Ordinary Citizen

We are invited to follow the daily activities of Baasung and Besangot to sap rubber tree in Bukit Duabelas National Park, Tebo, Jambi. There is a dialogue about how many rubber trees should be sapped and the disturbance that arises in doing so, along with talks on how they learn the alphabet; spell it and write it down. The camera moves several times between the hands of the two children and the filmmakers.

A mortuary cosmetologist prepares a child’s body for his funeral. She then learns about the past of the deceased child by exploring the room.

Father and his three sons is doing melangun, Orang Rimba tradition to migrate from place to another because of an event. Father's sickness making his son to build a temporary hut to rest before continue their journey. On their temporary hut, Father gave Betando, the oldest child, a mandate for the last time, before he leaves his sons forever.