「Real Seaman」

Village people around Pantar Island live by catching fishes. How to do? You can see they do fishing by small canoe...of course without engine. Or they just dive without fins, and through with a spear. Sometime we watch them from underwater. It's cool! If they notice that someone is watching them, become so proudly! 「Hey Mr.! Look! I can dive and catch fishes! Take picture!」

There's one more way to catching fishes. Setting a trap.This is the trap which is like a big bamboo basket. They put it at 3-20m depth. Can you see the man holding stone? They put stones around trap for fixing, otherwise the current drift the trap away. Yesterday, we came across they were just doing this. It's unbelievable! They pick up a heavy stone 5 or 6 times during one dive! Not only 1 time. And then kick the top of the trap, come to the surface. He is the man who is real seaman! He has nice smile even underwater, doesn't he?!