Tanna Page #2

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Wisdom comes through suffering,

killing only brings sorrow.

One side struggles for power,

the other takes revenge.

Divided children of Tanna,

join together in peace.

Go back to our beginnings,

hear the wisdom of the ancestors

and live once more in harmony.

Follow me.

This one.

We'll take these kava cuttings

to the garden

where your parents were killed

and plant them.

Then we'll take the root

to the Peacemaking Chief.

Don't break its roots.

You must dig kava with respect.

Drinking kava

deepens understanding.

It's sacred to all the Kastom Roads

and will guide us on the path to peace.

It's time to begin new life here.

Your parents' garden is yours now.

Let's clear it and plant the kava cuttings.

Your father's digging stick.

I loved your father as you did.

Now we only have each other.

We have each other.

I want revenge.

If you want to be a good chief one day,

you must move beyond revenge.

Dain, what's wrong?

The Imedin slit my father's throat.

My grandfather is telling me

to forget that.

I can't stop thinking about what I saw.

They speared my mother.

When I found her in the garden,

she was still alive.

I picked her up and held her.

She looked up at me

and tried to say something,

but the spear had gone through her chest.

I'll never forgive them.

I want my revenge.

Dain, I couldn't bear

the thought of that

happening to my father and mother.

But we can't keep doing

terrible things to each other.

We need to live without fear.

Would you want our kids

to live under this threat?

Our kids?

It might happen that one day

we have children.

How will this happen?

The Peacemaking Chief has ordered

the Kastom Roads to come together.

He wants us to Bury the Club

with the Imedin today.

The Imedin are here.

Kastom Roads, listen carefully.

You, Charlie, must stop the killing.

You, Mikum, must also stop.

There's been too much blood spilt.

I order you to share the land

you've been fighting over.

Mikum.

Charlie.

Now exchange pigs and kava

to open the path to peace.

The Imedin man wearing tusks

clubbed Grandpa.

Mikum...

Mikum, the Spirit Mother told me

the hatred between us must end.

I want your people and my people

to unite in peace.

I have heard you, Charlie.

I respect the authority

of the chiefs gathered here.

He looks like he's come out

of a hollow tree.

Look at him.

He's so black you can't see his eyes.

Mother, keep quiet

so we can hear the chiefs.

Look at him.

He thinks he's so fierce.

We want to Bury the Club with you

and honour all agreements we make today.

We're moving towards a settlement, Charlie.

We'll seal the peace properly

after the women have left.

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