Mav Gonzales, sumama sa pangangalakal sa maruming ilog | I-Witness - video Dailymotion

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Sa kabila ng lumulutang na basura, tubig na maaaring magdala ng sakit, at mga bubog na maaaring makasugat, hindi raw gumagamit sina Roldan at Chude ng kahit anong proteksyon sa kanilang pangangalakal.   Para sa kanila raw kasi, mas malaki ang takot na hindi mapakain ang kani-kanilang pamilya. Sa pagsama ni Mav Gonzales sa kanila, suwertehin kaya sila at makahanap ng alahas?   Panoorin ang ‘Ginto sa Burak,’ dokumentaryo ni Mav Gonzales sa #IWitness.

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00:00I joined Roldan and Judy in their journey.

00:07They say this is connected to the top and it comes from the mountains.

00:10So, it's a long way.

00:11There are places where people swim.

00:14Maybe that's where it comes from.

00:17Maybe there are things that are removed while swimming.

00:19Yes, it's connected.

00:23Where will you start today?

00:25Here.

00:26Let's go here first.

00:27Okay, I'll go with you.

00:29I hope we can see something.

00:33Even if the water is shallow, it's still dangerous.

00:36That's why Roldan asked me to wear boots and gloves.

00:44My brother told me that it's dangerous if I just hold it.

00:47Because there are bones underneath.

00:50It's dangerous.

00:57Yes, that's right.

00:59Brother, your feet!

01:06They're not used to using protective equipment

01:09because it's easier to dig the ground with bare hands.

01:13How do you see that, brother?

01:16I'm just digging.

01:20He's digging.

01:25Because the water here is deeper and it's harder to reach,

01:30Roldan thinks that no one has ever dug here before.

01:35It's a bit strong.

01:36That's why the rocks underneath are slippery.

01:45But after a few minutes of searching,

01:48we found a broken bottle.

01:53They found a lot of bones underneath.

01:57This one is even bigger.

02:01It's also dangerous because I'm wearing boots and they're wearing flip-flops.

02:07Later, the two of us decided to go to a safer part of the river.

02:13There are a lot of houses around here.

02:17And there are pipes connected to the river.

02:24I don't know where the water that flows from here comes from.

02:31Whether it's from the kitchen, the bathroom, or the bathroom.

02:37And earlier, the river was full of garbage.

02:41And earlier, the river was full of garbage.

02:48Now, there are even dirty and used diapers.

02:52Aside from the bones, they can't see what they're picking up.

02:58Because it's full of garbage, the river is not happy.

03:03I think they're just used to it.

03:06But it's not a coincidence that Roldan and Sude...

03:11Brother, where does this water come from?

03:14Because there are houses around here.

03:16So, there are also...

03:19Wastewater.

03:21Did it come from the bathroom here?

03:23No, it's from the kitchen.

03:26It's from the bathroom.

03:29It's from the bathroom!

03:31It's from the bathroom!

03:35It's like we're in a giant immortal, but it's open.

03:42That's right.

03:43Brother, aren't you afraid?

03:45Because first, there are a lot of bones.

03:47Second, this water looks like leptospirosis.

03:52Yes, ma'am.

03:54Life is hard, ma'am.

03:56I'm afraid, ma'am, that I won't be able to feed my family.

04:01For me, it's up to God.

04:05Yes, ma'am.

04:07We know that this river is really bad.

04:10It's all mixed up.

04:12It comes from the canal, there's dog poop, there's garbage.

04:17I didn't notice it, ma'am. It's up to God.

04:20Yes, ma'am.

04:21Since then, it's been a few years, I haven't been sick.

04:27But Roldan says, there's someone who's been here before us.

04:31Brother, you said there's someone who's been here before us?

04:34Yes, ma'am.

04:35Because there are a lot of bones.

04:38That means there's someone who's been here before us.

04:41Ah, okay.

04:42That's why we're here.

04:44That means you've been here before a lot of people?

04:47Yes, ma'am, a lot of people.

04:48In other groups, there are a lot of people.

04:51That's why we're here.

04:53They're like treasure hunters here.

05:00I feel like what we're doing, it's like we're in the middle of nowhere.

05:03You know, it's already been chosen.

05:07It's not a new box anymore.

05:09So, you're just lucky if you can still get alahas or bakal or anything valuable here.

05:17But, of course, it's much better if you're not being hunted by others.

05:25No matter how lucky you are to be able to get alahas here,

05:30it's also a chance that a different grace is leading you.

05:36What happened, ma'am?

05:38It's falling from there.

05:40Oh, no, it's not.

05:42I thought it was a bone.

05:47After almost an hour…

05:54I think it was a catfish, it was blushing.

05:57…Roldan was caught.

05:59Roldan was caught.

06:03It looked like a pair of gulls.

06:07It was really blushing,

06:09but it was just a fancy jewellery.

06:12It's just a fancy jewelry.

06:14Let's put it aside for now.

06:18There's a pendant.

06:22Here's another one.

06:24This one has a scarf.

06:27There.

06:28Kuya got a pendant, a scarf.

06:34We also got a lot of coins.

06:36Kuya got a lot of coins.

06:38What is this?

06:41Some of them came from other countries.

06:50They also store coins, screws, and other metals that can be sold in a junk shop.

06:57Look at this.

06:59There's a blade that can cut through what Kuya got.

07:02It's really dangerous.

07:04They only use their hands.

07:06It reminds us that this kind of life is sometimes short-lived.

07:16When we reached the upper part of the river,

07:20I thought they were done.

07:26But they only got a little bit of gold.

07:31So we continued to the other side of the river.

07:37The water here is not flowing anymore.

07:43It's not a river anymore.

07:46It's an estuary.

07:49Kuya, why did you choose this place?

07:52Because there are stocks of fish here.

07:56When the water flows, they can swim around here.

08:00Okay.

08:01They can swim around here.

08:03Okay.

08:04So they can swim in the rocks here?

08:07Yes.

08:09There are flowers, ma'am.

08:11Yes, Kuya.

08:13What will happen when the flowers fall?

08:16Will you continue?

08:17Yes, ma'am.

08:18Okay.

08:19Let's pray that we can see each other again so that you can go home.

08:24It's more dangerous here than when we were in the rocks.

08:29When you were in the rocks.

08:33We've been through a lot.

08:46A lot of people come here to pray.

08:56What did you get?

08:58Yes, ma'am.

08:59Silver.

09:00Pindan.

09:01It's big, ma'am.

09:02It's big.

09:03Silver.

09:04And a bell.

09:05It's big.

09:26But after five hours of searching, the bell is still ringing.

09:31You've been like this since yesterday, we haven't been able to get you anything.

09:34That's right, ma'am.

09:36What are you going to do?

09:39We'll just sell the fruits, ma'am.

09:44Or maybe we'll add more.

09:46But it's easier to find when it rains.

09:49When it rains?

09:50But it's raining now.

09:52That's right, ma'am.

09:52Yes.

09:53But there are parts here that haven't rained yet.

09:56Yes.

09:56Like this morning when we went there,

10:00there was a thunderstorm.

10:01Ah.

10:02Yes.

10:02It was early in the morning.

10:03Yes.

10:04Maybe it's just bad luck today.

10:06Yes.

10:06I wish I didn't have a plan.

10:08There, I have a plan.

10:11Okay, let's try again tomorrow.

10:12Okay.

10:13Maybe tomorrow we'll have a better chance.

10:15Yes.

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