Thousands “boat people” of Vietnamese were being victims of the conflict between two opposing ideologies in their country. They experienced the journey of escaping the dangerous ocean by using boats, packed like sardines on the boats which could only carry a dozen of people. Some of them died because of hunger, a lot of children and women could not survive in this pathetic situation. The first Vietnamese boat arrived at West Bunguran of Riau Island, and after this group, around 250,000 refugees came and came to several places. In 1979, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) signed the agreement with Indonesian government by providing a camp on an 80-hectare for refugees, from this and now on, the Vietnamese Camp on Galang Island
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The journey starts when I meet Mr. Said at Quan Am Tu Pagoda, a representative of the local government to preserve this area as historical places. We can hear the sound of bell and drum from the outside pagoda. We experience the monthly monk celebration as Buddhism inside and outside Pagoda. I interview the monk to know his story to be a monk, and as a part of witness Buddhism life among the Vietnamese.
Mr. Said guides me to see the leftover boat, a kind of small fishing boat that only load with up to a hundred person. They use this unsafe transportation to escape the sea, makes them become a target of pirates easily. The boat travels as fast as the engine can work, the rest, they only hope the wind can carry them onward.
Alongside the way to the museum, there are unwell-treat forest, wild monkeys appear impromptu to ask food from visitors. In the past, the museum is used to be a school for Vietnamese’s children. Some collections day to day life of Vietnamese are being on display inside the museum, including kitchen stuff, ID card, and volunteer card. A replica of whole 80-hectare of camp to letting people know how big this area to accommodate the refugees. On the wall of museum exhibits portraits of boat people cross the sea and helping hand between Indonesian people and Vietnamese when they arrived at Galang Harbour. I plan to show how the damage condition
The journey starts when I meet Mr. Said at Quan Am Tu Pagoda, a representative of the local government to preserve this area as historical places. We can hear the sound of bell and drum from the outside pagoda. We experience the monthly monk celebration as Buddhism inside and outside Pagoda. I interview the monk to know his story to be a monk, and as a part of witness Buddhism life among the Vietnamese.
Mr. Said guides me to see the leftover boat, a kind of small fishing boat that only load with up to a hundred person. They use this unsafe transportation to escape the sea, makes them become a target of pirates easily. The boat travels as fast as the engine can work, the rest, they only hope the wind can carry them onward.
Alongside the way to the museum, there are unwell-treat forest, wild monkeys appear impromptu to ask food from visitors. In the past, the museum is used to be a school for Vietnamese’s children. Some collections day to day life of Vietnamese are being on display inside the museum, including kitchen stuff, ID card, and volunteer card. A replica of whole 80-hectare of camp to letting people know how big this area to accommodate the refugees. On the wall of museum exhibits portraits of boat people cross the sea and helping hand between Indonesian people and Vietnamese when they arrived at Galang Harbour. I plan to show how the damage condition