Coastal culture
mentawai islands, indonesia
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La mayoría del turismo del surf en las islas de Mentawai son en botes ( grandes ) y los visitantes nunca pisan tierra para interactuar con la comunidad local. Mientras muchos discuten si esto es bueno o malo, también podrían discutir si la falta de intercambio intercultural, en esta ola de turismo, esta relacionado a la falta de beneficio económico o cultural para la comunidad.
Coast 2 Coast se quedo una semana en las comunidad pesquera de Mapadegat para facilitar talleres audiovisuales participativos para los jóvenes participantes de A Liquid Future. Juntos pintamos el primer mural de la isla, hicimos clases de foto y foto acuática, tocamos música, surfeamos y pescamos. Aprendimos de los impactos negativos del turismo no sostenible y el cambio climático. Este video es un resumen de nuestro tiempo en Mentawai, y es un llamado para facilitar más oportunidades en las comunidades pesqueras del mundo, para desarrollar cambios positivos y proteger los estilos de vida auto sostenible.
The majority of surf tourism in the Mentawai Islands is by charter boat where travelers never actually step foot on land and interact with the local community. While some might argue this is a good thing for the local people, you also can argue that this lack of cross-cultural interactions means local people do not benefit economically or inter-culturally from the wave of tourism.
Coast 2 Coast spent one week with the local fishing community of Mapadegat and facilitated an audiovisual workshop with the young groms of A Liquid Future. As part of our workshop, we painted together the first mural in the community (designed by the local kids), participants learned how to take photos (underwater, on the beach, and in the community), and played music, surfed, and fished. We learned about the issues facing the community from the rise of unsustainable tourism and negative consequences of climate change. This video is a summary of our time in the Mentawai and is meant as a call to positive action to facilitate more opportunities for grassroots fishing communities to speak up and out for their rights to protecting their livelihoods.