The De-envelopment of the Aytas of Banawen and the Recreation of Kainumayan: Strategies for Indigenous Peoples Self-determined Development

SD 303 Paper

Submitted to:

Dr. Emmanuel Luna

Submitted by:

Angelito B. Meneses April 4, 2012

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The De-envelopment of the Aytas of Banawen and the Recreation of Kainumayan1: Strategies for Indigenous Peoples Self-determined Development

By Angelito B. Meneses

I.

Of Development and Kainumayan

Development is undeniably a foreign concept for indigenous peoples (Bamba,2010). In fact the word development to some indigenous people like to the Pali means disorderliness or confusion (Sivaraksa, 1992). To many indigenous cultural communities, development is synonymous to the destruction of nature-the very source of all life. Through development was how the Aytas of Banawen lost their cherished Kainumayan. Benny Capuno of the Central Luzon Ayta Association recounted their situation: We the Aytas are really people of the forest. We live in the mountainous areas of Central Luzon with Mt. Pinatubo at the center. The loss of our forest habitat is making our lives very precarious. Extensive logging is eating away our forest home. Loggers have been able to trick us out of our heritage by invoking laws and legalities that are foreign concept to us Aytas who live in the forest as our home and the very source and sustenance of our life as a people. Without trees that provide us with fruits and the birds that give us meat, we are nothing as a people. In spite of the indigenous peoples articulation of the kind of life they valued, they had become constant target of various development initiatives by the outsiders. To successfully advance these developments, labels such as uncivilized, illiterate, underdeveloped and traditional were attached to the indigenous people. Traditional in the parlance of modernization model implies a mindless replication of cultural patterns generation after generation simply because this is the way weve always done it or because the ancestors taught us to do it this way (Perry, 1996), thus it serves as a good rationale to prescribe dose of modernization projects among the impoverished indigenous people. But it is known that development is essentially a dominating process where destinies of peoples are shaped according to a Eurocentric perception of the world (Corpus,2010). Some old notions of unilinear progress are implicit in conventional economic models that portray indigenous peoples as underdeveloped essentially means that people are poor (Perry,1996).Thus, the mission of development
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Kainumayan is an Ayta Zambal term which simply means abundance of creation. Interestingly, it is also equivalent to the New Heaven and New Earth described in the bible. When I asked them to describe it, they said that it is a state in the past where resources were bountiful and everyone lives in harmony with nature.

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effort is to improve the lot of the indigenous people. But this so called development interventions had greatly undermined the culture and distinct identity of the indigenous people. Corpus (2010) tersely pointed this out: Clearly, development was aimed at making self-governing and self-reliant indigenous communities into dependent entities subsumed into global market economy and nation-state. In addition to the trauma caused by infrastructure development, they also suffered from conversion of their territories, which became agricultural mono-crop plantations of rubber, coffee, cocoa, bananas, pineapple, sugar cane and eucalyptus or into mining enclaves and ranches. From being subsistence farmers, hunters and gatherers, fishers or pastoralist, indigenous peoples were reduced to seasonal farmworkers or laborers at best, or slaves at worst. The term development has acquired a negative connotation for indigenous peoples even if this is called sustainable, because their histories are replete with traumatic experiences with development projects, policies and programs. In fact, mainstream development is regarded as one of the root causes of their problems (Corpus 2010). In the name of development the lands of the indigenous people are taken over, their homes destroyed and nature is raped and ripped. For the Aytas, Kainumayan was dramatically destroyed in the guise of good intentions of but self-serving development for the intruders. The recounting of Capuno (1996) for instance clearly depicted how the Aytas were put into the inferior level of knowledge when it comes to development by those who are in government: When persons from DENR came supposedly to revitalize the forest, they planted trees such as gmelina, ipil-ipil, and auricoliformis for which have no use for us Aytas because these trees bear no fruits that people or birds can eatDuring the Marcos era, Imelda Marcos had a project which enjoined us to plant ipil-ipil trees. When we realized that the trees were useless, we decided to burn the trees down and plant bananas instead. The Kainumayan concept of a bountiful life for the Aytas of Banawen was lost because of development aggression. Development aggression refers to the imposition of so called development projects and policies without the free, prior and informed consent of those affected, under the rubric of modernization and nation-building (Corpus,2010). In addition, the change of psyche and values can also be attributed to development aggression because comes along with it is the values of the global development model. According to Bennagen, in practically all of the traditional territories of indigenous peoples, pressures on them and their land have come from migrant settlers, infrastructure projects, local and transnational corporations. Many have suffered from displacement arising from counter3 |Social Development 303 Paper

interagency operations. Christianization has also undermined belief systems contributory to environmental protection and biodiversity conservation (Bennagen, 1996). The spread of Christianity often took a back seat to the appropriation of precious metals, but it was a significant factor throughout the Spanish colonial period. In many respects, the two motivations were hardly separable. Despite conflicts between the clergy and other Spanish interests, Christianity in many ways served to rationalize and facilitate the pursuit of wealth (Perry, 1996). But indigenous people are not passive victims of development aggressions. They have altered their strategies to pursue their own interest in the midst of the incursion of mainstream development models. They have spoken up. Let us listen to Ferdinand Mangili, an Ibaloy leader: San Roque dam is one of the biggest dams in Asia but we cannot say we own it or that it will benefit our people, it is a project owned by the consortium Marubeni, Kansai and Sithe Energies. If the dam is operated and this goes on for many years, they are the ones who will profit greatly from it. They will enjoy all the gains promised by government. We Ibaloy will get nothing (from the subtitle of the documentary film Agno). Another dam, called the Chico Hydroelectric Dam project, was to be built in the Cordillera region in the mid 1970s, but the Igorots resisted this time and won the battle, succeeding in cancelling it even if the Philippines was then under martial rule. It was during this time that many indigenous students became activists and started to build an indigenous peoples movement in the cordillera region. They challenged the development model imposed on them, especially when President Marcos stated that the minority had to sacrifice for the sake of development of majority (Corpus, 2010). As argued by the indigenous people themselves, Bennagen (1996) contends that the key to the understanding why these destructive forces continue is because of the adherence of the State to the socalled Regalian Doctrine imposed by Spanish colonialism and which is enshrined in the 1987 Philippine Constitution (Art. XII, Sec. 2): all lands of the public domain, waters, minerals, coal, petroleum, and other mineral oils, all forces of potential energy, fisheries, forests or timbers, wildlife, flora and fauna, and other natural resources are owned by the state. This doctrine in a way has stripped off the legal status of the indigenous people to be the rightful stewards of everything found in their ancestral domain. States inevitably have governmental structures. Some sort of political mechanism mediates and exercise power, regulates access to resources, imposes a degree of order, and so on (Perry, 1996). The State in the performance of its duties may opt to favor the investors who are going to exploit the resources within the land and territories of indigenous communities over a nurturing development framework practiced by the indigenous people. The State 4 |Social Development 303 Paper

has a long history of being conduit of development or modernization that sacrificed the minority indigenous people in favor of the majority-lowlanders. Kainumayan is in full contrast to a development that concerns the future. It is a de-envelopment process or a development purge that would lead to regaining the glory of the past. Self-determined development as de-envelopment is a process of getting out from the envelope or any forms of enclosures like development that impoverished, oppressed, exploit, manipulate, control and dominate (Meneses, 2012). It reflects the aspirations of indigenous peoples with regard to development in the traditional sense. It places its strongest emphasis on the cultural dimensions of development, and on appropriate mechanisms for ensuring indigenous participation at all levels in the determination of development priorities (Plant, 1998).

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Development with Culture and Identity: Review of Literature

The long traditions of indigenous self-government have been interrupted, limited or denied by colonial or post-colonial states (UNDP,2008). In the conferences and assemblies, the indigenous peoples worldwide have started to get together. They have said enough of the atrocities of development brought to them. They said stop. They said it so loud, so often and so well that they started to stop the whole world calling them uncivilized, illiterate, underdeveloped and traditional. At present they have taken control of their own labels, including development with culture and identity. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, states in its third article that Indigenous peoples have the right of self determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. Self-determined development for indigenous peoples is not a grand paradigmatic, generic alternative to mainstream development. It is simply part of the indigenous peoples assertion of their right of self-determination and to remain as diverse and distinct cultures and communities. It captures the essence of their struggles since colonization to define their own development within the framework of their inherent rights and in consonance with the relationship they have with nature. It is an attempt to protect whatever remains of their indigenous cultural, economic, and political systems and values which they want to sustain (Corpus, 2010). However, there are questions being raised about how self-determined is self-determined. For instance, the question whether an Ayta who decides to wear a pair of branded jeans or to use whitening cream on his volition can be qualified to be self-determination? And cannot be isolated or marginalized 5 |Social Development 303 Paper

as a member of indigenous community? The concept of self-determined development simply considers the indigenous people as collective, rather than individuals, with distinct and unique cultures and world views to determine their collective needs and aspirations for the future that is different from those of the mainstream population. The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) gives legal recognition to the claims of communities to their ancestral land that they have occupied from time immemorial. It is supposed to restore the legal status of the indigenous people as first inhabitants and rightful stewards of everything found in their ancestral domains. The re-establishment of mutually agreed upon relations between the state and indigenous peoples in which the people or community determines its own future in accordance with its own processes is the key principle in the UN, some of the concepts related to are important to mention: Lands and territories have material, cultural and spiritual dimensions for indigenous peoples. They are required for their survival and economic sustainability and are intrinsically linked to the identity and existence of a people. Indigenous peoples call for inalienable and collective ownership of their lands and territories. Natural Resources - indigenous peoples natural resources are vital and integral components of their lands and territories. The concept includes the entire environment: surface and subsurface, waters, forests, ice and air. Indigenous peoples have been guardians of these natural environments and play a key role, through their traditions, in respectfully maintaining them for future generations. Environmental- many indigenous peoples are highly dependent on their lands and natural resources and any changes to the ecosystem may impact on their way of life and survival. Environmental degradation contributes to continued poverty in indigenous communities due to their strong reliance on the environment for their livelihoods. Indigenous Knowledge System- Indigenous peoples have, over the course of generations developed rich sets of knowledge about the natural world, health, technologies and techniques, rites and rituals and other cultural expressions. Justice System- indigenous peoples are stigmatized by mainstream cultures and justice systems and discriminated against or treated in discriminatory, derogatory manners by police, military and dominant justice systems. Indigenous peoples, however, have longstanding internal systems of justice sometimes focused on rehabilitation or compensation rather than punishment. Such systems, if combined with the national justice system, can offer appropriate justice in 6 |Social Development 303 Paper

communities where access to justice is limited or as a means of reducing high levels of incarceration. In some countries the state recognizes traditional indigenous have courts and laws. SelfDetermined Development could only be materialized if it is rooted and emerged from the indigenous peoples themselves. It is an initiative undertaken by, from, and for the indigenous peoples themselves. Outsiders could support by offering alternatives, shared experiences or facilities (Bamba, 2010).

III. Community Development Approach as Strategy in Recreating Kainumayan

The community development approach as a major strategy in recreating Kainumayan involves three areas which according to Luna (1997) include community education, community organizing and community resource management. Community education engages the indigenous people to clarify their traditional values and also enhances their skills necessary for them to act and respond to their situation (Luna, 1997). More importantly, community education serves as a potent venue for raising critical awareness or conscientization (Luna,1997 where the indigenous people critically analyze their situation and de-internalize the oppressions brought about by the mainstream development values and to take action to reclaim their self-determination. Community organizing is done primarily through community integration on the part of the support institutions or individuals in solidarity with the issues of indigenous people. The organizing process should be geared towards the development of genuine indigenous peoples organization (Manalili, 1992).

Community resource management enhances the indigenous peoples capability to manage their own affairs and their socio-economic development (Manalili, 1992) in a manner that does not over-exploit the resources found within their ancestral domains. It is anchored on the value system on consulting the spirits, working with nature and sharing with others (Bennagen, 1997). In addition to the three areas of community development as proposed by Luna (1997), three more areas should be considered to add to the flavor of self-determined development, they are culture, spirituality and identity. Culture is the evolved human capacity to classify and represent experiences with symbols, and to act imaginatively and creatively. Spirituality is often experienced as a source of inspiration or orientation in life (Meneses, 2012). The spirituality is manifested in various rituals performed to maintain human beings connection with nature and other beings. By performing rituals regularly, human beings tell, teach and remind themselves about their interconnectedness and interdependencies with the nature. It

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also serves as a medium to enhance their capacity and understanding about the way of the nature(Bamba, 2010). Identity is a self-ascription belonging to a group with others who similarly identify themselves, who affirm or are committed together to a set of values, practices and meanings (Bell, 1997). This community development approach is essentially coincided with the UN Development Group Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples Issues (2008) when they wrote: Mainstreaming and integrating indigenous peoples issues in development implies that principles of cultural diversity and its corollary, intercultural dialogue have to be integrated in all development policies and programmes. This concept is reflected in Recommendation 12 of the Programme of Action of the Second Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People, which states that culture should be integrated as a prerequisite for any development project design in order to build development with identity, respecting peoples way of life and building sustainable human development. It also implies the effective participation of indigenous peoples and their representatives, including indigenous women, throughout programming cycles and strategic planning processes, as well as consciously and proactively undertaking all efforts to ensure that their rights are respected, promoted and strengthened thanks to the programming and project activities. Figure 1 presents the interlocking strategies of community development approach and indigenous peoples self-determined development.

Community Organizing

Self-Determined Development
Community Education
Community Resource Management

Culture Spirituality Ancestral

Identity Ancestral

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IV. Illustrative Case: The Aytas of Sitio Banawen

Recounting Kainumayan

Sitio Banawen is located in Barangay Maloma, San Felipe, Zambales. The village is situated along the meandering Maloma River. The water on the river was then so rapid but so clean that it was fit for drinking. The slope was a forested area with the tree girths bigger than a mans waist. The maloma River abounded in freshwater resources such as dalag, tilapia, bunog, igat and palos, crustaceans described to be similar to sugpo. Accordingly, one hour of gathering could produce more than a kilo of the freshwater species. The forested area above Banawen was a good game area. Deer, wild boars, bees, wild chicken, lizards and colorful birds abound for hunting. Wild fruits such as bignay, wild mangoes and cashew could be gathered around the forested areas. Indigenous root crops such as buga, baluwegan, ube and durian (Deoscorea Family) were available for gathering during non-harvest seasons. Most of the Aytas of Banawen were lowland rice farmers. Water from the Maloma River irrigated their filed whole year round that two cropping were viable. The Aytas usually depended on the rice they grow for cash. To augment their cash flow, they also market gabi. Non-timber forest products such as nito, buho, bikal, rattan, banana flowers and cogon were also marketed. The Aytas have strong sense of kinship. Family households of sons and daughters usually surrounded the house of the father and mother. Thus a household clump distanced within a stones throw away from each other usually belongs to a single clan. Each clan has a common eating place usually that of the father. Every household brought all their cooked food in the house to partake it with everyone. Oftentimes, a kinship maintains a communal farm from where their daily foods were taken.

Development Context

In 1991, the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo was not only a natural phenomenon but to Aytas it was Apo Namalyaris wrath on the development projects. The fact that it is sacred made them wonder why the government allowed digging or hydro-thermal exploration on its slopes by the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC). They believed that Apo Namalyari got deranged by all the noise created by the drilling machines. The exploration was terminated after two years because of insufficient moisture that would 9 |Social Development 303 Paper

generate enough vapors for a viable hydrothermal project. It was then that the geological data of Philvocs indicated an impending eruption, a fact that the Aytas attributed to the wrath of Apo Namalyari to those who desecrated his mountain. Banawen was literally buried by lahar. The once picturesque of Kainumayan has totally vanished. The ravines were filled up that the village site became riverbeds. Only tops of gigantic trees were visible on top of the ashen field. Their crops, houses and even animals were gone, buried deep under by the Pinatubos wrath.

Journey back to Banawen

The Banawen Aytas were scattered to different relocation centers. Most of them went to Loob Bunga, Behawo, Bucao and Dampay resettlements in Botolan. Some went farther to resettlement areas in New Cabalan, Olongapo. The sight of hundreds of people bundled together in temporary shelters indicated that basic supplies were never adequate for everyone. The Aytas are usually shy when with non-Ayta-lowlanders that deprived them to collect relief goods such as mats and kitchen utensil. As foods were mostly from donations, most Aytas developed dependence and indolence. They were fed with noodles, sardines and dried fish which were not apropos to their palate. After staying in the resettlement for less than a year, the Aytas were faced with the uncertainty of being an orphan and growing restlessness among them, Ka Andres Mendigorin, thought that maybe going back to the situation that Aytas used to be is the solution. He started surveying former Ayta lands to till and to come home to. A village in Behawo, Botolan was the first prospect. He brought his clan of eight families but later found out that the soil was still not properly aerated and not suitable for growing crops. The unfeasibility of the plan to settle in Behawo made decide to go back to their original place in Banawen. Four families headed by Ka Andres trekked back to Banawen and started testing the soils of their farms. They requested an initial 50 hectares from DENR as an initial claim pending the processes for actual identification of the ancestral domain claim. They started planting rice as well as other staples such as bananas. Rice planted on lahar weathered but bananas grew robustly on the ashen soil. They had seen a glimmer of hope when they reaped the first harvest and got inspired to rename their organization SABA (Samahan ng mga Ayta sa Banawen) reminiscent of the banana which symbolized the success of the group in conquering the seemingly inhabitable land (saba is an Ilocano word for banana).

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The Role of support institutions in self-determined development

When word spread that tilling the ashen field is feasible and that the Aytas of Banawen are moving on fast to reclaim their original land, more families decided to leave the resettlement areas and went back to Banawen. The Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation Inc. together with Sentro Para sa Ganap na Pamayanan and the College of Social Work and Community Development of the University of the Philippines joined together to assist the Aytas of Banawen. The entry into the scene was when these institutions were invited to conduct a leadership seminar for the local leaders. They started working towards the empowerment of the Aytas of Banawen. They provided technical support and assisted in building community capabilities through training while giving them daily sustenance through the food-for-work. KKFI also networked with other NGOs that were interested in helping the Aytas. KKFI also assisted SABA in drafting a proposal for agro-forestry project that was submitted to Andres Soriano Foundation for funding. An adult literacy and numeracy program was launched to increase literacy among the Aytas. Organizational management seminars were also conducted to fully develop the leadership potentials of the Aytas. KKFI and other institutions firmly believe that the Aytas should advocate true development themselves that is development rooted in their culture and identity. The support institutions took the stance of partners not patron of SABA. Since the start, the term partnership was emphasized to insinuate their commitment in enhancing the community capabilities and self-reliance.

Self-determined Development Strategies

With the assistance of KKFI and SENTRO, biodiversity conservation was conceptualized as a project to towards sustainable habitation and livelihood. It was focused on four major strategies of the Aytas: 1. Pursuance of their ancestral domain claim; 2. Expansion of the communitys resource base; 3. Rehabilitation, protection and conservation of the ecosystem; and 4. Strengthening and development of the community capabilities which include training of local expert on agriculture and forestry. 11 |Social Development 303 Paper

These strategies were translated into program of activities which include: a. Cropland ecosystem development The cropland ecosystem development was focused on establishing a sustainable food source for the Aytas of Banawen. It was done through infusing technology with the indigenous agricultural knowledge of the Aytas. Agricultural innovations used were in adaptation to the geological changes about by the eruption. Planting of fruit-bearing trees were done on deeper trenches for the plant to reach the original top soil while the dried grasses were mulched around its base to reduce evaporation.

b. Forest Ecology Protection The forest means livelihood for the Aytas. It is where they get their needs to live. Understanding the importance of the forest, the Aytas initiated the gathering of the wildings from the surviving trees along the rivers. Seedling bags were purchased and five micro-nurseries were established for seedlings before planting them on the slopes. Highly valuable and endemic species were specifically selected for the reforestation. To protect the remaining forested areas of Banawen, SABA applied for the deputation of their own forest guards. The deputized forest guards led community members in securing the remnant forests specially within the ancestral domain claim. Conservation efforts were also extended to indigenous medicinal plants known to Aytas. Plants known for medicinal properties were pooled in a portion of one of the tilled fields. The women group largely supported the effort. Medicinal plant expert were invited to infuse know-how on medicinal plant preparations.

c. Ancestral Domain Claim From the 50 hectare originally requested from DENR, the ancestral domain claim was increased to 2,000 hectares upon the support of UNDP-GEF-SGP. This was after the communityinitiated effort to establish the delineation of their ancestral land according to their landmarks. With the accomplishment of the Banawen Aytas, the cognizance of the ancestral right was heightened among the indigenous people of Zambales. As a result, several Ayta organizations converged as federation to sway the government on awarding their own ancestral domain throughout Zambales.

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d. Capability building Seminars and focused group discussions were used to enhance the community capabilities and skills in four major areas namely: organizational development, cropland ecosystem, forest protection and conservation and herbal plant protection.

V.

Hindsight and Reflections

Reflecting on the experience of the Aytas of Banawen, self-determined development is consistent with the principles and approach of community development. Self-determined development means that any development should be defined by the indigenous people or in the event that there are support institutions, development should be defined together with them. The process must start from where the indigenous people are and build on what they have and on what they already know. Most importantly, self-determined development is assisting the indigenous people in their continuing capability building, empowerment and self-reliance. Self-determined development for the indigenous people must have a common pace and a collective vision of destination. Outsiders must recognize that indigenous people is a nation with peculiar culture, spirituality and identity different from the mainstream population which is governed by the state. Because of this, the aim of development should never be geared towards converting them to believe what the lowlanders believe or transforming them to live exactly like the dominant population live. It was seriously articulated by the indigenous people that one of the causes of their impoverishment as people living with nature is itself the development that is being brought in to them. They are not fighting against development they just wanted to chart their own path to development that is in keeping with their culture, spirituality and identity. We, outsiders including the state, as we find ourselves in solidarity with their causes should journey with them in their own common journey, common pace and common destination. Sensibility on where to position ourselves is what is required of us. There are moments that we lead when we journey with them because the road is narrow and the indigenous people are not yet confident to proceed; the time to walk side by side when the road is wider; and the juncture to let them carry on the journey by themselves towards their collective vision of destination, and at the end they will say we did it ourselves. This is the truest meaning of self-determined development where the indigenous people become active participants experiencing liberative praxis.

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Figure 2 illustrates the applicability of the community development approach to indigenous peoples self-determined development based on the experience of the Aytas of Banawen in recreating Kainumayan:
Integration on the part of organizer (Support institutions) Formation of SABA Leadership skills

Indigenous Organizing Biodiversity Conservation Ancestral Domain Management Forest Ecology Protection Indigenous Resource Cropland Management ecosystem development Identity Spirituality Ancestral Orientation in life Relationship with nature Belief systems Myths Morality Ancestral Own label Commitment to a set of values, practices and meanings

Functional Literacy Capability Building

Self-Determined Development
Indigenous Education

Skills Development

Collectivity Naturality Subsistence Customary laws Symbols

Culture

Kainumayan is the vision of development of the Aytas of Banawen. It is a vision of recreating the past, since the past was a picturesque of abundance. For them the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo was a way Apo Namalyari reminded them not to abandon their sacred relationship with nature. They have journeyed back to Banawen- a symbolic return to regain the past and the establishment of a new Kainumayan with the present social development context. They have experienced de-envelopment- both a process of passing through a pasch and decolonization from the grip of global development model. The word pasch is understood to be the process by which one passes from a negative situation, in the case of the Aytas of Banawen from aggression and exploitation to a positive situation like taking control of their path to their proposed development. Through this de-envelopment process, the Aytas have transformed themselves from 14 |Social Development 303 Paper

passive victims of development into active molders (Manalili, 1992) of their own development where they are absolutely decisive and practically involved in the whole development endeavors.

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