This is my entry for the #monomad challenge.
Of course not all work is a must. Much work is done simply for pleasure, though strenuous, very difficult, and must be done with strict discipline. It is not necessary, and not an obligation, but at the same time such works are also profitable and beneficial.
I met some of the youth as it was getting late and night was coming. At that time they began to push their small boat from the sandbar into the sea. They are coastal residents, where the sea can be said to be their yard. Their small boat contained baskets of crab traps. They would take the baskets out to sea and scatter them there, and after a few hours later, at night, they would go out to sea again to pick up the baskets and their catch.
They don't have to do that. But it is already a fun and enjoyable job for the teenagers living on the coast. The sea is their front yard. The sea is like a playground. Is there a day without play for children and youth? If it was, it would be a very boring day for them.
On the coast, the work they do is not a necessity, but rather a pleasure. A day without it, becomes a boring day.
At that time I asked their permission to take pictures of the scenes as they pushed their boat into the sea. They gladly let me in. The scenes that last only a few minutes and cannot be repeated are part of coastal life that I bring to you in black and white.
Other scenes from coastal life appear in a children's play. It is a traditional game, called the Galah game, a game without a ball or any other tool. Only parallel lines are drawn on the sand, forming rectangular columns with two paths. The two ends of the two column lines are the starting line and the final line. The game is played by two parties. One party is the breakout or invader, who must make a pass through the columns to get to the final, and win. While the other party is the blockers or interceptors. The blocking party keeps just above the lines that delimit one column and another. They must be able to intercept the invaders who can come from both directions (two columns) simultaneously. The invaders must outwit the line guards in order to avoid their intercepts with catches, punches or even one touch. Instead, the line guards would hinder and intercept them. The invading party is declared defeated when one of them is hit by the line guards, and the role is switched.
It is a traditional game in Aceh, which places great emphasis on group work. This game is often played in the afternoon, even at night, and here it is in black and white.
Several other images were also taken in the same coastal area in Aceh, North Sumatra, where seawater is involved in the spatial division of the landscape there. Hope it all pleases you.
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