Monday, August 31, 2009

mountain patrol:kekexili movie on the 31st august 2009


As for this week activity due to the fasting month, beaca group will not be doing something that relate to our physical. So this week agenda was watching movie. At the first place i was curious what will the movie all about. But i have thought in mind that this movie will be relate with our course. Movie that suppose to be meet to our criteria and mark scheme for blog which are relating examples culture, environment, economic, financial, lifestyle changes, traditions, society legal system, policy, infrustructure and practices. The title of the movie was mountain patrol: kekexili. Picture below is one of scene from the movie.

source from: [museum.oas.org]

The movie is based on the true story during Tibet in the year 1996. It is where the people(Tibetian) living in very harsh condition, environment, ecomony and struggle to save their one and only preserve animal called antelope. Their harsh condition and environment examples they have to stay in cold and mountainous area, desert land, shortage of water, poor standard of living, not enough food. therefore, some of kekexili people who are before work as cattling and herding animals end up as skinner and poarches to support their financial problem and get food for daily meals.this kind of practices not just from father to father but generate also from father to son. only with this kind of job can make their life better and get more money. It is because the price of selling this antelope wool also as known as chiru's wool is very highly cost. indeed, quality of the wool also count. Its very warm, soft and fine.Selling pelts can effort them buy cars and much more building beautiful houses and etc.


moreover, from the film, it shows me how the group of patrol mountain included one journalist headed by Ri tai hunt the poarches day pass day and what obstacles approaches them afterall. By facing the very cold climate, little grassland, snow area, quicksand, lack of water and foods, and run off gas of petrol some of them luckily managed to survive some of them are not. it was proved at the movie where lack of water, they eat the snow as the water to drink then little grassland with cold condition where it not possible for them to ignite the fire.so that they have to eat uncooked meat. kind of this practices are not new to them. Its always happening durimg they out to hunt the poarches. Due to those obstacles, Ri tai desperately sell the pelt at the end to save his friend lifes.


But then, apart from the very harsh condition and environment they have faced, there is quite intersting about their culture. The movie showed their culture of singing and dancing during night as become one of their entertainment eventhough they know there will no more after sun rises.They usually sing thier own kekexili song.one of them named white temple. In sense of friendship, they were very close like brotherhood.even they shared cup for drinking and start singing shows they were very happy and but deep inside i know they actually scared and no chances to come back home again.


Then again, different society have different their own unique o markable tradition or culture. According to the film, as for funeral ceremony, the body will not buried instead it choped into pieces and gives to the birds as their food. but thats the fact though. this kind of ceremony strongly happen to the society of Tibetan. The reason is the land or soil cannot encourage them to dig in due to desertification area.


finally, Ri tai were dead during the hunted.He was shot by one of the poachers member. Then last by the leader with a few time shots.he was killed cruely and no humanity. Even with less member of them just him and the journalist but he still not afraid to fight against the poarches until his last breath. Yet his mission to kill the poarches was failed but to stop the poarches from kill their prestige animal antelope was succed. Until then the journalist back to china and reveal all this matter. Therefore its open public eyes to china's goverment.As result china's goverment introduce a new policy. Policy illegally kill the antelope.


As for me, as a person with heart. This movie had given me a lot of knowledge,inspiration,sacrification and positive contrast compare with Brunei. Knowledge how lucky we live in this tropical area with dense vegetation which can provide food,better flow of water system which enough drinking water ,wealthy with oil and gas now building up the economic growth of Brunei by exporting oil and gas to other countries. fairly weather condition and landscapes leads to good environment therefore the soil giving good nutrient then its good for agriculture activites example activity of paddy which can provide food for us.as a result its gives job opportunities to people to raise money not like the skinner have to kill animal to making their wealthy.what give me inspiration is bond of friendship.even your are different blood, your treat them like your own blood.the closes bond friendship never end in whatever condition or situation you have even it good or bad.Knowledge me the endangered animal that we have to protect their species. positive contrast that Brunei have good infrustructure of building example houses but not to them just tent is enough for them to stay in and improper structure building they have causes of financial problem due to economic crisis.

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