Hunting and Fishing

William Kalang Alang discusses the Sa'ban practices of hunting and fishing in the Sa'ban language. The recording explains different methods of hunting for wild boar and catching fish. It was recorded in Long Banga on 28th November 2017.

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00:00:02mau, lem alam nai, éek la' madei' ciek
this afternoon, I am going to say a bit

00:00:06lem ayoo' papah lún Sa'ban alaak aka
about how the Sa'ban hunt for wild boar

00:00:11mai alaak awiit
and hunt for fish

00:00:12abiin Bulan nai nsúek cerita ciek
because Bulan asked me to say something

00:00:16lem ayoo' papah lún mraal Sa'ban mai alaak awiit
about how our Sa'ban elders went to catch fish

00:00:22ataupun mai alaak aka, nonoh
and hunt for wild boar, like that

00:00:24pu'uen-pu'uen amai
in the beginning

00:00:26lem amai, lún mraal amai ma'oen
our elders

00:00:30am deh waan selapang
they did not have guns

00:00:31deh pakai kuu' mai raat aka
they used dogs to hunt for wild boar

00:00:38kai kuu' ai mangang aka ai tau
if the dogs bark at the wild boar

00:00:41an yeh mrueng yeh tau
then they trap it

00:00:42dei yeh mataai aka ai pakai lataap
then they kill the wild boar using a spear

00:00:44pi nah, waan selapang lún
afterwards, when people had guns

00:00:46parap lún mai mpuet aka
they were able to hunt with guns

00:00:51dan parap deh mai raat yeh breu
and use dogs as well

00:00:54nonoh ddúet si' cara
so that's one way

00:00:57parap tah lún mraal amai aroo' lút breu
the elders could also set traps

00:01:00nah naan deh alaak aka, alaak payau
that was a way they caught wild boar or deer

00:01:03kai deh ttoo' lem lút ai
when they fall into the trap

00:01:05ai si' weh, acara amai mai alaak awiit
the second thing is how we catch fish

00:01:09amai pakai bilei'
we use fishing nets

00:01:12amai pakai ma'at
we use fishing hooks

00:01:13amai pakai beu
we use fish traps

00:01:15amai pakai talep
we use talep traps

00:01:17amai pakai pokat
we use fishing nets

00:01:18loe' cara-cara amai kaap awiit nah
there are many ways that we catch fish

00:01:23kai amai la' mai kaap awiit ai
if we go and look for fish

00:01:27anok ciek nah lah
so that's a little bit about that