Tanna Page #3

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So sweet.

Imedin warriors.

I know a place to hide

on the other side of the volcano.

What are you doing here?

The Imedin are on the other side

of the volcano.

I saw Wawa and Dain head that way.

Show us.

Wawa, someone's coming.

Take this.

Stay here.

Where's Wawa? Where's my daughter?

She's safe with me.

Dad, stop!

Stop fighting.

Dain, the Imedin are out to kill you.

I know that.

Go back and tell them we're dead.

We'll live together in the forest.

You can't hide from the Imedin forever.

They will hunt you down.

They will kill my daughter

if she stays with you.

I'm not leaving Dain.

If you don't go to the Imedin,

there'll be war.

No one will be safe.

The Imedin are out there

and it will be dark soon.

We'll sleep here and tomorrow

we'll take Wawa

to the Imedin.

Your father is right.

You have to go with them.

Dain, we can ask your grandfather

to take you back.

No. The Imedin won't let me live,

wherever I am.

To live, you have to go with them.

I'm not leaving you.

I'm not leaving you.

They've eaten poisonous mushrooms.

We found Dain and Wawa.

They are dead.

We're bringing them home.

Honoured Kastom Roads,

I called you here to tell you...

I received a song from the Spirit Mother.

It touched me deeply.

Since the beginning of time

the chiefs have arranged marriage

along the Kastom Roads

but two lovers chose

to walk a different path.

Now hear their words:

"You saw our love was strong"

"we showed you how we felt"

"you denied us life together"

"we had no choice

but to say goodbye forever."

My heart is heavy.

Our precious seedlings have been cut down.

We've always fought to keep Kastom strong.

The colonial powers - we resisted.

The Christians - we resisted.

The lure of money - we resisted that also.

We are the last keepers of Kastom

and we are few.

The young people here

will carry our future.

We must listen to them

to keep Kastom strong.

We have to find a way to make

love marriage part of Kastom.

No more deaths.

Our Kastom burns like that fire.

With every death the fire becomes weaker.

I agree with Charlie about love marriage.

We must embrace any idea that

keeps Kastom burning strong.

Let's add this new log and unite in peace.

Since the suicides of 1987

the tribes of Tanna have

accepted love marriage

as part of their Kastom.

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