Madagascar's Vezo: 'The sea is our life'

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In the turquoise waters of southwestern Madagascar, the Vezo people have fished for generations using hand-built pirogues and ancestral knowledge of the ocean. But as industrial fishing encroaches and stocks dwindle near the shore, families are forced to venture farther and deeper into uncertain waters.

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00:00ryama

00:17Goodness!

00:19Which is my husband family member from me?

00:25Maybe I get married, but

00:28We've been able to change things.

00:36I want to change everything.

00:40I am dealing with my father.

00:44to come to me.

00:47I talk to other people about me.

00:51And then I have my friends.

00:53My whole family is like a free family.

00:57it appears that our people have to take care of their kids.

01:03We have to take care of the people,

01:05that we have to take care of their kids.

01:07Now, when we start to think about,

01:10to think about why,

01:12we try to protect our kids,

01:14and we try to fight back,

01:16but we don't remember the people,

01:18and we try to fight back.

01:20We're living here from England,

01:22so we're living here.

01:24So, when we do the same,

01:25and I will be able to help our country.

01:38The land is a place where the land is,

01:41and the land is a place where the land is.

01:45If the land is a place where the land is,

01:49the land is a place where the land is.

01:52I'm going to let this take a look at my house and I came to win a game.

01:59And I found this anymore.

02:05And I also want to let this move on and serve them as that of the way.

02:11I just want to let this move on and let this move on.

02:15And I also want to let this move on.

02:22We'll see you next time.

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