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Elizabeth Lindsey: Curating humanity's heritage
Elizabeth Lindsey: Kuriranje ljudske baštine
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Govori se da kada netko stariji umre, to je kao da ste knjižnicu spalili. Antropologinja Elizabeth Lindsey, suradnica National Geographic-a, prikuplja duboka kulturološka znanja koja se prenose kroz priče i spoznaje.
Elizabeth Lindsey - Explorer, ethnographer
Elizabeth Lindsey is a fellow of the National Geographic Society. Her mission: to keep ancestral voices alive by recording indigenous wisdom and traditions. Full bio
Elizabeth Lindsey is a fellow of the National Geographic Society. Her mission: to keep ancestral voices alive by recording indigenous wisdom and traditions. Full bio
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As a child,
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Kao dijete,
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I was raised by native Hawaiian elders --
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odgojena sam od strane havajskih starješina --
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three old women
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tri stare žene
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who took care of me while my parents worked.
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koje su se brinule za mene dok su moji roditelji radili.
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The year is 1963.
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Godina je 1963.
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We're at the ocean.
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Mi smo u oceanu,
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It's twilight.
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to je sumrak.
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We're watching the rising of the stars
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Mi gledamo dizanje zvijezda
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and the shifting of the tides.
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i pomicanje morske mijene.
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It's a stretch of beach we know so well.
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To su dugačke plaže koje znamo tako dobro.
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The smooth stones on the sand
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Glatko kamenje na pijesku
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are familiar to us.
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nam je poznato.
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If you saw these women on the street
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Ako ste vidjeli ove žene na ulici
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in their faded clothes,
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u svojoj izblijedjeloj odjeći,
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you might dismiss them
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možete ih odbaciti
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as poor and simple.
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kao siromašne i jednostavne.
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That would be a mistake.
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To bi bilo pogrešno.
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These women are descendants
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Te žene su potomci
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of Polynesian navigators,
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polinezijskih moreplovaca,
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trained in the old ways
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obučene na stari način
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by their elders,
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od njihovih starijih.
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and now they're passing it on to me.
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I sada one to prenose na mene.
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They teach me the names of the winds and the rains,
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Uče me imena vjetrova i kiša --
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of astronomy according to a genealogy of stars.
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astronomije prema genealogiji zvijezda.
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There's a new moon on the horizon.
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Tu je novi mjesec na horizontu.
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Hawaiians say it's a good night for fishing.
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Havajci će reći kako je dobra noć za ribolov.
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They begin to chant.
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Oni počinju pjevati.
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[Hawaiian chant]
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[Havajski pjev]
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When they finish,
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Kada završe,
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they sit in a circle
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sjednu u krug
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and ask me to come to join them.
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i traže od mene da dođem i da im se pridružim.
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They want to teach me about my destiny.
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Oni me žele naučiti o mojoj sudbini.
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I thought every seven-year-old went through this.
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Mislila sam kako je svaka sedmogodišnjakinja prošla kroz to.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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"Baby girl,
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"Curice,
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someday the world will be in trouble.
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jednog dana svijet će biti u nevolji.
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People will forget their wisdom.
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Ljudi će zaboraviti svoju mudrost.
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It will take elders' voices
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Uzeti će glasove starijih
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from the far corners of the world
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iz dalekih krajeva svijeta
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to call the world into balance.
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kako bi vratili svijet u ravnotežu.
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You will go far away.
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Vi ćete otići daleko.
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It will sometimes be a lonely road.
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Ponekad će to biti osamljen put.
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We will not be there.
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Mi nećemo biti tamo.
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But you will look into the eyes
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Ali vi ćete gledati u oči
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of seeming strangers,
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tobožnjim strancima,
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and you will recognize your ohana,
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i prepoznati ćete svoju obitelj,
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your family.
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svoju obitelj.
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And it will take all of you.
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I to će uzeti sve vas.
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It will take all of you."
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To će uzeti sve vas."
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These words, I hold onto
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Tih se riječi, držim
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all my life.
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cijeli život.
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Because the idea of doing it alone
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Budući da me ideja da to radim sama
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terrifies me.
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užasava.
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The year is 2007.
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Godina je 2007.
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I'm on a remote island in Micronesia.
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Ja sam na udaljenom otoku u Mikroneziji.
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Satawal is one half-mile long
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Satawal je kilometar dug
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by one mile wide.
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i oko dva širok.
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It's the home of my mentor.
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To je dom mog mentora.
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His name is Pius Mau Piailug.
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Njegovo ime je Pio Piailug.
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Mau is a palu,
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Mau je Palu,
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a navigator priest.
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moreplovac svećenik.
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He's also considered
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Njega smatraju
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the greatest wave finder in the world.
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najvećim tragačem valova na svijetu.
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There are fewer than a handful
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Postoji samo šaćica
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of palu left on this island.
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palua koji su ostali na ovom otoku.
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Their tradition is so extraordinary
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Njihova tradicija je tako izvanredna
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that these mariners sailed
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da su ti mornari plovili
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three million square miles across the Pacific
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7,77 milijuna kvadratnih kilometara preko Tihog oceana
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without the use of instruments.
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bez upotrebe instrumenata.
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They could synthesize patterns in nature
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Mogli su sintetizirati uzorak u prirodi
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using the rising and setting of stars,
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koristeći izlaske i zalaske zvijezda,
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the sequence and direction of waves,
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redoslijed i smjer valova,
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the flight patterns of certain birds.
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obrasce letova određenih ptica.
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Even the slightest hint of color
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Čak i najmanji nagovještaj boje
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on the underbelly of a cloud
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na trbuhu oblaka
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would inform them
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će ih obavijestiti
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and help them navigate with the keenest accuracy.
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i pomoći im u navigaciji najveće točnosti.
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When Western scientists would join Mau on the canoe
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Kada bi se zapadni znanstvenici mogli pridružiti Mau u kanuu
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and watch him go into the hull,
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i gledali ga dok odlazi u brodsko korito
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it appeared that an old man
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činilo bi se kako starac
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was going to rest.
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ide na odmor.
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In fact, the hull of the canoe
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U stvari, korito kanua
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is the womb of the vessel.
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je utroba plovila.
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It is the most accurate place
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To je najtočnije mjesto
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to feel the rhythm and sequence
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da se osjećaju ritam i slijed
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and direction of waves.
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i smjer valova.
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Mau was, in fact,
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Mau je, u stvari,
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gathering explicit data
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prikupljao eksplicitne podatke
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using his entire body.
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koristeći svoje cijelo tijelo.
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It's what he had been trained to do
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To je ono što je istreniran da napravi
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since he was five years old.
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od svoje pete godine.
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Now science may dismiss this methodology,
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Znanost može odbaciti ovu metodologiju,
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but Polynesian navigators use it today
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ali polinezijski moreplovci ju koriste i danas
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because it provides them
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jer im pruža
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an accurate determination
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precizno određivanje
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of the angle and direction
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kuta i smjera
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of their vessel.
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njihovog plovila.
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The palu also had
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Palu je također imao
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an uncanny ability
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jezovitu sposobnost
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to forecast weather conditions
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prognozirati vremenske prilike
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days in advance.
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danima unaprijed.
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Sometimes I'd be with Mau on a cloud-covered night
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Ponekad bih bila s Mauom tijekom oblacima pokrivene noći
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and we'd sit at the easternmost coast of the island,
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i mi bi sjedili na najistočnoj obali otoka,
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and he would look out,
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a on bi pogledao u daljinu.
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and then he would say,
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I onda bi rekao,
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"Okay, we go."
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"U redu, idemo."
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He saw that first glint of light --
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On je vidio taj prvi bljesak svjetlosti --
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he knew what the weather was going to be three days from now.
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i znao je kakvo će vrijeme biti u iduća tri dana.
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Their achievements, intellectually and scientifically,
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Njihova postignuća, intelektualno i znanstveno,
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are extraordinary,
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su izvanredna,
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and they are so relevant
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i ona su tako relevantna
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for these times that we are in
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za ova vremena u kojima živimo
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when we are riding out storms.
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kada izlazimo iz oluje.
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We are in such a critical moment
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Mi smo u tako kritičnom trenutku
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of our collective history.
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naše kolektivne povijesti.
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They have been compared
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Usporedili smo ih
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to astronauts --
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s astronautima --
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these elder navigators
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te starije nautičare
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who sail vast open oceans
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koji plove ogromnim otvorenim oceanima
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in double-hulled canoes
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u kanuima s dvostrukim trupom
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thousands of miles
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tisućama kilometara
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from a small island.
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od malog otoka.
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Their canoes, our rockets;
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Njihovi kanui, naše rakete,
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their sea, our space.
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njihovo more, naš svemir.
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The wisdom of these elders
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Mudrost tih starijih
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is not a mere collection
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nije samo kolekcija
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of stories about old people
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priča o starim ljudima
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in some remote spot.
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u nekom udaljenom mjestu.
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This is part of our collective narrative.
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To je dio naše kolektivne priče.
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It's humanity's DNA.
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To je DNK čovječanstva.
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We cannot afford to lose it.
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Ne možemo si priuštiti da ga izgubimo.
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The year is 2010.
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Godina je 2010.
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Just as the women in Hawaii
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Baš kao što su žene na Havajima
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that raised me predicted,
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koje su me odgojile, predvidjele,
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the world is in trouble.
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svijet je u nevolji.
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We live in a society
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Živimo u društvu
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bloated with data,
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zatrpanom podacima,
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yet starved for wisdom.
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a gladnom mudrosti.
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We're connected 24/7,
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Mi smo povezani 24/7,
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yet anxiety,
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ali anksioznost,
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fear, depression and loneliness
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strah, depresija i osamljenost
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is at an all-time high.
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su na najvišoj razini u povijesti.
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We must course-correct.
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Moramo ispraviti kurs.
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An African shaman said,
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Jedan afrički šaman je rekao,
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"Your society worships the jester
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"Vaše društvo veliča ludu
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while the king stands
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dok kralj stoji
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in plain clothes."
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u običnoj odjeći."
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The link between the past and the future
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Veza između prošlosti i budućnosti
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is fragile.
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je krhka.
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This I know intimately,
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To znam intimno,
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because even as I travel
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jer čak i kada putujem
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throughout the world
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po cijelom svijetu
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to listen to these stories and record them,
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kako bih slušala te priče i zapisivala ih,
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I struggle.
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borim se.
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I am haunted
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Ja sam ukleta
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by the fact that I no longer remember
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činjenicom da se više ne sjećam
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the names of the winds and the rains.
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imena vjetrova i kiša.
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Mau passed away
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Mau je preminuo
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five months ago,
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prije pet mjeseci,
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but his legacy and lessons live on.
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ali njegova ostavština i učenje će živjeti.
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And I am reminded
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A ja se podsjećam
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that throughout the world
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kako širom svijeta
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there are cultures
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postoje kulture
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with vast sums of knowledge in them,
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s ogromnim količinama znanja,
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as potent as the Micronesian navigators,
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toliko moćne kao mikronezijski moreplovci,
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that are going dismissed,
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koje odbacujemo,
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that this is a testament
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a to je dokaz
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to brilliant, brilliant
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briljantne, briljantne
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technology and science and wisdom
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tehnologije i znanosti i mudrosti
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that is vanishing rapidly.
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koja nestaje brzo.
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Because when an elder dies a library is burned,
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Jer kad starac umre knjižnica je spaljena.
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and throughout the world, libraries are ablaze.
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A u cijelom svijetu, knjižnice su u plamenu.
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I am grateful for the fact
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Zahvalna sam za činjenicu
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that I had a mentor like Mau
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da sam imala mentora poput Maua
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who taught me how to navigate.
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koji me učio kako ploviti.
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And I realize
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A ja sam shvatila
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through a lesson that he shared
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kroz znanje koje je dijelio
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that we continue to find our way.
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da ćemo i dalje pronalaziti put.
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And this is what he said:
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A ovo je ono što je on rekao:
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"The island is the canoe;
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"Otok je kanu;
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the canoe, the island."
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kanu, otok."
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And what he meant was,
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A mislio je,
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if you are voyaging
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ako putujete
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and far from home,
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i daleko ste od kuće,
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your very survival depends
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vaš opstanak zavisi
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on everyone aboard.
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o svima na brodu.
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You cannot make the voyage alone,
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Ne možete putovati sami,
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you were never meant to.
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nikada niste ni trebali.
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This whole notion of every man for himself
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Cijela ta ideja svakog čovjeka za sebe
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is completely unsustainable.
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je potpuno neodrživa.
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It always was.
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Uvijek je bila.
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So in closing I would offer you this:
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Završila bih nudeći vam ovo:
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The planet is our canoe,
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Planet je naš kanu,
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and we are the voyagers.
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i mi smo Putnici.
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True navigation
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Prava plovidba
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begins in the human heart.
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počinje u ljudskom srcu.
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It's the most important map of all.
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To je najvažnija od svih karata.
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Together, may we journey well.
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Zajedno, možemo putovati dobro.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Elizabeth Lindsey - Explorer, ethnographerElizabeth Lindsey is a fellow of the National Geographic Society. Her mission: to keep ancestral voices alive by recording indigenous wisdom and traditions.
Why you should listen
Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey wants the world to remember the people who came before us. The actor-turned-anthropologist has made it her mission to find, preserve and share the knowledge and traditions of indigenous populations before they disappear. She’s working with Google to create a geospatial Map of the Human Story, using the indigenous science of wayfinding to chart tales at risk of being lost.
In 2011, Lindsey, who's the first female fellow and first Polynesian explorer at the National Geographic Society, will set out on a 186-day global expedition to document what she calls "teachings critical to navigating the complexity of our times." Lindsey’s 1996 documentary Then There Were None, which chronicled the near-extinction of native Hawaiians, has become a must-see in many history classrooms. She was named Hawaii’s Woman of the Year in 2004.
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