The indigenous protagonist Kalamakat, who runs through the two story lines, indirectly led to the death of the innocent German scientist Theo because of his excessive hostility towards the whites in his youth. In the next 40 years, I was languid. It was not until I met the American explorer Ivan and recalled the past that I realized what I should do to make up for the mistakes of the time. Even though Ivan had a bad heart, Kara chose to forgive Ivan and still regarded Ivan as the incarnation of Theo and his last chance to atone for his sins. After Ivan fell asleep, Kara gave his necklace to Ivan and disappeared into the jungle without taking away a cloud.
Let me briefly introduce it: the movie is composed of two story lines intersecting narratives.
The first story line, time 1909, three characters, mainly tells the story of an elderly German scientist (Theo) suffering from a mysterious and serious illness who came to seek help with a young indigenous (Kalamakat) wearing a crystal tooth necklace in search of gods The plant Yakuna cures the disease, and by the way, looks for the story of the tribe who lost contact with Kalamakat.
The second story line took place in 1941. The two characters mainly tell the story of the bald-headed old native (Kalamakat) wearing a crystal tooth necklace and a young American explorer (Ivan) looking for the god plant Yakuna together, and let The story of the old aboriginal recalling the past.
The two white protagonists have many similarities in appearance and habits (both are whites in shirts, they both like to bring a lot of suitcases, etc.), but they are indeed completely unrelated characters. The film is interspersed with narrative and face blindness. Symptoms are easy to confuse.
The connection point between the two story lines lies in the indigenous person wearing a crystal tooth necklace (Kalamakat). In the first story line in 1909, he was an arrogant and stubborn aboriginal youth. In the second story line in 1941, he was already a free and easy man. The indifferent middle-aged and elderly (bald head) often say some strange things that make the American explorer Ivan confused (as for why I will explain it later).
The first story line, time and place: 1909 Amazon. There are three protagonists:
Karamakat: Traditional and stubborn Koyuno indigenous youth, a typical conservative. (Wearing a crystal tooth necklace, aboriginal costumes, the character on the poster is him, and he is also a key figure connecting the two story lines) Maybe because of loss or other reasons, he lost contact with his tribe and lived alone for a long time. Kalamakat is kind by nature, but he resolutely rejects white science and has great hostility towards white people and white scientific civilization.
Theodore, von, and Matius: referred to as Theo, an elderly German scientist suffering from a fascinating and serious illness (deep eye sockets, goatee, severely ill, wearing light-colored shirts, wearing ordinary tooth necklaces, it has changed Kara An important figure in Macat). Matius is a 100% good person, advocating science, like studying indigenous culture, and wrote many related books. He does not want to destroy indigenous civilization, but just wants to share these traditional indigenous culture and indigenous knowledge with the world. Because he was seriously ill and desperate to seek medical treatment, he had a deep friendship with the Keyuno indigenous people, so a certain Keyuno indigenous people gave the tooth necklace to Theo.
Manduca: German scientist Theo's little follower (Bara indigenous youth wearing a light-colored shirt, wearing a short necklace), was a rubber worker, was beaten by a rubber merchant, and had scars on his back. His people have accepted white civilization. Manduca is kind by nature and longs for scientific knowledge, hoping that science will bring a better life to his people. Because Theo helped him pay off the arrears of the plantation, he admired and thanked Theo, and followed Theo all the way loyally.
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Story 1 Incident 01 Encounter & Departure (The first story line’s event number is 1.XX, and the second is 2.XX.)
Karamakat met West on the lakeside who came to ask for help in a boat. O and Manduca. When Karamakart saw Manduca, he scolded him, "I know you Barra, you surrendered to the white people without fighting!" After Manduca explained his intentions, Racamakart looked down and saw the serious illness lying on the boat. Theo ridiculed Manduca again, "I'm not like you, I won't help white people!". Then he saw the tooth necklace on Theo’s neck and thought that it was something his own clan had. He carried Theo’s collar and asked Theo, "Where did you get this?!" Theo told Karamat that his The tribe was still alive and had a good friendship with Theo, so he was given this necklace. Kalamakat was very angry, "Impossible! My people have long been gone, killed by your whites! I won't help you! Get fucked!"
After returning to calm down, Kalamakat couldn't bear the temptation to return to the tribe. At the same time, he probably couldn't bear the death of Theo. He made the herbal medicine to relieve symptoms and used powder to blow into the nose for Theo, telling him "If you want to cure your disease, you must find the god plant Yakuna from the Koyuno tribe of our tribe. Only Yakuna can save you. My herbal medicine can only relieve your symptoms temporarily. If you don't treat it in time, you will still die. "So they reached a consensus and the trio teamed up to do the main task: looking for the Koyuno tribe and the god plant Yakuna. At the same time, the traditional Kalamakat solemnly emphasized some jungle rules: “We can’t eat meat and fish until it rains again, and we have to ask for permission from the Lord of Animals; we can’t cut any saplings; if we find a woman, the moon will be round and missing. You can’t have sex with her before the change.” The
movie screen turned around and came to the second timeline in 1941. There were only two characters in this storyline.
Kalamakat: Middle-aged Kalamakat (wearing a crystal tooth necklace, bald head, and a fat figure) still lives alone. After a certain event, his mental state is not very good and he thinks he is a ray of soul. His personality has changed from being arrogant and stubborn and easy to excite when he was young, and he no longer rejects white technology. He even enjoys the music on the phonograph brought by American explorers. People who like to say something half-understandable to American explorer Ivan (such as "You are not one, you are two." etc.). His heart may be contradictory and painful. His rejection of white people has gradually dissipated, but he still can't let go of the traditional cognition of the people and the genocide hatred of the Colombians. At the same time, a certain sense of guilt has been torturing him. Mind.
Ivan: American explorer, scientist (glasses can be worn or not, no necklace, mustache). After reading many books about indigenous cultures written by Theo, I came here to look for Yakuna, the plant of the gods mentioned in the book. Ivan is witty, clever, smokes, and his mind is not simple. Claiming to suffer from the inability to sleep, he needs Yakuna, the plant of the gods. Because his appearance, dress, and purpose are similar to those of German scientist Theo, Karamarkat keeps recalling the past.
Story 2 Incident 01 Encounter & Departure
Ivan, an American explorer in a small boat, ran into middle-aged Kara Markat by the lake. At this time, Kara was looking at the painting on the boulder. He heard Ivan say hello to him, and was surprised to ask "You can see me?" Wan came over and took out the indigenous culture book written by Theo, explaining his intentions, hoping to find the god plant Yakuna written in the book, and very schemingly close to "I am willing to dedicate my life to plants~" in an attempt to win Carla's trust. After all, Carla is a man with a story. He does not eat this set and praises Ivan ironically, "This is the wisest thing I have ever heard of all white people.". Kara took Ivan to his hut and took a rest. Ivan said, "If you take me to Yakuna, I will give you a lot of money." Kara said, "Hehe. Ants like money, but I don't like it, and it tastes bad." "
Ivan said again, "I came to Yakuna for treatment. I have a problem of being unable to sleep. I asked other indigenous people. They said that only Yakuna can save me. Can you help me?" Kara said. I dreamed of a white soul. He was ill. Only by learning to dream can he be cured, but he failed." Ivan said, "Can you take me to Yakuna?" Kara asked Ivan for some Manby (a kind of processed edible leaves), then looked at Manby in a daze, muttering to himself, "Manby forgot to exist, now I don't know what to do..." I took it, roasted it and mashed it into powder, put it back, swallowed a spoonful, and shared it with Kara. It turned out that Kara had forgotten Manby's processing method, but fortunately Ivan knew how to do it. After Ivan entertained Carla with Manbi, he began to ask about Yakuna again. Raqqa said, "You are not one, you are two." After Ivan heard this, Raqqa said with a look of Mombi. "I want to see Nakuna too. I will go with you." Ivan asked excitedly. "Do you know the way?" Raqqa said, "I forgot. But you will take me."
The two rested for a while. Before they left, they returned to the shore of the boulder lake. Ivan looked at the wonderful pictures on the boulder and asked in admiration, "These are all you painted?" Laka stroked the stone and said, "I don't know, I forgot. These are. The stones talked to me and they answered my questions. The lines shattered and the memory disappeared. The stone tree animals were silent. Now I am empty, I am the soul of the jungle." Ivan looked Mumby*2, I had to analyze it myself, "This looks like an image of Yakuna’s life." Then he took out a book, and when he returned, he studied the compass and the map. He fought the lights at night, but when he was studying, he heard crying. It turned out to be Kara. While crying, Kara said while crying, "How could I forget, the gift given by the gods, I forgot how to be Manby, what have I become? Humhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh~3
The two set off in a small boat, with a few large boxes of Ivan still on the boat. When driving to a certain river basin, Kara said that the boat carried too much weight and had to throw away the box. Ivan refused to say, "You can see if you want. They are really important. I need them." Kara took out the outermost. The book about indigenous civilizations written by Theo, I opened and read. There is a special introduction of the Kara family's tooth necklace, and there is a photo of Theo with an indigenous child next to it. Kara said to the photo, "This is not him, this is the soul of the jungle." Ivan said with a face Mambi*4 "Huh?" Kara continued, "That soul looks a lot like him." Ivan seemed to figure it out. After understanding the situation, he explained to Kara "This is a photo." Kara said disapprovingly, "This is normal. It has happened before, and we have become souls." Ivan's face was more than *5, and a cigarette was lit up in a depressed place. Ask Kara "Have you seen him?" Kara asked solemnly, "Do you know what's going on? Is his age similar to mine?" Ivan said, "He died in this jungle." Kara asked, "Then you are How did you get this book?" Ivan said, "Manduka gave it, Manduca, Theo's traveling companion. He sent the diary to Germany, and then published the book." After hearing these words, Kara couldn't help but Touching the pages of the book affectionately, looking at the ripples around the boat, his eyes were sad.
Story 1 Incident 02 Stolen
Follow the ripples on the side of the ship and return to the first story line. The three were also on the boat, with Manduca in the front, Theo in the middle, and Cara in the last. Manduca and Cara were in charge of paddling. After taking the relief medicine, Theo's spirits improved a lot, and he asked Manduca to come to the paddle to play, but the skills were too good, and Carla laughed. It seems that being unable to row a boat is quite ridiculous in Kara's traditional concept.
On the way through another primitive aboriginal tribe, the three went ashore to exchange some supplies. The leader of the tribe enthusiastically entertained them. They sang and danced at the party and told stories to the indigenous children. The aboriginal patriarch asked about the compass next to him. Theo said that it was used to point out the direction and was very convenient and accurate. . Then Theo was dragged to dance by an indigenous woman. Everything was so happy and peaceful... The next day, Theo touched his pocket and found that the compass was missing. He immediately understood what was going on and asked the indigenous people who of you stole it. With my compass, the indigenous people all pretended to be stupid. Theo was a little angry. Manduca didn't think it was just a compass. In case of a big deal, he should send them off and persuade Theo not to pursue it. But Theo was very serious, and the patriarch seemed to be a little sad. He raised the compass he had hidden in his hand and confessed to Theo. The aboriginal child next to him raised fruits, necklaces and other items to exchange the compass with Theo. Theo hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No change or no change, please return it to me. Please, I need it." The patriarch began to shamelessly, but didn't return it. Theo really had no choice but to give up and return to the boat with Manduca.
All of this was seen by Carla who was waiting on the boat. Carla said to Theo, "You are like those white people." Theo knew what Carla meant, and explained that "They judge the direction by the direction of the wind and the stars." If you learn to use the compass, this knowledge will be lost." Kara said disapprovingly, "You can't stop them from learning. Knowledge is everything. But you don't understand, because you are white." After speaking, he turned his head and rowed indifferently.
There was heavy rain on the way, the river was rushing, and the boat was unable to navigate. Kara and Manduca carried the boat to the shore to prevent it from being washed away. Theo swayed and followed behind with several large boxes on his back. Manduca supported him and sat down. Gasping on the ground. Carla thought, so old and seriously ill, she insisted on bringing a lot of things, asking for trouble, it was incomprehensible, and said to him, "Throw it away, it's just something." Theo said, "No." Cara "Why do white people like their own things so much?" Theo said, "They are indeed just some things, but they are also the only connection between me and my friends in Germany, my hometown, my wife, and my children. The box contains all the knowledge I have gained since my four-year travel. I will always carry them. If you throw them away, no one will believe me, and if you throw them away, you will abandon everything." Kara commented, "You are crazy." Theo Smiled at him, "I know." Carla routinely gave Theo a reliever. Manduca sat next to him. Because of the rain, he took off his wet shirt. He had scars on his back that had been whipped by a rubber merchant. Kara asked Manduca "Those rubber merchants marked you?" Manduca looked at the direction of the river and said, "Yes, but I am a free man now."
Story 01 Incident 03
Three rubber plantations transported on the shore When the boat passed through a rubber forest, Manduca saw clusters of rubber trees being mined here. He remembered the unpleasant past of being abused, and ignited an anger. The angry Manduca put all the rubber barrels under the tree. Kicked over, white rubber spilled on the ground, cursing "Fuck the rubber!" At
this time an indigenous man with a disabled right hand limped and exclaimed, speaking in an incomprehensible indigenous language and came over. , His body's incompleteness made his actions funny and pitiful. He put the overturned rubber buckets one by one, the native language in his mouth never stopped, and he poured the rubber liquid spilled on the ground with the only remaining hand. Returning to the rubber bucket, trying to recover a little loss, of course, this is of no avail. Manduca stared at everything he had caused...Finally, the desperate disabled rubber worker knelt in front of Manduca and looked at Manduca and said a few native words that Manduca could not understand, with Cry and sadness. At this time, Manduca discovered that the rubber worker had not only a disabled right arm, inflexible legs, and a disabled eye. Kara told Manduca that what the workers meant was: He begs you to kill him.
With a heavy heart, Manduca took out a gun from Theo’s box and pointed it at the rubber worker. Kara looked at Theo in shock. "You brought a gun?!" Theo said, "Don't do this, Mandu Ka, can’t do this.” Manduca said, “If I don’t do this, they will torture him to death.” The rubber worker knelt on the ground, making people unable to understand the indigenous words. Hold it and place it on your forehead. Manduca said, "No one deserves this torture!" Then he made up his mind to fire a shot, which turned out to be an empty shot. The rubber worker found that he was not dead, and still knelt on the ground, begging to kill him in a language that Manduca could not understand, but Manduca was already crying.
The three people left there. The river has returned to normal, but Kara is unwilling to move on. Theo asked "What's wrong?" Kara said, "Can't believe the white man." Theo said, "I didn't believe you either, so what are we doing?" Kara said. Say "Is this your knowledge? Musketeers? Science only brings violence! Death!" Theo said "No." Kara said, "What else did you steal? Coca? Cinchona? Rubber? So you want to steal. Go to Yakuna? What else will die next?" Manduca saw Carla deliberately making things difficult for Theo and couldn't stand it anymore, and said, "Don't talk about him like that. He did more for my people than you." No. The thought of this angered Carla even more, and Carla angrily said, "Is this still you? Look at your white clothes! How can you change your culture like this? You want to be like him. Don't think about it. Which side are you on? You bastard." After hearing this, Manduca tried to beat Kara and was stopped by Theo. Isolate myself from this world. I didn't steal anything!" After talking, Theo went to empty his box, and there were only books in it. Theo picked up a book and said, "Look, this is my knowledge. You also try to understand the world around you, and you will tell stories. I will bring them to my wife and my people. These are not deaths. It's another life. This is my music." Kara saw the archery diagrams shown in the book, the diagrams of indigenous facial patterns, etc., and stopped at a wonderful picture page, and asked Theo "What is this?" Ao said, "I painted it." Carla asked, "Where did you see it?" Theo said "In a dream. I saw it in a dream." Carla silently walked into the boat without saying a word.
When the boat set sail, they heard a scream, followed by a gunshot.
In the evening, Carla invited Theo to drink the Kapi Mu no Soup, and he said that after drinking this, he would see the God of Kapi Mu. After Theo drank it, there was no reaction. The next day Theo asked Kara why he didn't see the god of Kapimu. Kara said that he didn't know. It had never happened before, maybe you didn't learn to listen. Theo asked if you saw the god of Kapimu, Kara said yes, the lord showed me the snow leopard. The Lord said that when Watoma hits the ground, it will get better, so that he can accept the task and kill your task. Theo asked what the snow leopard said to you, and Kara said, she asked me to protect you.
Story 1 Incident 04 The
picture of writing a letter changes , and the three of them are on the boat again. Theo is asking Manduca to help him write to his wife, some insights, some complaints, some thoughts, some misses and so on, Theo said, Manduca writes. While talking, Carla smiled, Theo turned around and asked, "Why, do you understand?" Carla said, "No, it's just that your expression seems to be crying." Manduca explained, "He was giving his wife Write a letter." Carla laughed again after hearing this. Theo said, "I am expressing love to my wife." Cara smiled and asked, "For a woman, the love before crying or the love after crying? After you go back, you will also Show them your love for me? Ahahaha~" Kara even fell on the boat with a smile. In his opinion, it seems that it is ridiculous to want others to convey love.
By the river, Theo developed the photos taken of Cara, bound them with two glass plates, and showed Cara. Cara saw that the person in the photo had the same crystal tooth necklace as him, and knew that the person in the photo was herself. Theo reached out to take the picture back, but Carla wouldn't give it. Theo explained, "Keep it well." Kara said, "But this is me." Theo said, "No, this is just an image." Carla asked puzzledly, "It's like a soul?" Theo said "What?" Kara said. Say "the soul. Everyone has a soul. The soul looks a lot like yourself, but it is empty." Theo corrected and said, "This is the preservation of a period of time." Kara said, "The soul has no memory, it wanders around in this world. . It's empty, like a ghost, lost in a period of time without time." Theo didn't speak, and nodded faintly. Carla asked, "Will you show my soul to your people?" Theo said, "If you allow it." Carla hesitated and returned the photo to Theo.
Theo wanted to transfer the tooth necklace on his neck to Kara. After all, it belonged to the Koyuno tribe, and Kara refused.
Back on the boat, Carla patiently taught Theo to row this time, "Get closer to the hull and listen carefully. The river will tell you when to row." Theo studied hard and finally learned how to row. Theo asked, "Why didn't you go back to your tribe?" Carla said, "The Colombians ruined everything." Theo asked, "Have you ever gone back to see it?" Carla said, "I was a child at the time."
Story 1 Incident 05 Religious believer
The three rowed to another place, and Theo said he wanted to change some supplies, so even though Kara was reluctant to stay here, he went ashore.
As soon as they landed, a group of indigenous children in white robes were onlookers. It is not difficult to find from the tone of these children that their lives are not happy and very depressing.
When they came to the church, the bishop was directing a group of children to sing hymns. Seeing the arrival of outsiders, the bishop immediately asked the children to retreat, picking up guns and defending "We have no rubber!" After showing their intention and identity, Theo said that they were just coming to seek some food and said, "Don't forget to entertain tourists warmly, because once The sacred scriptures “there have been angels” are therefore morally abducting bishops. Knowledge is power. Bishops cannot do anything about them. After all, under the eaves of God, one cannot refuse to entertain guests warmly. However, the bishop's opinion on Kara was particularly strong. Kara's indigenous language and exposed aboriginal dress made the bishop very upset.
The three were given food as they wished. The bishop told them that there were three bishops and they never came back after going out to find new believers two or two weeks ago.
The bishop also said, "Our mission is to save the children in the rubber war, save their souls, and keep them away from cannibals and ignorance." Kara thought the words "cannibals and ignorance" were against him, so he left early The dining room. Passing through the corridor, Carla saw a sign like this, "A tribute to the Colombian rubber pioneers who risked losing their property and their lives. They brought civilization and salvation to the local cannibals, and showed them our Lord and the new church. "There are a few children washing dishes in the back of the dining hall.
Kara said to these children, "White people are all lunatics." Then he asked a child for a bowl, walked to a plant, and said, "Come here, look, this is Panjasmine. Our ancestor Callipura defeated that. For the gods, we got his semen from the sun god’s daughter Yeba. He wiped the semen and planted it in the soil. So before boiling this plant, we must do the same.” Kara demonstrated I started cooking the plants again, "This is the best way to fight off diseases. He will help you survive. When those people killed my people, the priest also took me away. They didn't surrender, they fought to the death. This is what you need. Do, don’t believe this lunatic. Eat their gods, they give you food, but they don’t respect the taboo. One day, all the food in the jungle will disappear, (the children look at Kara with pure eyes) Uh, you are still young, so the jungle will forgive you. The Lord of Khapi will guide you. Never forget who you are and where you come from."
Late at night, Theo and his party heard the crying and whip The sound found, it was indeed the bishop who was using a whip to whip the child. Manduca immediately fought with the bishop. The bishop said, "You brought the devil here. You defiled these innocent children!" Manduca slapped the bishop to the ground with a palm. When Carla and Theo arrived, the alarm bell had sounded, and Carla said, "We have to go." Theo said, "We have to take the children. They will kill these children." Manduca said, "We can't afford it." These children's." Kara untied the tied child and let the other children run away.
Story 2 Incident 02
Two religious believers are on the boat, Ivan is looking at the map behind, and Kara is in charge of rowing the boat. Ivan asked "Where are we?" Kara said, "I don't know, you are the guide." Ivan was speechless. When they came ashore, Ivan found a tree and cut through the trunk with a knife. White rubber came out. Kara asked, "You are interested in rubber?" Ivan said, "I have never seen it before." Kara said, "Rubber means death. This is what you are looking for? You are two people." Ivan said, "What did you say? If you don’t want to help me, why come with me?” Kara said, “I remembered, I thought of one thing, but I don’t know what it means. Maybe I’m not a soul, where are we going now?” Yi Wan said, "Go to the right."
Before leaving, Ivan quietly walked a seed under the rubber tree.
The two boats were escorted to the church by hostile religious believers (yes, it was the church in story line 1). The leader of believers said, "Messiah does not welcome visitors." Ivan said, "We are not going to see him, we are just following in our own footsteps." The leader of believers said, "Let me see what you have." Ivan took out a cigarette, and that Rubber seeds. The leader of the believers took a rubber seed and laughed. "Is this a gift? Are you the three sages? Where is the other sage?" Ivan flickered by just looking for an excuse.
As soon as I entered the temple, I saw a man with several arrows being hung on the cross and was dead. There were several people under the cross naked and lashing themselves with a whip. The leader of believers explained that “he was invited to commit suicide because he caused everyone to suffer from disease.” They saw the legendary Messiah, and Ivan said, “We are scientists, and we are looking for sacred plants.” Messiah Ya'u "Holy plant? This holy thing is about to kill me!" Messiah turned around and took a bite of meat that looked like a baby, and took them to a place.
This is the ward of Messiah's wife. The sick underaged indigenous girl in indigenous dress was lying on the bed. The indigenous dress was relatively exposed, so the blood stains between the girl’s legs could be clearly seen. There were several pots of suspected baby corpses beside the bed. When Ivan saw it, he said, "You have to take her to the hospital." Kara looked at the girl, and silently took out a cigarette from Ivan's chest pocket and smoked it alone. Ivan walked over to Kara and said, "She has Leishmaniasis (a parasitic disease), and they can't cure her." Kara said little, and walked to the indigenous girl’s bed and put the crystal tooth necklace On her belly, she began to chant a spell. The leader of believers said to Ivan, “The Messiah is in a bad mood, I can’t help it. Messiah’s wife is sick, I hope it will be useful. But if it’s not useful, you will be asked to commit suicide.” Ivan walked out of the room and outside. People are kneeling and praying for the disease to be eliminated. The two were then driven to the cell. Ivan said, "This is crazy, don't you care?" Kara said, "Yes, something was wrong, and now they are the worst part of the two worlds."
The next day, Messiah held a banquet. He really regarded Kara as one of the three sages and said to everyone, "He healed my wife, and he will heal us!" In a blessing session, Cara spilled a handful of mysterious substances into everyone's drinks. Everyone thought it was a miraculous medicine, and they even celebrated each other. Soon after they drank the drinks, the crowd turned high and developed symptoms similar to drug use, and began to go crazy. The crazy Messiah raised the cup and invited Ivan to have a drink too. Ivan was not stupid, but politely declined, and said to Messiah " I can’t drink in the same cup as the Son of God.” The Messiah heard it, and became even more mad. “Yes~! I am the savior of the Indians~ I am the Son of God~ I am the Lamb of God~” and then to the mad people. Raised his arms and said, "Eat me, eat me~ Eat, this is the body of God~!" So everyone really started to eat the Messiah, and the character enshrined as the incarnation of God was eaten by everyone. The ending of "Perfume" is somewhat similar. What a scary and crazy sight.
The two left the sanctuary and continued on the boat. Kara said that the boat was too sinking, and he threw away one of Ivan’s boxes without any explanation. Ivan said anxiously, "What are you doing! Do these boxes provoke you?" Kara said politely, "What you care about will only lead you to madness and death." Ivan said, "You poisoned them!" Kara said, "I didn't poison, I just gave them something to think better." Ivan said, "You are like a rubber merchant! Like them, you have been lying to me, do you remember everything?" After finishing talking, Ivan rowed hard and went ashore as soon as he reached the shore, avoiding Kara like a plague. Carla stopped Ivan. "Don’t go. I still feel like a soul, but I start to remember. My task is to inform my people, but the merchants and Colombians are here, and I am alone. I must To think about it, I must keep the music of the Koyuno people." Ivan asked Kara "Do you know the direction?" Kara said again, "I don't know, you have to find it yourself. Throw away your luggage." Ivan was helpless. Throwing away the other boxes, only one was left unwilling to throw away. Kara said, "Let me see." Ivan opened the box and it was a phonograph. At night, they enjoyed the music brought to them by this phonograph together, and Cara said many strange things that made Ivan Momby.
Story 1 Incident 06 Leaving
Theo is seriously ill. Carla finds that Theo seems to be having a nightmare. When he wakes up and asks him what dreams you have, Theo denies that he is dreaming. Carla said, "You lie, I saw the dreamer's eyes." Theo said "When I said no, I didn't! Dreaming won't scare me, I'm afraid of dying in this ghost place. You use your dreams and shit taboos to drive me crazy." After that, Theo got out of bed. Spearfishing, Carla sternly reprimanded, "You can't catch fish without permission!" Theo asked, "Whose permission? Yours? The fish owner?"
Theo's disrespect of the jungle seriously angered Cara. This time after the quarrel Cara squatted by the tree alone, Manduca came over, and Cara asked him "How did you forget what they did to you?" Manduca said, "It's not her fault, he helped me pay it off." The debt of the plantation.” Kara said angrily, “So you became his slave?” Manduca said, “I’m not working hard. I need him. He can teach me white people’s knowledge.” Kara is still very angry.” If he doesn’t respect the jungle, how can he learn from it!” Manduca said, “He is terrified, but you can learn. He is a hero of his tribe, everyone worships him and listens to him. If white people don’t study well, That is our end. The end of everything in the world." When the
two returned, Theo was already lying on the ground convulsing. Manduca said, "You have to give him some more sun god semen (the previous reliever)." Kara said, "No, his body is already dirty (breaking the rules of the jungle), and giving him it will only kill him. . We have to come to my tribe as soon as possible, talk to Yakuna, and ask for forgiveness." Theo said, "It's very close."
In order to better welcome the tribe, Karat caught a bird and made a decorative feather hat. On the head.
Finally, they arrived at their destination, the hometown of Kara, the Koyuno tribe.
There are concrete steps, wooden huts, and indigenous children holding guns to defend. Cara continued to walk in. The gun-armed indigenous guards in military uniforms cautiously asked "Colombians?! Huh?" Cara walked into the igloo of the tribe. The Koyuno inside all wore white costumes, and expressed ridicule at Kara’s traditional indigenous costumes and the feather hat prepared by Karat. Everyone was laughing. One of the tribesmen walked up to Kara and said, “ Drink some Yakuna." In Carla's heart, Kakuna is a rare and sacred plant, and the huge psychological gap caused by returning home to the garden made Carla very angry. He said, "How can you let them do this!" He left the house.
Outside the house, a circle of Yakuna planted under a towering rubber tree, beautiful white flowers swaying in the wind, Kara said, "Yakuna should not be planted." But he was thrown away by Cara, and Cara said to the weak Theo, "I misunderstood these signs. They are so clear. You are awesome! You are a snake!" Cara removed the Koyuno tooth from Theo's neck. Necklace, cursed "You don't deserve it! You brought hell and death to this land!" After speaking, Kara picked up a torch and walked to Yakuna. "Yakuna is here! But the knowledge is better than mine. The people of the people are more important! I won't let you get them! Never!" Then I lit all the Yakuna with a torch, and burned the rubber tree to death by the way. Kara left the small group of three without looking back.
At this time, the villagers yelled "The Colombians are coming!" and fled. Many villagers jumped directly into the river to avoid the Colombians. Manduca hurriedly carried Theo back into the boat...
Story 2 Incident 03
The music leaving the phonograph brought us back to the second story line.
Kara said, "What's next?" Ivan said, "How did God create the world." Kara said, "Like this song, listen." Ivan said, "It's wonderful, but it's a story after all. It's not a story." Kara said, "This is a dream, but you should follow him." Ivan said, "I am a scientist, pay attention to facts, and cannot be guided by my dreams." Kara said, "But you have followed. The river. How many river banks are there?" Ivan thought for a while and said "two." Kara said, "What is it for?" Ivan said "one and the other. One plus one equals two." Kara said, "How did you know Iraq? In case, "Because that's the case, one plus one equals two." Kara said, "We study in dreams, but those are all real." More real than what you call real. "Ivan took out the map, but was snatched by Kara, crumpled up and threw it away, "What did you see?" The world is so big, but you choose to look at a piece of paper. The world is telling, I just know how to listen. Listen to the music of your ancestors, this is the way you seek. Listen with your heart, not just your ears. "
Kara insisted Ivan listen to music in the phonograph, Ivan helpless, had to accompany him. Ivan asks," Give me a little, okay? "Carla said, "If you don't listen to your ancestors, don't want to get anything from me." "Ivan said, "Give me some cards and woods." "Carla said, "If you don't believe in yourself, Kapim is useless." Ivan asked, "Can you help me?" Kara said, "I can only do this. "
Ivan woke up on the ground, Kara drew a stroke on Ivan's face, and then the two continued to row. They finally came to the place where Yakuna grows, which is a barren hill, Kara said, "Look. "Then he held the Yakuna flower with his hand for a few seconds, which seemed to be a ritual. After the ceremony, a piece of Yakuna petal was picked. Ivan anxiously stopped Carla, "What are you doing!" This lesson Yakuna is well preserved, we should protect it! Kara said calmly, "No." We need to make it into a card batch. This is the only remaining Yakuna in the world, and you should walk with them. "Ivan asked, "How do you know this is the last one?" Kara said, "I destroyed all the other Yakuna. This is our last hope. This is a gift from me. "Ivan said, "I did not come for that." Kara said, "He comes, that's it." he came, yes."
Ivan said, "I said no. There is a war outside, and my people need pure rubber to win, and I want to take it away. (Yakuna only grows around rubber trees, Ivan lied to come to Yakuna, in fact Come look for rubber tree species)” Kara said, “You lied to me again? Are you going to make weapons and bring death?” Ivan said to give me quickly, and when Kara was pushed to the ground, he took out a knife and threatened Kara, Kara said "Kill me, I don't care. But Yakuna will die with me. You are just a soul, and you will always be a soul." After the
two sides calmed down, Kara still wanted to give Ivan a card and listen to the card. Criticize the voice of God. Kara asked Ivan some notes on seeing the God of Kapit, and then handed Ivan a bowl of Kapit soup and said, "Come on, boy." Ivan said with shame, "I wanted to kill you. I'm not worthy of you." Do this." Kara said, "I killed you too. Before, yesterday, 40 years ago, maybe 100 years ago, maybe a million years ago. But you came back. I'm not suitable for teaching my people, I should Teach you.”
Finally, Kara sent Ivan on the road using the nose-to-nose blow that had given Theo a long time ago.
Ivan saw the earth, mountains, jungles, rivers, and boundless time. Galaxy, Milky Way, Universe, Truth and Law of Operation. Ivan woke up with Kara's crystal tooth necklace in his hand. Kara has left. He took the boat back to the place where he first saw Carla. Butterflies were flying around Ivan, just as he had seen butterflies flying around Carla.
Postscript
Karamarcat in his youth is always hostile and defensive towards white people, just like firing a map gun, pointing to the innocent Theo's white identity. He even blamed Theo for the spontaneous cultural fusion of his tribe. Cara was so angry that he refused to heal Theo, which extinguished Theo's last hope.
Kara has a very stubborn sentiment towards traditional aboriginal culture, and often manifests a kind of pedantry that is incomprehensible to normal people, such as talking about semen in front of children, such as refusing to give Theo a remedy after stealing a fish. Wait. But Kara is kind in nature, he just doesn't want the traditional culture of his tribe to be destroyed.
For the next 40 years, Kara was confused and condemned. He felt guilty for his irrational behavior that killed the innocent and respectable scientist Theo. He kept paralyzing himself, thinking that he was a wandering "spirit". ". It wasn't until an American explorer whose looks, habits and purpose were very similar to Theo appeared, which evoked Carla's memories of Theo.
During the trip with Ivan, Kara gradually recalled everything, and at the same time, he was more convinced that Ivan was the incarnation of Theo. He followed Ivan to find Yakuna, and confessed to Ivan that the motive was a rubber war rather than a simple treatment. After the illness, I chose to forgive Ivan and insisted on giving Ivan use the high-end kapi soup made from Yakuna, and let Ivan go to see the "Kapi God" because Kara wanted to make up for the ending of Theo 40 years ago. If Ivan Using Kapi, then in Kara's heart, it is equivalent to curing Theo.
Even the elderly Kara, knowing that science does not necessarily only bring about suffering, and that science also brings beauty, is still a staunch guardian of jungle culture. His prejudice against science has been resolved, but his three views of the jungle are deeply rooted. He knows that he will never be able to integrate into science like Manduca or other indigenous people. He found that his best home is to return to the embrace of the jungle after atonement.
During Ivan's wandering, Kara gave his crystal tooth necklace to Ivan and left silently. If it weren't for the necklace in Ivan's hand, anyone would think that the elderly bald-headed Kara was really a wandering soul.
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