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The Toraja are an ethnic group indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Their population is approximately 1,100,000, of whom 450,000 live in the regency of Tana Toraja ("Land of Toraja"). Most of the population is Christian, and others are Muslim or have local animist beliefs known as aluk ("the way"). The Indonesian government has recognized this animist belief as Aluk To Dolo ("Way of the Ancestors").
The word toraja comes from the Bugis Buginese language term to riaja, meaning "people of the uplands". The Dutch colonial government named the people Toraja in 1909. Torajans are renowned for their elaborate funeral rites, burial sites carved into rocky cliffs, massive peaked-roof traditional houses known as tongkonan, and colorful wood carvings. Toraja funeral rites are important social events, usually attended by hundreds of people and lasting for several days.
Before the 20th century, Torajans lived in autonomous villages, where they practised animism and were relatively untouched by the outside world. In the early 1900s, Dutch missionaries first worked to convert Torajan highlanders to Christianity. When the Tana Toraja regency was further opened to the outside world in the 1970s, it became an icon of tourism in Indonesia: it was exploited by tourism developers and studied by anthropologists. By the 1990s, when tourism peaked, Toraja society had changed significantly, from an agrarian model - in which social life and customs were outgrowths of the Aluk To Dolo - to a largely Christian society. Today, tourism and remittances from migrant Torajans have made for major changes in the Toraja highland, giving the Toraja a celebrity status within Indonesia and enhancing Toraja ethnic group pride.
ETHNIC IDENTITY
The Torajan people had little notion of themselves as a distinct ethnic group before the 20th century. Before Dutch colonization and Christianization, Torajans, who lived in highland areas, identified with their villages and did not share a broad sense of identity. Although complexes of rituals created linkages between highland villages, there were variations in dialects, differences in social hierarchies, and an array of ritual practices in the Sulawesi highland region. "Toraja" (from the coastal languages' to, meaning people; and riaja, uplands) was first used as a lowlander expression for highlanders. As a result, "Toraja" initially had more currency with outsiders - such as the Bugis and Makassarese, who constitute a majority of the lowland of Sulawesi - than with insiders. The Dutch missionaries' presence in the highlands gave rise to the Toraja ethnic consciousness in the Sa'dan Toraja region, and this shared identity grew with the rise of tourism in the Tana Toraja Regency. Since then, South Sulawesi has four main ethnic groups - the Bugis (the majority, including shipbuilders and seafarers), the Makassarese (lowland traders and seafarers), the Mandarese (traders and fishermen), and the Toraja (highland rice cultivators).
HISTORY
From the 17th century, the Dutch established trade and political control on Sulawesi through the Dutch East Indies Company. Over two centuries, they ignored the mountainous area in the central Sulawesi, where Torajans lived, because access was difficult and it had little productive agricultural land. In the late 19th century, the Dutch became increasingly concerned about the spread of Islam in the south of Sulawesi, especially among the Makassarese and Bugis peoples. The Dutch saw the animist highlanders as potential Christians. In the 1920s, the Reformed Missionary Alliance of the Dutch Reformed Church began missionary work aided by the Dutch colonial government. In addition to introducing Christianity, the Dutch abolished slavery and imposed local taxes. A line was drawn around the Sa'dan area and called Tana Toraja ("the land of Toraja"). Tana Toraja was first a subdivision of the Luwu kingdom that had claimed the area. In 1946, the Dutch granted Tana Toraja a regentschap, and it was recognized in 1957 as one of the regencies of Indonesia.
Early Dutch missionaries faced strong opposition among Torajans, especially among the elite, because the abolition of their profitable slave trade had angered them. Some Torajans were forcibly relocated to the lowlands by the Dutch, where they could be more easily controlled. Taxes were kept high, undermining the wealth of the elites. Ultimately, the Dutch influence did not subdue Torajan culture, and only a few Torajans were converted. In 1950, only 10% of the population had converted to Christianity.
In the 1930s, Muslim lowlanders attacked the Torajans, resulting in widespread Christian conversion among those who sought to align themselves with the Dutch for political protection and to form a movement against the Bugis and Makassarese Muslims. Between 1951 and 1965 (following Indonesian independence), southern Sulawesi faced a turbulent period as the Darul Islam separatist movement fought for an Islamic state in Sulawesi. The 15 years of guerrilla warfare led to massive conversions to
CHRISTIANITY
Alignment with the Indonesian government, however, did not guarantee safety for the Torajans. In 1965, a presidential decree required every Indonesian citizen to belong to one of five officially recognized religions: Islam, Christianity (Protestantism and Catholicism), Hinduism, or Buddhism. The Torajan religious belief (aluk) was not legally recognized, and the Torajans raised their voices against the law. To make aluk accord with the law, it had to be accepted as part of one of the official religions. In 1969, Aluk To Dolo ("the way of ancestors") was legalized as a sect of Agama Hindu Dharma, the official name of Hinduism in Indonesia.
SOCIETY
There are three main types of affiliation in Toraja society: family, class and religion.
FAMILY AFFILIATION
Family is the primary social and political grouping in Torajan society. Each village is one extended family, the seat of which is the tongkonan, a traditional Torajan house. Each tongkonan has a name, which becomes the name of the village. The familial dons maintain village unity. Marriage between distant cousins (fourth cousins and beyond) is a common practice that strengthens kinship. Toraja society prohibits marriage between close cousins (up to and including the third cousin) - except for nobles, to prevent the dispersal of property. Kinship is actively reciprocal, meaning that the extended family helps each other farm, share buffalo rituals, and pay off debts.
Each person belongs to both the mother's and the father's families, the only bilateral family line in Indonesia. Children, therefore, inherit household affiliation from both mother and father, including land and even family debts. Children's names are given on the basis of kinship, and are usually chosen after dead relatives. Names of aunts, uncles and cousins are commonly referred to in the names of mothers, fathers and siblings.
Before the start of the formal administration of Toraja villages by the Tana Toraja Regency, each Toraja village was autonomous. In a more complex situation, in which one Toraja family could not handle their problems alone, several villages formed a group; sometimes, villages would unite against other villages. Relationship between families was expressed through blood, marriage, and shared ancestral houses (tongkonan), practically signed by the exchange of water buffalo and pigs on ritual occasions. Such exchanges not only built political and cultural ties between families but defined each person's place in a social hierarchy: who poured palm wine, who wrapped a corpse and prepared offerings, where each person could or could not sit, what dishes should be used or avoided, and even what piece of meat constituted one's share.
CLASS AFFILIATION
In early Toraja society, family relationships were tied closely to social class. There were three strata: nobles, commoners, and slaves (slavery was abolished in 1909 by the Dutch East Indies government). Class was inherited through the mother. It was taboo, therefore, to marry "down" with a woman of lower class. On the other hand, marrying a woman of higher class could improve the status of the next generation. The nobility's condescending attitude toward the commoners is still maintained today for reasons of family prestige.
Nobles, who were believed to be direct descendants of the descended person from heaven, lived in tongkonans, while commoners lived in less lavish houses (bamboo shacks called banua). Slaves lived in small huts, which had to be built around their owner's tongkonan. Commoners might marry anyone, but nobles preferred to marry in-family to maintain their status. Sometimes nobles married Bugis or Makassarese nobles. Commoners and slaves were prohibited from having death feasts. Despite close kinship and status inheritance, there was some social mobility, as marriage or change in wealth could affect an individuals status. Wealth was counted by the ownership of water buffaloes.
Slaves in Toraja society were family property. Sometimes Torajans decided to become slaves when they incurred a debt, pledging to work as payment. Slaves could be taken during wars, and slave trading was common. Slaves could buy their freedom, but their children still inherited slave status. Slaves were prohibited from wearing bronze or gold, carving their houses, eating from the same dishes as their owners, or having sex with free women - a crime punishable by death.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION
Toraja's indigenous belief system is polytheistic animism, called aluk, or "the way" (sometimes translated as "the law"). In the Toraja myth, the ancestors of Torajan people came down from heaven using stairs, which were then used by the Torajans as a communication medium with Puang Matua, the Creator. The cosmos, according to aluk, is divided into the upper world (heaven), the world of man (earth), and the underworld. At first, heaven and earth were married, then there was a darkness, a separation, and finally the light. Animals live in the underworld, which is represented by rectangular space enclosed by pillars, the earth is for mankind, and the heaven world is located above, covered with a saddle-shaped roof. Other Toraja gods include Pong Banggai di Rante (god of Earth), Indo' Ongon-Ongon (a goddess who can cause earthquakes), Pong Lalondong (god of death), and Indo' Belo Tumbang (goddess of medicine); there are many more.
The earthly authority, whose words and actions should be cleaved to both in life (agriculture) and death (funerals), is called to minaa (an aluk priest). Aluk is not just a belief system; it is a combination of law, religion, and habit. Aluk governs social life, agricultural practices, and ancestral rituals. The details of aluk may vary from one village to another. One common law is the requirement that death and life rituals be separated. Torajans believe that performing death rituals might ruin their corpses if combined with life rituals. The two rituals are equally important. During the time of the Dutch missionaries, Christian Torajans were prohibited from attending or performing life rituals, but were allowed to perform death rituals. Consequently, Toraja's death rituals are still practised today, while life rituals have diminished.
CULTURE
TONGKONAN
Tongkonan are the traditional Torajan ancestral houses. They stand high on wooden piles, topped with a layered split-bamboo roof shaped in a sweeping curved arc, and they are incised with red, black, and yellow detailed wood carvings on the exterior walls. The word "tongkonan" comes from the Torajan tongkon ("to sit").
Tongkonan are the center of Torajan social life. The rituals associated with the tongkonan are important expressions of Torajan spiritual life, and therefore all family members are impelled to participate, because symbolically the tongkonan represents links to their ancestors and to living and future kin. According to Torajan myth, the first tongkonan was built in heaven on four poles, with a roof made of Indian cloth. When the first Torajan ancestor descended to earth, he imitated the house and held a large ceremony.
The construction of a tongkonan is laborious work and is usually done with the help of the extended family. There are three types of tongkonan. The tongkonan layuk is the house of the highest authority, used as the "center of government". The tongkonan pekamberan belongs to the family members who have some authority in local traditions. Ordinary family members reside in the tongkonan batu. The exclusivity to the nobility of the tongkonan is diminishing as many Torajan commoners find lucrative employment in other parts of Indonesia. As they send back money to their families, they enable the construction of larger tongkonan.
WOOD CARVINGS
To express social and religious concepts, Torajans carve wood, calling it Pa'ssura (or "the writing"). Wood carvings are therefore Toraja's cultural manifestation.
Each carving receives a special name, and common motifs are animals and plants that symbolize some virtue. For example, water plants and animals, such as crabs, tadpoles and water weeds, are commonly found to symbolize fertility. In some areas noble elders claim these symbols refer to strength of noble family, but not everyone agrees. The overall meaning of groups of carved motifs on houses remains debated and tourism has further complicated these debates because some feel a uniform explanation must be presented to tourists. The image to the left shows an example of Torajan wood carving, consisting of 15 square panels. The center bottom panel represents buffalo or wealth, a wish for many buffaloes for the family. The center panel represents a knot and a box, a hope that all of the family's offspring will be happy and live in harmony, like goods kept safe in a box. The top left and top right squares represent an aquatic animal, indicating the need for fast and hard work, just like moving on the surface of water. It also represents the need for a certain skill to produce good results.
Regularity and order are common features in Toraja wood carving (see table below), as well as abstracts and geometrical designs. Nature is frequently used as the basis of Toraja's ornaments, because nature is full of abstractions and geometries with regularities and ordering. Toraja's ornaments have been studied in ethnomathematics to reveal their mathematical structure, but Torajans base this art only on approximations. To create an ornament, bamboo sticks are used as a geometrical tool.
FUNERAL RITES
In Toraja society, the funeral ritual is the most elaborate and expensive event. The richer and more powerful the individual, the more expensive is the funeral. In the aluk religion, only nobles have the right to have an extensive death feast. The death feast of a nobleman is usually attended by thousands and lasts for several days. A ceremonial site, called rante, is usually prepared in a large, grassy field where shelters for audiences, rice barns, and other ceremonial funeral structures are specially made by the deceased family. Flute music, funeral chants, songs and poems, and crying and wailing are traditional Toraja expressions of grief with the exceptions of funerals for young children, and poor, low-status adults.
The ceremony is often held weeks, months, or years after the death so that the deceased's family can raise the significant funds needed to cover funeral expenses. Torajans traditionally believe that death is not a sudden, abrupt event, but a gradual process toward Puya (the land of souls, or afterlife). During the waiting period, the body of the deceased is wrapped in several layers of cloth and kept under the tongkonan. The soul of the deceased is thought to linger around the village until the funeral ceremony is completed, after which it begins its journey to Puya.
Another component of the ritual is the slaughter of water buffalo. The more powerful the person who died, the more buffalo are slaughtered at the death feast. Buffalo carcasses, including their heads, are usually lined up on a field waiting for their owner, who is in the "sleeping stage". Torajans believe that the deceased will need the buffalo to make the journey and that they will be quicker to arrive at Puya if they have many buffalo. Slaughtering tens of water buffalo and hundreds of pigs using a machete is the climax of the elaborate death feast, with dancing and music and young boys who catch spurting blood in long bamboo tubes. Some of the slaughtered animals are given by guests as "gifts", which are carefully noted because they will be considered debts of the deceased's family. However, a cockfight, known as bulangan londong, is an integral part of the ceremony. As with the sacrifice of the buffalo and the pigs, the cockfight is considered sacred because it involves the spilling of blood on the earth. In particular, the tradition requires the sacrifice of at least three chickens. However, it is common for at least 25 pairs of chickens to be set against each other in the context of the ceremony.
There are three methods of burial: the coffin may be laid in a cave or in a carved stone grave, or hung on a cliff. It contains any possessions that the deceased will need in the afterlife. The wealthy are often buried in a stone grave carved out of a rocky cliff. The grave is usually expensive and takes a few months to complete. In some areas, a stone cave may be found that is large enough to accommodate a whole family. A wood-carved effigy, called Tau tau, is usually placed in the cave looking out over the land. The coffin of a baby or child may be hung from ropes on a cliff face or from a tree. This hanging grave usually lasts for years, until the ropes rot and the coffin falls to the ground.
In the ritual called Ma'Nene, that takes place each year in August, the bodies of the deceased are exhumed to be washed, groomed and dressed in new clothes. The mummies are then walked around the village.
DANCE AND MUSIC
Torajans perform dances on several occasions, most often during their elaborate funeral ceremonies. They dance to express their grief, and to honour and even cheer the deceased person because he is going to have a long journey in the afterlife. First, a group of men form a circle and sing a monotonous chant throughout the night to honour the deceased (a ritual called Ma'badong). This is considered by many Torajans to be the most important component of the funeral ceremony. On the second funeral day, the Ma'randing warrior dance is performed to praise the courage of the deceased during life. Several men perform the dance with a sword, a large shield made from buffalo skin, a helmet with a buffalo horn, and other ornamentation. The Ma'randing dance precedes a procession in which the deceased is carried from a rice barn to the rante, the site of the funeral ceremony. During the funeral, elder women perform the Ma'katia dance while singing a poetic song and wearing a long feathered costume. The Ma'akatia dance is performed to remind the audience of the generosity and loyalty of the deceased person. After the bloody ceremony of buffalo and pig slaughter, a group of boys and girls clap their hands while performing a cheerful dance called Ma'dondan.
As in other agricultural societies, Torajans dance and sing during harvest time. The Ma'bugi dance celebrates the thanksgiving event, and the Ma'gandangi dance is performed while Torajans are pounding rice. There are several war dances, such as the Manimbong dance performed by men, followed by the Ma'dandan dance performed by women. The aluk religion governs when and how Torajans dance. A dance called Ma'bua can be performed only once every 12 years. Ma'bua is a major Toraja ceremony in which priests wear a buffalo head and dance around a sacred tree.
A traditional musical instrument of the Toraja is a bamboo flute called a Pa'suling (suling is an Indonesian word for flute). This six-holed flute (not unique to the Toraja) is played at many dances, such as the thanksgiving dance Ma'bondensan, where the flute accompanies a group of shirtless, dancing men with long fingernails. The Toraja have indigenous musical instruments, such as the Pa'pelle (made from palm leaves) and the Pa'karombi (the Torajan version of a jaw harp). The Pa'pelle is played during harvest time and at house inauguration ceremonies.
LANGUAGE
The ethnic Toraja language is dominant in Tana Toraja with the main language as the Sa'dan Toraja. Although the national Indonesian language is the official language and is spoken in the community, all elementary schools in Tana Toraja teach Toraja language.Language varieties of Toraja, including Kalumpang, Mamasa, Tae' , Talondo' , Toala' , and Toraja-Sa'dan, belong to the Malayo-Polynesian language from the Austronesian family. At the outset, the isolated geographical nature of Tana Toraja formed many dialects between the Toraja languages themselves. After the formal administration of Tana Toraja, some Toraja dialects have been influenced by other languages through the transmigration program, introduced since the colonialism period, and it has been a major factor in the linguistic variety of Toraja languages. A prominent attribute of Toraja language is the notion of grief. The importance of death ceremony in Toraja culture has characterized their languages to express intricate degrees of grief and mourning. The Toraja language contains many terms referring to sadness, longing, depression, and mental pain. Giving a clear expression of the psychological and physical effect of loss is a catharsis and sometimes lessens the pain of grief itself.
ECONOMY
Prior to Suharto's "New Order" administration, the Torajan economy was based on agriculture, with cultivated wet rice in terraced fields on mountain slopes, and supplemental cassava and maize crops. Much time and energy were devoted to raising water buffalo, pigs, and chickens, primarily for ceremonial sacrifices and consumption. Coffee was the first significant cash crop produced in Toraja, and was introduced in the mid 19th century, changing the local economy towards commodity production for external markets and gaining an excellent reputation for quality in the international market .
With the commencement of the New Order in 1965, Indonesia's economy developed and opened to foreign investment. In Toraja, a coffee plantation and factory was established by Key Coffee of Japan, and Torajan coffee regained a reputation for quality within the growing international specialty coffee sector Multinational oil and mining companies opened new operations in Indonesia during the 1970s and 1980s. Torajans, particularly younger ones, relocated to work for the foreign companies - to Kalimantan for timber and oil, to Papua for mining, to the cities of Sulawesi and Java, and many went to Malaysia. The out-migration of Torajans was steady until 1985. and has continued since, with remittances sent back by emigre Torajans performing an important role within the contemporary economy.
Tourism commenced in Toraja in the 1970s, and accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s. Between 1984 and 1997, a significant number of Torajans obtained their incomes from tourism, working in and owning hotels, as tour guides, drivers, or selling souvenirs. With the rise of political and economic instability in Indonesia in the late 1990s - including religious conflicts elsewhere on Sulawesi - tourism in Tana Toraja has declined dramatically. Toraja continues to be a well known origin for Indonesian coffee, grown by both smallholders and plantation estates, although migration, remittances and off-farm income is considered far more important to most households, even those in rural areas.
TOURISM AND CULTURAL CHANGE
Before the 1970s, Toraja was almost unknown to Western tourism. In 1971, about 50 Europeans visited Tana Toraja. In 1972, at least 400 visitors attended the funeral ritual of Puang of Sangalla, the highest-ranking nobleman in Tana Toraja and the so-called "last pure-blooded Toraja noble." The event was documented by National Geographic and broadcast in several European countries. In 1976, about 12,000 tourists visited the regency and in 1981, Torajan sculpture was exhibited in major North American museums. "The land of the heavenly kings of Tana Toraja", as written in the exhibition brochure, embraced the outside world.
In 1984, the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism declared Tana Toraja Regency the prima donna of South Sulawesi. Tana Toraja was heralded as "the second stop after Bali". Tourism was increasing dramatically: by 1985, a total number of 150,000 foreigners had visited the Regency (in addition to 80,000 domestic tourists), and the annual number of foreign visitors was recorded at 40,000 in 1989. Souvenir stands appeared in Rantepao, the cultural center of Toraja, roads were sealed at the most-visited tourist sites, new hotels and tourist-oriented restaurants were opened, and an airstrip was opened in the Regency in 1981.
Tourism developers have marketed Tana Toraja as an exotic adventure - an area rich in culture and off the beaten track. Western tourists expected to see stone-age villages and pagan funerals. Toraja is for tourists who have gone as far as Bali and are willing to see more of the wild, "untouched" islands. However, they were more likely to see a Torajan wearing a hat and denim, living in a Christian society. Tourists felt that the tongkonan and other Torajan rituals had been preconceived to make profits, and complained that the destination was too commercialized. This has resulted in several clashes between Torajans and tourism developers, whom Torajans see as outsiders.
A clash between local Torajan leaders and the South Sulawesi provincial government (as a tourist developer) broke out in 1985. The government designated 18 Toraja villages and burial sites as traditional tourist attractions. Consequently, zoning restrictions were applied to these areas, such that Torajans themselves were barred from changing their tongkonans and burial sites. The plan was opposed by some Torajan leaders, as they felt that their rituals and traditions were being determined by outsiders. As a result, in 1987, the Torajan village of Kété Kesú and several other designated tourist attractions closed their doors to tourists. This closure lasted only a few days, as the villagers found it too difficult to survive without the income from selling souvenirs.
Tourism has also transformed Toraja society. Originally, there was a ritual which allowed commoners to marry nobles (puang) and thereby gain nobility for their children. However, the image of Torajan society created for the tourists, often by "lower-ranking" guides, has eroded its traditional strict hierarchy. High status is not as esteemed in Tana Toraja as it once was. Many low-ranking men can declare themselves and their children nobles by gaining enough wealth through work outside the region and then marrying a noble woman.
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A march against the exploitation of and racism toward international students in Australia that the governments (both state and federal) continue to allow to exist. International and Australian students from NSW universities (such as Newcastle, UTS, Macquarie, UNSW and Sydney University) rallied together, marching from Sydney University to UTS and on to NSW Parliament House, asking for the government to intervene and change legislation that allows international students to be taken advantage of.
Some basic rights like abolishing the 20-hour work week limit and providing student travel concessions to international students were demanded in chants and songs. At a deeper level though, the protesters are demanding an end to the systematic racism and exploitation of international students, who are increasingly treated more as a means to profit than as students to educate.
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U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top Democrat on the Senate Aging Committee, used a hearing today to examine the financial exploitation of seniors and the difficulty of prosecuting family members who exploit and defraud their elderly family members.
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This is a simple black and white drawing of one of my favourite exploitation actors; George Eastmen. The picture is from the zombie cum porn classic; The Erotic Nights Of The Living Dead. This is also the inly card/ track listing card for my January contribution for the Mixtape Project.
2014 Burt Munro Challenge (Invercargill) November (Wyndham Street Races Sunday 30th November 2014 10am)
The Ducati Darmah is in all respects a thoroughbred motor cycle in the best tradition of the great Italian manufacturers. Named after a fictional tiger, the Darmah does have something of a tiger quality with its effortless power and agility. The power unit of the bike is a 900 vee-twin engine mounted longitudinally in' the frame with the rear cylinder offset to the right of the front. Like the other large Ducat's, it has a capacity of 863.9CC but only the 900SS shares the same desmodromic valve system, as designed by famous race-engine builder Fabio Taglioni. Although not as well endowed with horsepower as some Japanese bikes, the 65-yobhp put out by the engine has to power considerably less weight than the competitors, so performance is not that far behind. Top speed is just on H5mph, while a standing start quarter mile takes just over I3secs.
As with all big Ducat's, fuel consumption is excellent, being between 45-5ompg most of the time. Where the bike does score over opponents is' in the handling and road-holding sector of performance for, with light weight, good balance and a sturdy frame, this bike is just about the quickest on a twisty road. Like Vincent, Ducati use the engine as an integral part of the frame with the front downtubes bolting on to the bottom of the crankcase, having the cylinders one behind the other makes the bike narrow so that the handling and roadholding can be exploited to the full. Other now almost standard Italian chassis parts include Brembo discs all round, Ceriani forks at the front and good-looking but expensive Campagnolo wheels.
Ducatis have never been the most attractive bikes (except in an engineer's eyes, perhaps), but with Leo Tartarini taking a hand in styling, they have gained a new image. The Darmah features neat tank and tail bodywork which, with subtle striping, look neat and racy. Also, Nippon Denso instruments have been put on to replace the suspect items of older models and an electric starter is there to save the aggravation of kicking the plot into life.
The Darmah is the touring version of the famous 900SS which has a 9.5:1 instead of 9.4:1 compression ratio and the option of 40mm instead of 32mm carburettors. With a dolphin fairing less weight by virtue of a manual starter and more power (8obhp is claimed), the 900SS is an unashamed road racer and top of the Ducati range.
(Source: www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/ducati/ducati_900_darmah_...)
21 September 2010: Opening of the exhibition "Vulnerability, Exploitation and Action - A Photo-documentation on Human Trafficking" by UN.GIFT, the Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking.
f.l.t.r. Nicolas Cage, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador; Yury Fedotov, Executive Director, UNODC; Alessandro Scotti, Italian Photographer; Helmut Böck, Ambassador, ustria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Public reenactment of a speech originally given by Stokely Carmichael, the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, in front of the UN Building in New York City on April 15, 1967. Carmichael argues that the civil rights movement must oppose the war in Vietnam, discusses the central role of genocide in American History, and issues a forceful call to organize against war, exploitation and racism. Ato Essandoh, a New York City-based actor delivered the speech on location on September 7, 2008.
Quotes:
"We black people have struggled against white supremacy here at home. We therefore understand the struggle of the Vietnamese against white supremacy abroad. We black people have struggled against U.S. aggression in the ghettos of the North and South. We therefore understand the struggle of the Vietnamese people against U.S. aggression abroad. This is why there can be no question of whether a civil rights organization should involve itself with foreign issues. It must do so, if it claims to have any relevance to black people and their day-to-day needs in the United States of America. It must do so, if it lays any claim to that humanism which declares: no man is an island."
"We have not only a right to speak out -- we have an obligation. We must be involved, we must fight racism in all its manifestations. We must also look truthfully at this land of the free and home of the brave, and remember that there is another side to that land -- a side better known to the rest of the world than to most Americans. There is another America, and it is an ugly one. It is an America whose basic policy at home and abroad can only be called genocide."
WASHINGTON, DC: National Center for Missing & Exploited (NCMEC) 2022 Hope Gala, Oct. 20, 2022
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) Hope Gala held on Oct. 20, 2022 at the District Pier at The Wharf, Washington, D.C. The event is a celebration of the inspiring work being done globally to protect children. We recognized leaders in child safety, honor survivors, and remember the families and victims who are still seeking justice and safety. Claire Edkins /NCMEC
I was originally asked to do the whole LP design, but it's a very busy OTT type sleeve which would lack the instant impact a jacket needs, so I isolated the figures of the band. I hate the Exploited's music but I like the way the jacket came out.
Garbstore Spring/Summer 2010
Garbstores fifth collection finds it’s inspiration in the service industries that accompanied the colonial exploits of the British Empire, from rail building in India to service waiters in Hong Kong, From Chefs to train drivers we have focused on the Civilian aspect of Uniform that proceed from any Military campaign.
Canadian Folk band ‘The Mighty low’ were photographed in rehearsal in their studio in east London, the images are illustrated by UK based artist Ewen Brown. The campaign will also be used as the album book for the ‘The Mighty Lows’ new record due later in the year.
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Outside Chinchero, Peru.
I feel both tickled and torn when I view this photo. On the one hand, the little girl is dancing her tiny heart out dressed up like a Quechuan flower for us. On the other hand, I feel she and her sister are terribly exploited by her mother who waits for the buses to stop in the countryside to check out a beautiful view of the Chinchero valley. It was quite cold up there and both sisters danced and then intermittantly became more frustrated with Mom because they wanted to play with their pencil gifts. I'd like to think that this photo captures something in her eyes that encompasses both cute innocence and a hardship that weighs heavily upon her shoulders.
American postcard.
Voluptuous American actress Mamie Van Doren (1931) was a sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s. Van Doren starred in several exploitation films such as Untamed Youth (1957), loaded with rock 'n' roll and juvenile delinquency. Her onscreen wardrobe usually consisted of tight sweaters, low-cut blouses, form-fitting dresses, and daring swimsuits. Mamie and her colleague blonde bombshells Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield were known as 'The Three M's.'
Mamie Van Doren was born Joan Lucille Olander in Rowena, South Dakota, in 1931. She was the daughter of Warner Carl Olander and Lucille Harriet Bennett. In 1942 the family moved to Los Angeles. In early 1946, Van Doren began working as an usher at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The following year, she had a bit part on an early television show. She also sang with Ted Fio Rito's band and entered several beauty contests. She was married for a brief time at seventeen when Van Doren and her first husband, Jack Newman, eloped to Santa Barbara. The marriage was dissolved quickly, upon her discovery of his abusive nature. In the summer of 1949, at age 18, she won the titles Miss Eight Ball and Miss Palm Springs. Van Doren was discovered by producer Howard Hughes the night she was crowned Miss Palm Springs. The pair dated for five years. Hughes provided her with a bit role in Jet Pilot at RKO Radio Pictures. Her line of dialogue consisted of one word, "Look!". The following year, 1951, she posed for famous pin-up girl artist Alberto Vargas, the painter of the glamorous Vargas Girls. His painting of Van Doren was on the July 1951 cover of Esquire magazine. Van Doren did a few more bit parts in RKO films, including His Kind of Woman (John Farrow, 1951) starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. Van Doren then began working on the stage. She was a showgirl in New York in Monte Proser's nightclub version of Billion Dollar Baby. Songwriter Jimmy McHugh discovered her for his musicals, then decided she was too good for the chorus line and should have dramatic training. She studied with Ben Bard and Bliss-Hayden. While appearing in the role of Marie in a showcase production of Come Back, Little Sheba, Van Doren was seen by Phil Benjamin, a casting director at Universal International. In 1953, Van Doren signed a contract with Universal Studios. They had big plans for her, hoping she would bring the same kind of success that 20th Century Fox had with Marilyn Monroe. Van Doren, whose signing day coincided with the inauguration of President Eisenhower, was given the first name Mamie for Ike's wife, Mamie Eisenhower. Universal first cast Van Doren in a minor role as a singer in Forbidden (Rudolph Maté, 1953), starring Tony Curtis. Interested in Van Doren's allure, Universal then cast her again opposite Curtis in The All American (Jesse Hibbs, 1953), playing her first major role as Susie Ward, a wayward girl who is the man-trap at a campus beer joint. In Yankee Pasha (Joseph Pevney, 1954), starring Jeff Chandler and Rhonda Fleming, she played a slave girl, Lilith. In 1955, she had a supporting role in the musical Ain't Misbehavin' (Edward Buzzell, 1955) and starred in the crime drama Running Wild (Abner Biberman, 1955). Soon thereafter, Van Doren turned down a Broadway role in the play Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? and was replaced by newcomer Jayne Mansfield. In 1956, Van Doren appeared in the Western Star in the Dust (Charles F. Haas, 1956). Though Van Doren garnered prominent billing alongside John Agar and Richard Boone, she appears rather briefly, as the daughter of a ranch owner. By this time, Van Doren had grown tired of Universal, which was only casting her in non-breakthrough roles. Therefore, Van Doren began accepting bigger roles in better movies from other studios, such as Teacher's Pet (George Seaton, 1958) with Doris Day and Clark Gable. She appeared in some of the first films to feature rock 'n' roll music, such as Untamed Youth (Howard W. Koch, 1957). The film was originally condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency, but that only served to enhance the curiosity factor, resulting in it being a big moneymaker for the studio. Van Doren became identified with this rebellious style and made some rock records. She went on to star in several bad girl movies that later became cult films. These include Born Reckless (Howard W. Koch, 1958), High School Confidential (Jack Arnold, 1958), and The Beat Generation (Charles F. Haas, 1959). After Universal Studios chose not to renew her contract in 1959, Van Doren was now a free agent and had to struggle to find work.
Mamie Van Doren became known for her provocative roles. She was in prison for Girls Town (Charles F. Haas, 1959), which provoked censors with a shower scene where audiences could see Van Doren's naked back. As Eve in The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (Mickey Rooney, Albert Zugsmith, 1960) she wore only fig leaves, and in other films, like Vice Raid (Edward L. Cahn, 1960) audiences were clued in as to the nature of the films from the titles. Many of these productions were low-budget B-movies which sometimes gained a cult following for their high camp value. An example is Sex Kittens Go to College (Albert Zugsmith, 1960), which co-starred Tuesday Weld and Mijanou Bardot - Brigitte's sister. Mamie also appeared in foreign productions, such as the Italian crime comedy Le bellissime gambe di Sabrina/The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina (Camillo Mastrocinque, 1959) with Antonio Cifariello, and the Argentine film Una americana en Buenos Aires/The Blonde from Buenos Aires (George Cahan, 1961) with Jean-Pierre Aumont. Van Doren took some time off from her career and came back to the screen in 1964. That year she played in the German Western musical Freddy und das Lied der Prärie/In the Wild West (Sobey Martin, 1964), starring Freddy Quinn and Rik Battaglia. Tommy Noonan convinced Van Doren to appear in 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt (Tommy Noonan, 1964). Van Doren had turned down Noonan's previous offer to star in Promises! Promises!, in which she would have to do nude scenes. She was replaced by Jayne Mansfield. In 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt, Mamie did a beer-bath scene but is not seen nude. She posed for Playboy to promote the film. Van Doren next appeared in The Las Vegas Hillbillys (Arthur C. Pierce, 1966) which co-starred Jayne Mansfield. It was the only time two of 'The Three M's' appeared together in a film. A sequel was titled Hillbillys in a Haunted House, but Van Doren turned this role down and was replaced by Joi Lansing. She appeared in You've Got to Be Smart (Ellis Kadison, 1967), and the Sci-Fi film, Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968), directed by the young Peter Bogdanovich (Derek Thomas). In this film astronauts land on Venus and encounter dangerous creatures and meet sexy Venusian women who like to sunbathe in hip-hugging skin-tight pants and seashell brassieres. In 1968, she was offered the role of a murder victim in the independent horror film The Ice House as a replacement for Mansfield, who died the previous year. She turned the offer down, however, and was replaced by Sabrina. During the Vietnam War, she did tours for U.S. troops in Vietnam for three months in 1968, and again in 1970. Van Doren also developed a nightclub act and did live theatre. She performed in stage productions of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Dames at Sea at the Drury Lane Theater, Chicago, and appeared in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? and The Tender Trap at the Arlington Park Theater. In the 1970s, Van Doren performed a nightclub act in Las Vegas as well. Van Doren had a supporting role in the Western The Arizona Kid (Luciano B. Carlos, 1970). Since then, Van Doren has appeared only in cameo appearances in low-budgeted films. To this date, Van Doren's last film appearance was a cameo role in the comedy Slackers (Dewey Nicks, 2002). Van Doren's guest appearances on television include Jukebox Jury, What's My Line, The Bob Cummings Show, The Jack Benny Show, Fantasy Island, Burke's Law, Vega$, and L.A. Law. She released her autobiography, Playing the Field, in 1987 which brought much new attention and proved to be her biggest media splash in over 25 years. Since the book's publication, she has often been interviewed and profiled and has occasionally returned to acting. Van Doren has been married five times. Her first marriage was to sportswear manufacturer Jack Newman whom she married and divorced in 1950. Her second marriage was to bandleader, composer and actor Ray Anthony whom she married in 1955. They had one son, Perry Ray Anthony (1956). The couple later divorced in 1961. When Van Doren's early 1960s, highly publicized, on-again off-again engagement to baseball player Bo Belinsky ended in 1964, she married baseball player Lee Meyers in 1966. They were divorced in 1967. Her fourth marriage was to businessman Ross McClintock in 1972. They met while working on President Nixon's reelection campaign; the marriage was annulled in 1973. Since 1979 she has been married to Thomas Dixon, an actor and dentist.
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Exploitant : Transdev Marne et Morin
Réseau : Pays de Meaux
Ligne : M1
Lieu : Gare de Meaux (Meaux, F-77)
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My old 1984 Alembic Series II "Exploiter" bass. The bridge. The corrosion is starting to look like an art project. There's probably some kind of ebola or something lurking in there.
I had this bass built in the summer of 1984. The only options (besides the walnut/maple/purple heart construction) were graphite rods in the neck and a neck shaped like a Rickenbacker 4001 that I'd been very comfortable playing. This is still the most musical bass I've ever owned, but it also weighs so much that it's seen relatively little use.
On arriving in Porto, we were hard pressed to find anywhere that was open, let alone anywhere to eat. We were consumed with hunger, not having eaten for over 24 hours. Fortunately, the local McDonald's was open and Steven Lee (my friend from the Atlantic Seaboard of the United States) was unhesitating in his acquisition of French fries. Christine (Steve's wife) was not altogether happy with this decision. It was a difficult moment and one in which all of our ethical judgments were brought to bear. In the heat of the moment, worn and bedraggled with intense agonizing, I only just managed to take this shot, capturing the point of 'no return' - the point at which Steven Lee entered wittingly into the dark world of immorality, in which he appeared to give a tacit yet unrepentant nod to wholesale eco-devastation and unremittent child torture - merely through the act of eating three trans-fatty fries. Moral dilemmas of this kind have become increasingly prominent features of the new millennium.
(And you can bet your bottom dollar we'll have a lot more of these sorts of dilemmas to look forward to in the not-so-distant future).
Ils l'ont fait ! Un semi-ironman, tous les jours, durant cinq jours d'affilée
Saint-Malo : Géraud Paillot inscrit son nom dans le livre Guinness des records
Ils l'ont fait ! Le Malouin Géraud Paillot et son neurologue Mathieu Vaillant ont battu un record du monde en paratriathlon en enchaînant cinq semi-Ironman pendant cinq jours.
Moment de liesse ce jeudi 1er septembre 2022, devant les remparts de Saint-Malo. Quelques minutes avant 15h, accompagnés de plusieurs cyclistes et coureurs à pied, le Malouin Géraud Paillot et son neurologue Mathieu Vaillant sont arrivés au terme de leur formidable défi : celui d’enchaîner, cinq jours de suite, un semi-Ironman chaque jour.
123 km et 9 heures d’effort chaque jour !
Soit 1,9 km de natation, 90 km de vélo et un semi-marathon (21 km) au quotidien. 123 km et 9 heures d’effort chaque jour ! Un véritable « éverest » à gravir pour Géraud, atteint de la sclérose en plaques depuis 2000.
Malgré la douleur, les deux hommes signent une sacrée performance qui leur permet de décrocher le record mondial du nombre de triathlons longue distance enchaîné sur un minimum de 5 jours. Un exploit qui va leur ouvrir les pages de l’illustre livre Guinness des Records.
Ce record, l’athlète handisport l’a réalisé en grande partie avec son fauteuil de course. Le but pour Géraud n’était pas d’épater la galerie, mais de transmettre, à travers ce projet, une « étincelle », voire un grain de folie douce, à toutes celles et ceux qui souffrent d’une maladie dégénérative.
Géraud et Mathieu ont ainsi voulu montrer « qu’on peut avoir des rêves et les réaliser, et qu’à plusieurs on peut faire des choses incroyables ».
En route pour un record !
Un Malouin s'illustre en ce moment dans les bassins et sur les routes de la région de Saint-Malo. Géraud Paillot est bien parti pour battre le record du nombre de paratriathlons longue distance enchaîné sur un minimum de 5 jours.
Géraud s'est élancé à 6h30 dimanche 28 août avec une équipe d'officiels et de sportifs, à l'assaut de 1 900 m de nage à l'Aquamalo, de 90 km de handbike direction le Mont Saint Michel et de 21 km 0975 de fauteuil de course pour arriver devant la porte Saint-Vincent en milieu d'après-midi.
Presque 9 heures d'effort qu'il renouvelle chaque jour depuis !
Si demain jeudi, l'athlète handisport et son neurologue qui l'accompagne Mathieu Vaillant arrivent à bout de cette 5e journée, ils feront leur entrée dans le Guinness Book des Records !
Evènement solidaire
Tentative de Record du Monde, un Handi et un valide en même temps
Aventure Hustive 5 : tentative de record du monde ’enchaînement de Triathlon, format semi-ironman, un défi inédit et solidaire Innédit : établir en même temps un record du monde en format Handi et en format Valide pour l’enchainement de semi Ironman, 1 par jour pendant 3 jours minimum et 7 jours maximum
Catégorie Guinness book des records :
"Most long-distance (113 km) triathlon races completed on consecutive days (male)“ en valide et en paratriathlon
Objectifs :
– Démontrer que Les seules limites sont celles que l’on s’impose
– Démontrer que Handis-Valides /Soignants-Soignés... La différence et la complémentarité permettent d’atteindre des objectifs incroyables
– Solidaire : achat de matériel handisport pour l’Association Aventure Hustive et don recherche maladie chronique
– Aider des personnes à développer leur résilience en participant à une partie du défi Départ le 28 août 2022 dans la région de St Malo et le Mont Saint-Michel
Organisation de l’événement
Journée Type (Horaires intermédiaires estimés)
– 6H20 Départ natation : Aquamalo
– 7H30 Départ Vélo / Handbike : Aquamalo → Mont Saint Michel
– 10H-10H15 Ravitaillement au Mont Saint Michel (près du barrage) puis départ pour Aquamalo
– 12H45 Arrivée Aquamalo
– 13H15 départ Course à Pied / fauteuil : Aquamalo → Mairie de Saint-Malo
– 15H45-17H Temps de partage, participants, partenaires...
Sécurité
– Natation : accompagnateurs et 1 médecin présent
– Vélo : Motos pour ouverture et fermeture + 1 voiture d’accompagnement et 1 médecin présent
– Course à Pied : vélos pour ouverture et fermeture et 1 médecin présent
Circulation :
– Le départ et la circulation des participants se fait de manière groupé. Il ne s’agit pas d’une course avec classement
– Les règles du code de la route sont respectées
Informations complémentaires :
– Lieu de rendez-vous : Aquamalo, Av. Atalante, 35430 Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets
– Heure rendez-vous : 6H10 le matin à partir du 28 août
– Heure départ course 6H20
– Second numéro de téléphone : Hugues Picard, chargé de la sécurité et organisation /
logistique :
– Parcours vélo et CAP sur slides suivants
Aventure Hustive – Mai 2022
Géraud & Mathieu seront accompagnés sur des tronçons ou journée par des sportifs handis ou valides
Mathieu VAILLANT, 38 ans, neurologue au CHU de Grenoble. Il aime prendre le temps d’observer notre environnent avec sa famille, pour leur faire découvrir la nature et l’importance de la protéger.
Il pratique le sport (Ultra trails, semi & full Ironman, randonnée à pied ou à ski en montagne) dans tous les environnements.
Ses valeurs : bienveillance, partage, dépassement de soi, adaptabilité.
Quelques accompagnants sur un partie des disciplines ou triathlon en entier Handis sportifs qui se rééduquent pour participer au défi, Sportifs Valides Chacun peut participer sur inscription et sur une partie du parcours, pour nous accompagner et vivre de l’intérieur cette extraordinaire aventure de tentative de record du monde. Chacun à sa façon, en vélo (électrique ou non) en courant. Certains peuvent aussi participer en logistique pour faciliter le défi
Géraud PAILLOT, 52 ans, ancien cadre dirigeant. Créateur et Président de l’Association Aventure Hustive. Conférencier, patient expert. Atteint de Sclérose en Plaques depuis 2004, il organise et réalise des défis humains et sportifs engagés (Paris-Marseille en Kayak, Une expédition Arctique pour passer le 80ème parallèle Nord, semi et full Ironman...)
Sa devise : « Fais de ta vie un rêve, et d’un rêve une réalité» A de St Exupéry Vivre tous ensemble un défi engagé, inclusif, participatif et convivial avec 3 niveaux de participation
Saint-Malo. Et de un ! Ils ont commencé à enchaîner les triathlons
Ce dimanche 28 août 2022 marquait la première étape du nouveau défi de l’association Aventure Hustive – humaine et sportive. Le duo qui en est à l’initiative vise un record du monde, mais pas seulement.
« Quelle super première journée ! C’est vraiment un plaisir d’être là ! » À l’arrivée, Géraud Paillot, Mathieu Vaillant et une quinzaine de sportifs les accompagnant savourent les applaudissements et un ravitaillement copieusement agrémenté d’encouragements.
Il est 15 h, ce dimanche 28 août 2022 : le petit groupe n’était pas attendu si tôt et s’est manifestement senti pousser des ailes. Cette énergie collective sera en tout cas bien utile pour relever le nouveau défi que s’est lancé l’association Aventure Hustive (Humaine et sportive). Il s’agit en effet d’enchaîner pendant plusieurs jours – au moins trois – des triathlons en formats handi et valide.
Devant la porte Saint-Vincent, à Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine), les supporters de l’initiative n’étaient pas les seuls à guetter les athlètes. Une arbitre de la Fédération française de triathlon a stoppé son chronomètre 8 h et 17 minutes après le départ de la première épreuve de la journée, 1, 9 km de natation (à 6 h 30 du matin), dans les couloirs de nage d’AquaMalo. Suivis de 90 km de vélo ou de handbike et plus de 21 km de course à pied ou de fauteuil. Il n’y a plus qu’à recommencer, ce lundi 29 août 2022. La présence de deux arbitres, chaque jour, permettra in fine de valider un record d’un genre encore inédit au Guiness book.
Mais ni Géraud Paillot, qui n’a eu de cesse de se lancer des défis sportifs depuis qu’il s’est vu diagnostiquer une sclérose en plaques, en 2017, ni Mathieu Vaillant, médecin neurologue, n’insistent véritablement sur l’aspect « record » du défi. « On avance ensemble, c’est ça qui compte », résument-ils.
Un bon moyen de sensibilisation
Pour le soignant, cette aventure permet « de voir au-delà de l’aspect traitements, de se confronter au quotidien du patient, d’intégrer d’autres dimensions de son vécu ». Pour sa part, Géraud Paillot se réjouit d’entraîner dans sa roue, des sportifs valides et non valides. « Nous voulons sensibiliser le plus de monde possible, notamment aux handicaps invisibles induits par des maladies chroniques qui ont un impact considérable sur la vie des personnes, mais que les gens ne mesurent pas… »
Sans oublier l’essentiel : « Passer un bon moment. On se sent porté par le collectif, il y a une vraie dynamique. » Il est possible de suivre l’aventure sur la page Facebook de l’association. Pour encourager les athlètes, rien de tel, en revanche, que de venir les applaudir, tous les après-midi, vers 15 h, sur l’esplanade Saint-Vincent.
Saint-Malo. Il va tenter le record du monde d’enchaînements de paratriathlons
Géraud Paillot va s’élancer avec Mathieu Vaillant, médecin neurologue, pour tenter d’établir un double record du monde de triathlon, l’un en format handi et l’autre en format valide. Lors de ce défi, ils vont enchaîner des semi-Ironman entre Saint-Malo et Le Mont-Saint-Michel.
Géraud Paillot aime, comme Boris Cyrulnik, « le sport de petit niveau » et se définit comme « un touriste ».
Un touriste costaud alors, vu les défis qu’il enchaîne avec son association Aventure Hustive (humaine et sportive) : Paris-Marseille en kayak ; une expédition de trois semaines, toujours en kayak, pour atteindre le 80e parallèle ; un triathlon longue distance et un autre XXL. Sans compter les challenges d’un jour ou d’un week-end pour le plaisir du partage, ou l’entraînement.
Un triathlon longue distance par jour
Le prochain ? Tenter le record du monde d’enchaînement de triathlons longue distance en catégorie paratriathlon. « On s’est rendu compte que la catégorie enchaînement du plus grand nombre de triathlons longue distance existait dans le Guinness book pour les valides. Mais pas en paratriathlon. On les a sollicités et on a obtenu la création de cette nouvelle catégorie » , détaille Géraud Paillot. Il dit on, car il ne sera pas seul.
Le malouin s’élancera, le 28 août, avec Mathieu Vaillant, médecin neurologue, pour tenter d’établir un double record du monde de triathlon, l’un en format handi et l’autre en format valide.
Ils seront accompagnés de quelques volontaires pour parcourir, chaque jour, 1,9 km en nageant, 90 km en handbike ou vélo, et 21 km en fauteuil ou en courant.
Mais cette quête du record n’est finalement qu’un prétexte. « Le but de l’association est d’organiser des défis sportifs rassemblant handi et valides, comme soignés et soignants, pour communiquer de manière positive sur les maladies chroniques, le handicap et démontrer que c’est possible. »
« Vivre avec »
Le Malouin ajoute : « Oui, il y a le record mais c’est surtout un moment de partage, un moyen de parler de l’asso qui récolte des fonds pour la recherche et finance des activités pour tous. »
C’est en 2017 qu’il crée cette association. L’année où sa maladie, la sclérose en plaques, l’oblige à arrêter de travailler. « J’ai voulu vivre avec plutôt que de lutter contre la maladie. Je ne voulais pas rester dans mon canapé. »
Une grosse préparation
Depuis, l’aventurier multiplie les défis à la force des bras.Il se prépare à celui-ci depuis plus de six mois et a atteint un pic d’entraînement ce dernier mois. « J’ai enchaîné six jours à faire 2 km de nage, puis six jours à faire 70 km en moyenne de handbike, six jours à faire des semi-marathons en fauteuil. Et je finis par trois triathlons S en trois jours. J’enchaîne ensuite par un mois d’août à base de sorties plaisir. »
C’est aussi dans la tête que ça se joue. « Je travaille beaucoup la préparation mentale. Je fais du yoga tous les jours. C’est un volet hyper important et j’en ai besoin pour me connaître et attendre attentif par rapport à ma maladie. »
Il a aussi pu compter sur Itesoft, « un partenaire qui me suit sur cette cinquième aventure. Mais aussi sur AquaMalo, qui nous ouvre les bassins à 6 h 30, la Ville de Saint-Malo et le département de la Manche. »
Rendez-vous donc dimanche 28 août, à 6 h 30, pour 1,9 km de nage à Aquamalo, 90 km de handbike/vélo en aller-retour jusqu’au Mont-Saint-Michel et un semi avec arrivée à Saint-Malo. Avec l’ambition de l’enchaîner trois jours d’affilée. Au minimum…
Saint-Malo : atteint de sclérose en plaques, il veut battre le record du monde de triathlons
Ce dimanche 28 août, Géraud Paillot, atteint de sclérose en plaque va tenter de battre un record en enchaînant le plus grand nombre de triathlons à Saint-Malo.
Géraud Paillot, 52 ans est atteint de sclérose en plaques depuis 2004. En binôme avec Mathieu Vaillant, neurologue, il va tenter à partir de ce dimanche 28 août d'enchaîner le plus grand nombre de triathlons longue distance et de s'inscrire dans le Guinness book record. Géraud Paillot concoure dans la catégorie handicapé et Mathieu Vaillant en catégorie valide. L'idée est de faire un triathlon par jour pendant un maximum de jours. Le duo a pour ambition de les enchaîner pendant un minimum de trois jours.
Pour Géraud Paillot, le handicap n'empêche pas de participer à des défis sportifs. En 2017, il quitte son travail, sa maladie s'aggrave. Il décide alors de créer l'association Aventure Hustive qui organise des challenges physiques " Je suis allé de Paris à Marseille en kayak en solitaire pendant 55 jours, à la rencontre des malades. Ensuite j'ai monté une expédition dans le grand nord au Spitzberg pour passer le 80e parallèle où on était handi-valide en kayak pendant trois semaines en autonomie complète". Pour la troisième fois, Géraud et Mathieu Vaillant font équipe sur un triathlon longue distance.
" L'idée avec Mathieu c'est de montrer que soignant-soigné, on est dans la même barque, on avance ensemble, on pagaie ensemble et on peut atteindre des choses incroyables".
Sensibiliser aux maladies invisibles
Le but de son association est de sensibiliser le grand public aux maladies invisibles comme la sclérose en plaques. Cette maladie affecte le système nerveux. " Quand vous me voyez, vous ne pouvez pas imaginer que je suis handicapé et pourtant j'ai plein de troubles : des troubles cognitifs, comme la concentration comme des grosses fatigues neurologiques, comme la mémoire". La sclérose en plaque touche 120 000 personnes en France.
Le départ a lieu à 6 h 30 dimanche du matin à la piscine Aquamalo de Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets.
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