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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.11,0:00:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Are there superstitions around HIV/AIDS?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.15,0:00:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are superstitions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.14,0:00:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have cases of people who believe that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.75,0:00:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cure oneself from HIV/AIDS you need to have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.91,0:00:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexual intercourse with a virgin.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.03,0:00:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.49,0:00:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't say that that happens in the cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.89,0:00:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is rare that we see that. But in the countryside, it's very common
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.12,0:00:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see men looking for women.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.59,0:00:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traditional healers will often give that advice:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.50,0:00:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Find a virgin, have sex with her, and you will be cured from HIV."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.21,0:00:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have see situations where, people take the test and it's positive,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.78,0:00:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they think that they can be healed by some
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.94,0:00:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traditional treatment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.96,0:00:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, myself, have already worked in testing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.06,0:00:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People would tell me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.79,0:01:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It was positive, but I'm going to go somewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.21,0:01:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the countryside, Gorongosa, or elsewhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.17,0:01:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will come back and it will be negative."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.11,0:01:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, when they come back, it was always positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.18,0:01:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, some people have lost faith in these ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.26,0:01:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also have cases of a tradition
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.97,0:01:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called pitakufa,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.77,0:01:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereby when a brother dies in the family...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.64,0:01:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I personally was almost submitted to this tradition,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.26,0:01:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but since I am more knowledgeable, I didn't accept,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.36,0:01:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my brother passed away, he died of AIDS—
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.88,0:01:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfortunately, he discovered late, it was hard to get him tested,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.65,0:01:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it was my job, so he died of AIDS—
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.91,0:01:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the family wanted me to have intercourse with my sister-in-law.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.21,0:01:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said "No".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.93,0:02:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that, if we have a tradition, we can also find a way,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.69,0:02:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside the tradition, to get around it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.09,0:02:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can't we talk to the old people and ask them if there is a way?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.63,0:02:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was told I could do the same ceremony
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.55,0:02:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my own wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.29,0:02:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said "Ok. That's good."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.53,0:02:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, this is because I am knowledgeable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.16,0:02:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine how many others were victims to this type of situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.24,0:02:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they accept unconditionally,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.60,0:02:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while, often, in these ceremonies, you can include a condom.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.07,0:02:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did some work in the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.56,0:02:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the traditional healers to see if they could, at least, include condoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.86,0:02:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Already, in districts, this is happening, they are including a condom in the ceremony.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.14,0:02:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We couldn't have told them to eliminate the tradition.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.78,0:02:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a tradition, but we have to find ways around it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.64,0:03:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also places where we take plants, say some words,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.17,0:03:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have completed the ceremony, avoiding sexual contact.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.89,0:03:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are many many people...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.19,0:03:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have had a conversation, with a girl in our association
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.92,0:03:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who told she had done this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.73,0:03:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not because of a death, but due to an abortion.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.75,0:03:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a woman aborts, there is also a traditional ceremony
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.60,0:03:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she will have sexual intercourse with a person who is hired for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.51,0:03:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people who are hired for this ceremony,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.91,0:03:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pitakufa or pitmadzwali, madzwali is when we are talking about a child
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.46,0:03:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loosing a child to abortion or when it is a baby.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.28,0:03:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we have a girl who did this!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.42,0:03:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She only revealed it to me afterwards.\NIt was too late
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.51,0:03:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could have done this in some other way, talked to the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.31,0:03:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she did because her aunt and other family members told her she must
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.87,0:03:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"or you're going to die, you will have problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.34,0:03:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will cough blood or other thing..."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.81,0:04:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And around the condom? Are there superstitions too?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.17,0:04:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, there are.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.47,0:04:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people who don't believe in the condom.\NMany people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.53,0:04:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a, let's say, a myth that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.01,0:04:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the condom is something from the white people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.61,0:04:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they put in viruses, HIV...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.73,0:04:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, instead of preventing disease, you get it from the condom itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.77,0:04:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a large mis-information.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.92,0:04:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But some believe that condoms are dangerous.

theatre_opressed.ass

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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.61,0:00:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}You also use theatre of the opressed, correct?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.11,0:00:07.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the type of theatre we use the most
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.99,0:00:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is a more interactive type of theatre.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.17,0:00:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the people in the community are going to search by themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.75,0:00:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for solutions for their problems
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.03,0:00:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We present the problem from our point of view,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.45,0:00:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if someone in the community or in the audience doesn't agree
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.87,0:00:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the way something was presented\Nor the conclusion of one of the scenes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.85,0:00:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That person can enter and perform a role
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.77,0:00:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are going to discuss it by replacing one of the\Nactors of the group
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.37,0:00:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is going to play that role the way he thinks the situation should have been solved
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.32,0:00:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going to give you an example:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.40,0:00:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are talking about a situation involving child molestation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.41,0:01:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we end up the scene and the child molester is free,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.84,0:01:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, he is not judged or condemned,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.14,0:01:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone can enter and change the situation, by saying
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.56,0:01:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, I am going to play the judge and condemn that person"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.72,0:01:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this way it is the comunity itself that is going\Nto show how to solve certain problems
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.45,0:01:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And where do you perform that type of theatre?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.21,0:01:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We perform that type of theatre in the communities, in the markets
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.67,0:01:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also do it in clubs, in schools, \Nin places where we know the audience will stay
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.13,0:01:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the beginning to the end of the show, it's an advantage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.20,0:01:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the markets people are passing by, they come and go.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.42,0:01:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in closed spaces people stay from the beginning until the end
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.38,0:01:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also do it with companies, because most companies,\Nin our city in particular,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.32,0:02:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have HIV/AIDS programs and use our group to do HIV/AIDS outreach to their workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.07,0:02:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We start by presenting plays related to HIV testing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.87,0:02:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then the workers have the possibility to get tested on site.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.04,0:02:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why do the companies develop those HIV/AIDS testing programs?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.65,0:02:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The workers used to say they didn't have\Nthe time to go to the testing facilities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.12,0:02:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which were located in the health care centres
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.71,0:02:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So several organisations developed a program\Nthat allowed the testing to be done in the companies
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.64,0:02:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And what do companies get out of this?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.24,0:02:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's good for them, because it's good for them to have healthy workers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.100,0:03:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first, they didn't understand, there was resistance from the companies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.21,0:03:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But eventually they understood there where a lot of absences because of the HIV/AIDS problem
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.89,0:03:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they realised that by doing this programs inside the companies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.32,0:03:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone will work with their employees and even their families.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.98,0:03:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This way they are able to keep the employee and\Nit facilitates the change in the type of work the employee can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.42,0:03:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he is doing heavy work and is already sick, he can shift to another type of work
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.27,0:09:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While he is doing a treatment or until he feels better.