 --> 01:08:07.458
I'm fine.

01:08:09.916 --> 01:08:12.541
Where's grand-mother?

01:08:13.916 --> 01:08:16.916
She's in the kitchen.

01:08:20.208 --> 01:08:28.250
I'm here because I want
to speak with her, …

01:08:30.291 --> 01:08:36.250
… so, I need you to call her.

01:08:38.208 --> 01:08:41.708
Grand-mother…!

01:08:41.708 --> 01:08:44.250
Uhuh! How are you?

01:08:44.250 --> 01:08:46.291
Fine. How are you?

01:08:46.291 --> 01:08:48.000
I´m doing well.

01:08:48.000 --> 01:08:49.750
Has it rained much?

01:08:49.750 --> 01:08:52.916
No. It needs to rain
because the land is very dry…

01:08:52.916 --> 01:08:55.125
… and the animals are dying of thirst.

01:08:56.791 --> 01:08:59.541
The same is happening
to us, in this settlement.

01:09:00.166 --> 01:09:05.291
I want to talk to you.

01:09:05.291 --> 01:09:11.583
I'm from the Jarariyu clan.
I know which clan you belong to.

01:09:11.583 --> 01:09:17.666
The girl that's secluded,
your grand-daughter, …

01:09:17.666 --> 01:09:22.458
… is very valuable to me.

01:09:22.458 --> 01:09:26.833
You might ask why I'm talking about this.

01:09:28.458 --> 01:09:32.333
Yes, I'm interested in her.

01:09:32.333 --> 01:09:38.000
Even though I might not
become the girl's husband, …

01:09:38.000 --> 01:09:43.125
… I think she could be wife
to one of my nephews.

01:09:43.541 --> 01:09:51.500
I repeat, I'm interested in her.

01:09:51.500 --> 01:09:56.291
No, she's still too young, …

01:09:56.291 --> 01:10:01.083
… I don't want her to be sold just yet.

01:10:01.083 --> 01:10:05.833
I want her to study.
I'm not giving her to you.

01:10:05.833 --> 01:10:10.000
I'll give her away
whenever I decide it suitable.

01:10:10.000 --> 01:10:17.541
What we want is for her
to fight for a better future.

01:10:17.541 --> 01:10:21.750
The bride price you're offering
would run out very quickly…

01:10:21.750 --> 01:10:25.291
… and she'd be left with
no prosperous future.

01:10:25.291 --> 01:10:29.916
So, I don't want to give her away.

01:10:29.916 --> 01:10:34.875
It's true that a Majayut is highly valued…

01:10:34.875 --> 01:10:40.625
but, I insist, she's still too young…

01:10:40.625 --> 01:10:44.291
… and she needs to
become a bit more mature.

01:10:44.291 --> 01:10:47.291
What I have here, to show for the
bride price, is a valuable necklace.

01:10:48.083 --> 01:10:50.416
I'll show it to you.

01:10:50.416 --> 01:10:53.375
It's good of you to have
brought it, but I won't take it.

01:10:53.375 --> 01:10:56.958
However, I still want…

01:10:56.958 --> 01:11:01.291
to show it to you.

01:11:02.875 --> 01:11:06.375
Yes. I see it. It's beautiful.

01:11:06.375 --> 01:11:09.333
I can't deny I'd like to have it, …

01:11:09.333 --> 01:11:11.500
I'd like it for myself…

01:11:11.500 --> 01:11:13.875
… however, I'm not keeping it.

01:11:13.875 --> 01:11:16.916
This necklace is made of a
very fine stone called Tuma.

01:11:16.916 --> 01:11:21.166
Yes, I know. It seems to be very valuable.

01:11:21.166 --> 01:11:27.125
You might want to keep it for later, …

01:11:27.125 --> 01:11:34.208
… since you're so interested.

01:11:34.208 --> 01:11:39.750
Yes, I'll keep it.

01:11:39.750 --> 01:11:43.458
The fact that you came
here to offer a bride price …

01:11:43.458 --> 01:11:46.458
… for my grand-daughter gives
our settlement great prestige.

01:11:46.500 --> 01:11:48.000
Yes, you can take great pride.

01:11:48.000 --> 01:11:49.958
Yes, it makes me very proud.

01:12:24.000 --> 01:12:28.791
A man who offered a beautiful
necklace for you just left.

01:12:28.791 --> 01:12:32.416
What do you think about that?

01:12:33.166 --> 01:12:38.083
Would you agree to have that
man pay a bride price for you?…

01:12:38.083 --> 01:12:40.083
… and to have to go with him?

01:12:41.791 --> 01:12:43.791
What do you think about that?

01:12:45.791 --> 01:12:49.458
Tell me. It's your life at stake.

01:12:51.291 --> 01:12:53.916
I want to tell you
something you already know.

01:12:53.916 --> 01:12:57.541
Our men are always in a hammock drinking.

01:12:57.541 --> 01:12:59.541
They only want to order you about: …

01:12:59.541 --> 01:13:01.208
…“Hang the hammock! Make dinner!”.

01:13:01.208 --> 01:13:06.208
That's what I think.
Do you want that for yourself?

01:13:41.416 --> 01:13:45.875
Pili, there's something you need to know…

01:13:45.875 --> 01:13:50.875
… and that's the importance
of dreams in your life.

01:13:50.875 --> 01:13:56.208
They tell us what might happen to us…

01:13:56.208 --> 01:13:59.583
… and show us how to avoid mishappenings.

01:14:21.958 --> 01:14:26.958
So, let's now prepare for
baptism and ask the Holy Spirit …

01:14:27.791 --> 01:14:29.791
… to be with us during this celebration, …

01:14:30.208 --> 01:14:31.750
…and especially with Jairito, …

01:14:32.250 --> 01:14:35.416
… who's going to be baptized
and will become a new creature.

01:14:35.416 --> 01:14:41.125
Holy Mary, Mother of God. Pray for us.

01:14:41.625 --> 01:14:46.958
Saint John the Baptist. Pray for us.

01:14:46.958 --> 01:14:52.000
Jairo Antonio, I baptize you,
in the name of the Father, …

01:14:53.208 --> 01:14:56.250
… and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit. Amen.

01:14:58.166 --> 01:14:59.875
The god-parents repeat after me:

01:15:00.208 --> 01:15:04.833
He was given to me a Moor,
I now return him a Christian.

01:15:05.208 --> 01:15:07.208
Give each other a hug.
You're now compadres.

01:15:07.625 --> 01:15:11.958
You must now respect and honor
each other, by this sacrament.

01:15:13.458 --> 01:15:15.458
May the Lord, who called you to him, …

01:15:15.916 --> 01:15:18.958
… keep you in this special grace.

01:15:19.166 --> 01:15:21.666
… And now let us bless this house …

01:15:21.666 --> 01:15:23.958
… where Pili has dwelt this whole year, …

01:15:24.625 --> 01:15:26.791
… so that the Lord may strengthen her, …

01:15:27.291 --> 01:15:29.375
…and that those projects and good wishes, …

01:15:29.375 --> 01:15:32.291
… that lie deep in the heart,
may all come true.

01:15:32.958 --> 01:15:35.458
Pili, I bless you: In the
name of the Father, …

01:15:36.208 --> 01:15:39.250
… and of the Son, and of
the Holy Spirit. Amen.

01:16:16.791 --> 01:16:21.625
Now that I'm about to
come out of seclusion…

01:16:21.625 --> 01:16:24.375
… many people are going to
see me again, after a long time.

01:16:27.375 --> 01:16:29.375
It's going to be very
embarrassing for me, …

01:16:30.083 --> 01:16:32.083
… to meet with all those people, …

01:16:32.083 --> 01:16:37.500
… because I've been
secluded for a long time…

01:16:37.500 --> 01:16:41.166
… without seeing anyone.

01:16:41.166 --> 01:16:44.791
I'm scared of people now.

01:16:50.666 --> 01:16:55.208
I'm going to be embarrassed
when I go back to school, …

01:16:55.208 --> 01:17:00.375
… because my classmates will ask me…

01:17:00.375 --> 01:17:05.083
where I've been.

01:17:05.083 --> 01:17:07.541
I´m scared of that.

01:17:07.541 --> 01:17:10.250
That's why I don't want to go out.

01:17:20.208 --> 01:17:24.958
You don't have to cry. Say hello.

01:17:24.958 --> 01:17:32.333
You can see the day
light now, after a long time.

01:17:32.333 --> 01:17:36.333
Come, sit here.

01:17:39.291 --> 01:17:43.083
I'm bringing you out of
this long seclusion today…

01:17:43.083 --> 01:17:45.083
… so that you may continue to behave…

01:17:45.083 --> 01:17:47.291
… like an adult woman…

01:17:47.291 --> 01:17:52.333
When you see someone…

01:17:52.333 --> 01:17:58.875
… you must not laugh with them.

01:17:58.875 --> 01:18:00.875
If someone comes to visit me, …

01:18:00.875 --> 01:18:02.875
… you must not listen to our conversation.

01:18:02.875 --> 01:18:08.000
Your duty is to make coffee
and offer it to them.

01:18:08.000 --> 01:18:12.750
That will be your behavior from now on.

01:18:13.291 --> 01:18:21.291
You know I don't want
you to laugh with any man.

01:18:22.833 --> 01:18:27.125
You must follow my example.

01:19:28.375 --> 01:19:31.791
You're going out of
seclusion in a few moments…

01:19:31.791 --> 01:19:34.750
… and you'll now be in charge of helping…

01:19:34.750 --> 01:19:39.750
… solve your family's problems.

01:19:39.750 --> 01:19:42.500
If there should be any
conflicts in your settlement, …

01:19:42.500 --> 01:19:46.250
you'll be in charge of…

01:19:46.250 --> 01:19:48.791
… solving them the best way possible.

01:19:48.791 --> 01:19:51.000
The experience of seclusion…

01:19:51.000 --> 01:19:54.375
…grants you a legacy you'll
always have to practice.

01:20:03.375 --> 01:20:09.291
Your time of seclusion has come to an end.

01:20:09.375 --> 01:20:14.166
I'm dressing you up for your exit.

01:20:14.166 --> 01:20:20.125
Many people are waiting for you outside.

01:20:20.125 --> 01:20:27.916
If they ask, you'll tell them…

01:20:27.916 --> 01:20:35.916
… you were secluded for many moons.

01:20:45.875 --> 01:20:50.875
Here's my grand-daughter…

01:20:50.875 --> 01:20:55.333
… who I secluded for many moons.

01:20:55.333 --> 01:20:59.208
Anyone who wants to see her, can do so now.

01:21:04.083 --> 01:21:07.916
Here, I offer you my work.

01:21:08.958 --> 01:21:10.958
It's very nice.

01:21:11.041 --> 01:21:14.041
To have been secluded
reaffirms your role as a woman…

01:21:14.166 --> 01:21:17.666
… within your culture.

01:21:17.666 --> 01:21:21.666
You're now a new Majayut.

01:21:22.333 --> 01:21:25.333
Now, you won't forget our customs.

01:21:26.416 --> 01:21:28.416
You shall go about the world…

01:21:29.250 --> 01:21:31.250
… raising your Wayuu being up high.

01:21:32.250 --> 01:21:34.833
Look. Her skin is beautiful.

01:21:34.833 --> 01:21:37.500
You should have seen it
when she first got her period.

01:21:44.875 --> 01:21:47.708
Rose, come and see her.

01:21:47.750 --> 01:21:49.750
Pili, you're an example to follow…

01:21:49.750 --> 01:21:52.125
and, through you, other girls
will know the importance…

01:21:52.125 --> 01:21:54.458
… of seclusion.

01:22:26.708 --> 01:22:28.875
I challenge you to dance with me.

01:22:59.875 --> 01:23:02.625
I'm going to dance with all the girls!!!

01:24:27.125 --> 01:24:33.291
How are you, Pili?

01:24:35.416 --> 01:24:40.791
How are you feeling?

01:24:42.125 --> 01:24:47.375
Do you know how to behave now?

01:24:50.666 --> 01:24:53.750
It's been a long time, hasn't it?

01:24:53.750 --> 01:24:57.041
Do you remember the
trip we took to the sea?

01:24:58.125 --> 01:25:02.333
Now, you'll have to own up to…

01:25:02.333 --> 01:25:07.375
… everything you learned throughout
this year of seclusion…

01:25:07.375 --> 01:25:11.166
… so that you can better understand …

01:25:11.166 --> 01:25:15.333
… your Wayuu essence.

01:25:36.000 --> 01:25:38.000
To be offered a bride price…

01:25:38.000 --> 01:25:40.875
…is a matter of great
pride for a Wayuu woman.

01:25:41.458 --> 01:25:43.458
I renounced to my bride price…

01:25:44.125 --> 01:25:47.958
… because I didn't want to be bought.

01:25:48.250 --> 01:25:53.791
I went into seclusion because
it was my grandmother's wish.

01:25:53.791 --> 01:25:55.958
She strongly defends our culture.

01:25:55.958 --> 01:26:00.166
I also wanted to follow our tradition, …

01:26:00.166 --> 01:26:04.041
… but what I want now is
to finish high school…

01:26:04.833 --> 01:26:06.833
… and to be a career woman.