FINAL VANUATU NARRATION SCRIPT - BISLAMA & ENGLISH
4 April 2013
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Welcome to Vanuatu
Welkam long Vanuatu
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This is island life at its best. The fields are planted, the songs are sweet and the wet
season is on its way.
Hemia hemi gudfala laef blong wan aelan long Vanuatu. I gat ol kakai oli grow long
karen, ol sweet music blong man ples I play mo taim blong ren tu istap kam kolosap.
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In the wet season, it’s like there’s a big nasara or meeting place up there in the sky
where clouds in the Pacific gather.
Long taem blong ren, antap long skae hemi olsem wan bigfala NASARA we ol klaot
long Pasifik oli kam tugeta long hem.
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The water in the clouds comes from the warm pool and the clouds are brought
together in the nasara by the trade winds.
Wota we hemi stap insaet long ol klaot I kamaot long wom pul mo ol tred win oli
karem ol klaot ia ikam tugeta.
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The Meteo Office calls this cloud nasara the South Pacific Convergence Zone.
Ofis blong Meteo I kolem klaot nasara ia se Saot Pasifik Konvejens Zon
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The cloud nasara moves throughout the year causing our usual seasons. The dry
season happens from May to October and the wet season, which is also cyclone
season, runs from November to April. This cycle means things are just right for a
good harvest.
Klaot Nasara hemi stap muv truaot long wan yia mo i mekem ol sisen blong weta
blong yumi long Vanuatu olsem drae sisen blong yumi we hemi stat long Mei kasem
Oktoba mo wet sisen we hemi saeklon sisen blong yumi mo hemi stat long Novemba
go kasem Eprel everi yia. Wetem kaen weta blong yumi ia I mekem se hemi stret
wantaem blong ol Karen blong yumi isave karem gudfala kakai .
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Some years the trade winds weaken, causing the warm pool, and the cloud nasara
that forms above it, to move away from Vanuatu. The Meteo Office calls this El Niño.
Long samfala yia ol tred wins oli no strong mekem se wom pool blong wota mo klaot
NASARA antap long skae oli muv aot long Vanuatu. Kain weta ia Ofis blong Meteo
hemi kolem se “El Niño”.
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El Niño has a big influence on our lives, mostly during the wet season. It usually
means less rain, drought and sometimes even food shortages.
El Niño hemi affectem bigwan laef blong yumi long Vanuatu especially long wet
season blong yumi. Hemi minim se bae i kat smol ren nomo isave foldaon, bae ples
isave drae tumas mo samtaims yumi no kat inaf kakai.
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(as if coming from the radio)
El Niño and its impacts usually last for one year or so, and then things return to
normal. But El Niño CAN sometimes last longer.
Ol impact o nogud saed blong El Niño long Vanuatu i save stap long wan yia or iko
mo, afta olsamting I save ko bak long nomol bakaken. Be samfala taim El Niño i save
stap long taim bitim wan yia long Vanuatu.
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In some years the opposite of an El Niño occurs. The Meteo Office calls this La Niña.
Long sam narafala yia, oposit blong El Niño i save happen. Ofis blongMeteo hemi
kolem ol taim ia “La Niña”
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During La Niña , the trade winds get stronger and the cloud nasara usually moves
South West, often bringing more rain than normal to Vanuatu.
Long taim blong wan La Niña ol tred wins oli kam strong moa mo cloud nasara ia
hemi muv long saot wes daereksen tuwods Vanuatu, mekem se hemi save karem
moa ren we i bitim nomol ikam long ol islands blong Vanuatu.
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During La Niña, heavy rain, landslides and flooding are more likely.
This can lead to flooded roads, damaged infrastructure and water logged crops.
Long taim blong La Niña, bai isave kat plante hevi ren, groan long ol hil I save foldaon
mo water i save kam antap. Hemia bai i save spoilem ol rod mo damagem ol
infrastrakja blong yumi mo fulap wota ia i save mekem ol kakai we yumi plantem i ko
nogud or i go sting.
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The Meteo Office is always watching to make seasonal forecasts about likely rain and
drought conditions for the months ahead. You can hear these forecasts on the radio.
Ofis blong meteo hemi stap watjem mo mekem sisonal fokast or longfala lukluk long
saed blong ren mo drae sisen blong ol Manis we istap kam. Yu save lisen long radio
blong karem moa infomesen long ol longfala lukluk blong klaemet blong Vanuatu.
El Niño and La Niña are not climate change. They are part of the normal climate
system.
El Niño mo La Niña oli no Klaemet Jenis. Tufala I pat blong nomol klaemet system
blong yumi long befo finis ikam.
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Climate change may intensify some of the impacts of El Niño and La Niña in the
future.
Klaemet Jenis bai I save mekem se ol rabis taem we hemi kam wetem El Niño mo La
Niña isave kam strong moa long fiuja.
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Learning how to adapt to the natural ups and downs in our climate will help prepare
for long-term climate change.
Ol fasin we yumi save lanem blong adapt mo liv wetem kaen Klaemet blong yumi we
i gat ol jenis long hem isave helpem yumi blong pripea from ol nogud saed blong
klaemet jenis long fiuja.
You can take action by keeping up to date with seasonal forecasts.
Yu save tekem action taem yu stap karem ol latest seasonal forecast or ol
information we I kam out long Meteo office.
Warnings of El Niño and La Niña events can be used in your community to prepare
for the coming season.
Yu save usum ol woning wetem ol information blong El Nino wetem La Nina blong
priperem komuniti blong yu long taim we i stap kam.
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And don’t forget - whatever the weather, have a nice day.
Mo no foketem- wanem kaen weta yukat, pasem wan gudfala dei.