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Elizabeth Lindsey: Curating humanity's heritage
Elizabet Lindsi: Negovanje čovečanskog nasleđa
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Rečeno je da kada starac umre, kao da je čitava biblioteka spaljena. Antropolog Elizabet Lindsi, saradnik "Nacionalne Geografije", sakuplja duboko kulturno znanje, prenošeno u obliku priča i tradicija.
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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Dok sam biladete,
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I was raised by native Hawaiian elders --
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o meni su brinuli stari izvorni Havajci -
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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 brinule o meni 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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Nalazimo se na okeanu,
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It's twilight.
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u sumrak.
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We're watching the rising of the stars
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Gledamo kako se zvezde pojavljuju,
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and the shifting of the tides.
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a struje menjaju.
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It's a stretch of beach we know so well.
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To je deo plaže koju tako dobro poznajemo.
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The smooth stones on the sand
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Nežno kamenje na pesku
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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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Da vidite ove žene na ulici
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in their faded clothes,
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u njihovoj izbledeloj odeći,
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you might dismiss them
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možda biste mislili da su
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as poor and simple.
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siromašne i jendostavne.
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That would be a mistake.
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To bi bila greška.
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These women are descendants
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Ove žene su potomci
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of Polynesian navigators,
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polinežanskih moreplovaca,
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trained in the old ways
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vaspitali su ih njihovi preci
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by their elders,
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na stare načine.
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and now they're passing it on to me.
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I sada 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 nazivima vetrova i kiša -
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of astronomy according to a genealogy of stars.
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astronomiju na osnovu porekla zvezda.
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There's a new moon on the horizon.
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Eno ga novi mesec na horizontu.
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Hawaiians say it's a good night for fishing.
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Havajci kažu da je noć dobra za pecanje.
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They begin to chant.
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Počinju da pojaju.
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[Hawaiian chant]
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[havajska pesma]
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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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sednu u krug
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and ask me to come to join them.
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i zovu me da im se pridružim.
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They want to teach me about my destiny.
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Žele da me uče o mojoj sudbini.
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I thought every seven-year-old went through this.
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Mislila sam da to uče sve sedmogodišnjake.
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(Laughter)
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(smeh)
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"Baby girl,
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"Devojčice,
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someday the world will be in trouble.
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jednog dana svet 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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Biće im potrebni glasovi starih
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from the far corners of the world
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iz udaljenih krajeva sveta
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to call the world into balance.
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da ga prizovu u ravnotežu.
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You will go far away.
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Ti ćeš otići daleko.
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It will sometimes be a lonely road.
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Ponekad ćeš na tom putu biti usamljena.
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We will not be there.
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Nas tamo neće biti.
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But you will look into the eyes
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Ali pogledaćeš u oči
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of seeming strangers,
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naizgled strancima,
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and you will recognize your ohana,
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i prepoznaćeš svoju ohanu,
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your family.
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svoju porodicu.
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And it will take all of you.
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I celu će te obuzeti.
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It will take all of you."
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Celu će te obuzeti."
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These words, I hold onto
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Ovih reči se držim,
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all my life.
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čitavog života.
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Because the idea of doing it alone
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Jer me pomisao da kroz to prolazim 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 ostrvu u Mikroneziji.
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Satawal is one half-mile long
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Sataval je dug oko jedan kilometar
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by one mile wide.
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a širok 1,7 kilometara.
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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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Ime mu je Pius 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 sveštenik.
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He's also considered
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Smatraju ga i za najboljeg
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the greatest wave finder in the world.
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nalazača talasa na svetu.
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There are fewer than a handful
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Ima ih manje od šačice
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of palu left on this island.
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na ostrvu, palua.
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Their tradition is so extraordinary
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Njihova tradicija je toliko neobična
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that these mariners sailed
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da su ovi moreplovci plovili
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three million square miles across the Pacific
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pet miliona kvadratnih kilometara preko Tihog
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without the use of instruments.
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okeana bez upotrebe instrumenata.
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They could synthesize patterns in nature
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Mogli su da sintetizuju obrasce u prirodi
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using the rising and setting of stars,
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koristeći izlazak i zalazak zvezda,
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the sequence and direction of waves,
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redosled i pravac talasa,
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the flight patterns of certain birds.
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putanje letenja pojedinih ptica.
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Even the slightest hint of color
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Čak i najmanji nagoveštaj boje
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on the underbelly of a cloud
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na stomaku oblaka
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would inform them
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bi im pomogao
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and help them navigate with the keenest accuracy.
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u navigaciji do najveće tačnosti.
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When Western scientists would join Mau on the canoe
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Kada bi se zapadni stručnjaci pridružili Mau u kanuu
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and watch him go into the hull,
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i videli kako ulazi u brodsko korito,
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it appeared that an old man
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izgledalo je kao da stari čovek
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was going to rest.
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odlazi na počinak.
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In fact, the hull of the canoe
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Ustvari, korito kanua
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is the womb of the vessel.
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je utroba broda.
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It is the most accurate place
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To je najbolje mesto da
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to feel the rhythm and sequence
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osetite ritam i redosled i
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and direction of waves.
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pravac talasa.
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Mau was, in fact,
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Mau je, ustvari,
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gathering explicit data
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sakupljao tačne podatke
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using his entire body.
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koristeći čitavo svoje telo.
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It's what he had been trained to do
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Za to su ga obučavali od
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since he was five years old.
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njegove pete godine.
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Now science may dismiss this methodology,
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Nauka može odbaciti ovu metodologiju,
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but Polynesian navigators use it today
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ali polinežanski moreplovci je danas koriste
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because it provides them
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jer im omogućava
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an accurate determination
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tačno određivanje
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of the angle and direction
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ugla i pravca njihovog
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of their vessel.
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plovila.
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The palu also had
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Palu je takođe imao
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an uncanny ability
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neverovatnu sposobnost
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to forecast weather conditions
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da predvidi vremenske prilike
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days in advance.
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danima unapred.
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Sometimes I'd be with Mau on a cloud-covered night
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Ponekad bih sedela sa njim u oblačnoj noći
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and we'd sit at the easternmost coast of the island,
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na najistočnijem delu ostrva,
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and he would look out,
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a on bi osmatrao.
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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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"Okej, idemo."
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He saw that first glint of light --
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Video bi prvi nagoveštaj svetla -
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he knew what the weather was going to be three days from now.
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znao bi kakvo će vreme biti za tri dana.
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Their achievements, intellectually and scientifically,
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Njihova postignuća, intelektualna i naučna,
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are extraordinary,
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su sjajna,
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and they are so relevant
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i toliko su značajna
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for these times that we are in
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za vremena u kojima smo,
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when we are riding out storms.
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kada bežimo iz oluja.
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We are in such a critical moment
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Nalazimo se u tako kritičnom momentu
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of our collective history.
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naše kolektivne istorije.
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They have been compared
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Poredili su ih sa
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to astronauts --
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astronautima -
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these elder navigators
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ove starije moreplovce
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who sail vast open oceans
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koji plove na široko otvorenim okeanima
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in double-hulled canoes
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u dvostrukim kanuima,
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thousands of miles
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hiljade kilometara od
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from a small island.
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malog ostrva.
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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 ovih starih
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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 na
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in some remote spot.
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nekom udaljenom mestu.
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This is part of our collective narrative.
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To je deo naše kolektivne priče.
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It's humanity's DNA.
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To je DNK čovečanstva.
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We cannot afford to lose it.
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Ne možemo priuštiti da je 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 sa Havaja
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that raised me predicted,
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koje su me odgajile, predvidele
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the world is in trouble.
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svet 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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preplavljenom podacima,
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yet starved for wisdom.
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a željnom mudrosti.
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We're connected 24/7,
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Povezani smo 24h 7 dana u nedelji,
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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 usamljenost
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is at an all-time high.
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su ipak sve vreme prisutni.
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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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među seljanima."
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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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Ovo dobro znam,
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because even as I travel
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jer iako putujem
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throughout the world
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širom sveta
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to listen to these stories and record them,
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da čujem i zabeležim ove priče,
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I struggle.
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ja se borim.
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I am haunted
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Progoni me
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by the fact that I no longer remember
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činjenica da se više ne sećam
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the names of the winds and the rains.
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imena vetrova i kiša.
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Mau passed away
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Mau je umro
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five months ago,
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pre pet meseci,
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but his legacy and lessons live on.
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ali njegovo nasleđe i učenje žive.
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And I am reminded
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A ja se podsećam
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that throughout the world
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da širom sveta postoje
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there are cultures
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kulture sa
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with vast sums of knowledge in them,
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količinama znanja u sebi,
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as potent as the Micronesian navigators,
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moćnim kao znanja mikronezijskih mornara,
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that are going dismissed,
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koja bivaju zaboravljena,
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that this is a testament
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i to je zaveštanje
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to brilliant, brilliant
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sjajnoj, sjajnoj
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technology and science and wisdom
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tehnologiji i nauci i mudrosti
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that is vanishing rapidly.
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koja brzo nestaje.
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Because when an elder dies a library is burned,
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Jer kada starac umre, biblioteka je spaljena.
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and throughout the world, libraries are ablaze.
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I širom sveta, biblioteke su u plamenu.
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I am grateful for the fact
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Zahvalna sam na činjenici
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that I had a mentor like Mau
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da sam imala mentora kao Mau
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who taught me how to navigate.
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koji me je naučio kako da plovim.
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And I realize
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I shvatam, kroz
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through a lesson that he shared
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jednu lekciju koju je podelio,
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that we continue to find our way.
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da nastavljamo da tražimo put.
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And this is what he said:
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Evo šta je rekao:
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"The island is the canoe;
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"Ostrvo je kanu;
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the canoe, the island."
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kanu, ostrvo."
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And what he meant was,
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A mislio je da,
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if you are voyaging
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ako putujete i
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and far from home,
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daleko ste od kuće,
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your very survival depends
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vaše preživljavanje zavisi
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on everyone aboard.
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od svih putnika.
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You cannot make the voyage alone,
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Ne možete sami putovati,
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you were never meant to.
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nikada nije ni trebalo.
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This whole notion of every man for himself
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Čitava ta ideja, svaki čovek 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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Uvek je bila.
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So in closing I would offer you this:
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I na kraju, volela bih da vam ovo ponudim:
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The planet is our canoe,
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Planeta je naš kanu,
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and we are the voyagers.
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a 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 mapa od svih.
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Together, may we journey well.
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Neka zajedno putujemo dobro.
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(Applause)
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(aplauz)
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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