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Ulila ng dagat sa 'I-Witness'


“ULILA NG DAGAT”
Dokumentaryo ni Kara David
Airing date: January 13, 2013



 
 Ang dagat ay kaibigan ni Joshua Catalan. Bawat araw, dito siya lumalangoy para kumuha ng iba’t ibang lamang-dagat tulad ng balatan (sea cucumber), kabibe, abalone, at sea urchin. May panganib man ang kanyang bawat paglusong sa tubig, hindi niya ito alintana.  Inaasahan kasi ni Joshua ang dagat.
 
Para kay Abel, ang kuya ni Joshua, nasa dagat ang kanyang trabaho. Malakas man ang agos, malamig man ang tubig, dito araw-araw siyang makikita. May umaasa sa kanyang bawat pagsisid. Ito na ang naging buhay niya mula ng pumanaw ang ama. Gaya ng mga kapatid, ulila si Abel. At kailangan niyang tumatayong ama, para sa mga nakababatang kapatid.
 
Maging mabait kaya ang dagat para kay Abel at Joshua? Mapapanood ang dokumentaryo ni Kara David, “Ulila ng Dagat” ngayong Lunes  (January 13) sa I-Witness. Para sa mga komento, magtweet sa @karadavid at @IWitnessGMA, #chatwithkara.
 
English version

 
The sea is a friend for 12-year-old Joshua Catalan. Every day, he swims into the waters of Anda, Pangasinan. With his nimble body, he collects whatever he could find underwater: sea cucumber, abalone, sea urchins, and shells. The sea can be dangerous for a boy like Joshua  but he knows he can depend on it.
 
For Abel, Joshua’s older brother, the sea is his workplace. This is his place of toil, through the biting cold, through strong currents and tough winds. There are mouths to feed from his earnings from the sea. Life has been like this since their father passed away. Abel and the rest of his eight siblings are orphans. But more than being an orphan, the young man is now father to his younger brothers and sisters. They have nobody else to depend but
Abel.
 
For Abel and Joshua, the sea is their refuge from life’s hardships. Will these waters continue to be kind to them? “Orphans of the Sea” is Kara David’s I-Witness documentary, airing this Monday (January 13). For comments, tweet @karadavid and @IWitnessGMA, #chatwithkara.