00:00For Tatay Himanggo, carving pots is not just a means of earning a living or a job.
00:14It is also a part of their culture that is important to their tribe.
00:30Tatay Himanggo is now 70 years old.
00:35If he is not able to pass on the talent of carving pots,
00:40the legacy of the ancient tradition will just remain for a few moments.
00:48Until when will you continue carving pots and knives?
00:52Until when will you continue carving pots and knives?
00:56Actually, I am not able to do it.
01:01I can only do it for five years.
01:07It hurts here.
01:09I don't know.
01:11I can't do it for a year.
01:14What else can I do?
01:21Conrad is Tatay Himanggo's second son.
01:26When you were a child, did you dream of becoming a potter like your father?
01:31No, ma'am.
01:33I didn't dream of becoming a potter because I found it difficult.
01:38I am trying to help him.
01:41It is really difficult.
01:43That's why I dream of studying.
01:45I don't want to be a potter anymore.
01:47I want to grow up.
01:49According to Conrad,
01:51aside from the difficulty of becoming a potter,
01:53there is another reason why many young people today are not able to enter this field.
02:00There are others.
02:02For us,
02:04potters are not considered high.
02:12You are just a potter.
02:15It is difficult to earn money.
02:16It is difficult to earn money.
02:18It is difficult to earn a living.
02:22People look down on you.
02:23Yes, they look down on me.
02:25If potters were important in the past,
02:28with the advent of modernization,
02:31their talent was gradually lost.
02:37That's why instead of continuing what his father taught,
02:41Conrad left Manila to help others.
02:46But a few years later,
02:49when he found out that his father's body was getting weaker,
02:55Conrad went home to continue his father's legacy.
03:02In terms of work,
03:04you can earn a lot of money.
03:06Yes.
03:08But I also want to give something back to him.
03:12Yes.
03:13I also want to give something back to him.
03:15Yes.
03:17I want to give something back to him.
03:21Why is it important to give something back to your father?
03:25I don't want him to lose what he started as an artist.
03:31If he is an artist,
03:33at least we can learn from him.
03:37To this day, Conrad continues to enhance the talent of potters.
03:44He hopes that one day,
03:47the legacy of their ancestors will be valued again.
03:52What do you feel when you see that?
03:55You said earlier that you were being judged.
03:58Yes, that's all.
04:00It's not for me.
04:02It's okay.
04:04There's no problem with that.
04:06Even if they look at me like that, it's important.
04:09I will do what I want.
04:10Of course, whoever it is,
04:12they don't want to lose that tradition.
04:15What our ancestors started,
04:19I hope it won't be lost.
04:23Because it's important.
04:27But is there still hope for the survival of our ancestors' culture?
04:33After Conrad and Father Himangko,
04:36will there be a next generation?
04:40To be continued...
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