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"We dare to die because we're afraid of hunger" That line was heartbreaking 💔

The guy really soft spoken through the entire interview with a smile. I have much respect for him.

"A symbol of how Mistar provides for his family's lives while it slowly takes his" Big props to all the men out there doing the most daring and dangerous things to put food on the table of their family. 🙏

What an amazing guy. You can tell he is a nice guy and will do anything to provide for his family. When he said "we fear hunger more" that was heart breaking

I have nothing but the utmost respect for these people. These guys are made of iron, my hats off to anyone who provides for their family in such harsh circumstances.

"We dare to die because we're afraid of hunger". That's deep knowing how so many people today that are living good lives don't think twice about when the next meal might or might not be.

I have deep deep respect for these men. They deserve so much more than they get.

A heart of gold and a spirit lighter than air. That’s one strong and incredible human being.

“We dare to die because we are afraid of hunger” gives me chills every time.

Respect to these hard working miners! You are dedicated and hardworking and I know your family appreciates your hard work.

11:53 - Definition of a true righteous man right there. God bless you and your family Mistar 🙏.

My grandpa was a coal miner. He died from black lung. I beg to differ, "I respected my grandpa for being a miner." It is hard work and an honest living.

11:20 "For foreign tourists, working as a sulfur miner is not a job that is respected" I'm sorry if some tourists told him that. When we visited six years ago I saw them as very hardworking. I admired their endurance and tenacity. And despite us tourists getting in their way and making their trip even more challenging, they were very patient some were even all smiles, some even helped some of us. I hope he sees this and we do have full respect with what you do.

I cried while watching this....😢 I visited Ijen and saw the workers there. I really wish for better situation for these people

He always smile when talking about his job, what a man. He make me touched.

He literally said "I'm not scared of death, but im scared of hunger"..so much respect to all this dudes working very hard to provide his family..it so sad to see some of this dudes working without a respirator mask..

He's providing for his family while he's losing his life slowly , my utmost respect for these men sacrificing their lives for their family , that makes me appreciate my job even more , may God keep them healthy

This are those moments u realize that u are fortunate... much respect for this hard workers...

Watching this on my birthday, while thinking about quitting my job of five years where I had zero office hours and worked when and wherever (within the country) I wanted. If there is one thing I will learn from this video is that happiness is a state of mind. Also, Indonesians are some of the kindest humans I ever met in my entire life. Mistar's calm and relaxing demeanour and smile. Bro, I am going to start being happy going forward.

Having worked in the oil refining business and seeing the insane amounts of sulfur separated from the crude oil, it really breaks my heart knowing these men risk their life for it.

Amazing, my father was an ijen miner. He earned enough to send me to school, I went on to study in Uttar Pradesh and graduate. I got an IT job. Upon returning my father had passed away from a broken leg when he fell one day carrying sulphur. That was my saddest day. I still live with my mother we are happy and I can work remotely online now providing cyber security services.

As I sit in the comfort of my air-conditioned home and watch this... My heart bleeds for these people. Imagine having only rice to eat for breakfast every morning. And having to break your back as your lungs burn up and you slowly die. Utmost respect for these men. I have to ask myself if I would be strong enough to do what they do... And sadly, I do not think I would be. Talk about being grateful for what you have... I sincerely hope that whatever deity they pray to... Will give them multiple blessings. The next time I find something challenging in life... I will think of you guys!!! I would buy you a beer if I could. Hats off to you.

Hats off for these hard working men, risking their own lives just to feed their families .

He said the entire thing with a smile. It might be killing him but he has respect for himself and I respect him for making a tough life work as he takes care of his family.

You can see the scars on his shoulders from carrying the heavy sulfur. It’s actually so sad to see what so many has to endure just to eat and provide for their family.

11:22 nah mate, it is greatly respected. You definitely have all my respects now and always. Such an incredible and challenging job

i'm a chemical student, i always use sulfuric acid on experiments and classes and always thought : "this can't be easy to get" but i never thought that was that hard. All my respects and prayers to miners and hope you live happy and well. Thank you for the extreme and hard job, all of you deserve more than 17 dollars per day

I'm sitting here safely, comfortably in an office watching this while drinking water and am exhausted by how hard these guys are working. Massive respect for what they do and how hard they work, no matter the conditions.

The man has such a great smile and soothing voice. The place seems magical and everyone seems to be grateful for what they have. These people definitely deserve better.

I was at the Ijen Crater in 2018. By far one of the most memorable travel experiences I've had, incredible

It took me only this video to appreciate all I have in life. Thank you very much for uploading. I wish no human had to do this, utmost respect for these people 🙏 They're the real iron men.

As someone that do works in a lab, masks , glasses, gloves n full coverage is required for a reason. Even mild acid can cause your hand to peel for a week not to mention the pain. I watched in horror at all that suffocating poison in the lungs ,poison on skin and shoulders damage . They are so amazing to continue to do their job well.Mad respect

My god, this guy works physically harder in a day than I do in a year. So much respect for him.

It's so crazy. The Ijen crater is now a huge tourist attraction. I visited this last week, the miners were still working. Much respect for these people!

So emotional. I almost cry with the last sentence. It’s so throughly .

This is so sad, but I cant ignore the fact that this man is capable of carrying 154 POUNDS of sulfur. Absolute legend.

I've been there and you really can't imagine how tough this is. I'm quite young in good shape and going up to the volcano and down to the crater and back it's hard. Doing it with 70kg on your back in flip flops is incredible, and these workers deserve all my admiration.

Unbelievable! !! Thank you for posting!

I respect these people because they are not leaching off of anyone or not sitting at home waiting for family to take care of paying their bills

Watching stuff like this, you realize just how privileged a lot of us are. For many of us no matter how hard we have it, we still would never ever have to consider having to work anything close to this.

broke my heart when he said it's not a respected job. obviously i wish he didn't have to do something so dangerous, but i have the utmost respect for him. thats a strong man inside and out

"We dare to die because we're terrified of hunger"... profound

Unbelievable resilience and attitude! Very grateful for my career, and worksite safety standards.

When I visited Mount Ijen pre-covid, I remember meeting these miners along the mountain and they were all in slippers. We had to hire a professional guide to guide us up the mountain and most of the time we were “dragged” up because the mountain was so steep. They were in slippers and had to carry kilograms of sulphur which in turn puts meals on their dining table everyday. They don’t even earn much from all the work they do. What really struck me was despite the harsh living conditions they were in, they were so happy. So grateful. So smiley. They would sit by the edge of the mountains every dawn and bit onto the breakfast they brought. I could see the light in their eyes like as if they were Hope. I was 15 then, and everywhere I went in Indonesia, I had a lesson to learn. I realised that sometimes the lesser we have, the more grateful we are. Joseph Goebbels: Michael- A German Destiny in Diary Form ARROW CROSS KING ORBÁN VIKTOR MIHÁLY on his 2006 coup 
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For perspective, sulfur pure powder sells for about 9 dollars a kilo. Mistar gets paid 9 cents for a kilo, or about 1/100 of the retail value. Yeah I understand there's cost to processing, packaging, and shipping and yadda yadda, but since the mining company declines to comment regarding the low wage, you can put 2 and 2 together.

thank you for making these videos. eye opening

Hurts to hear him say that his line of work is not respected. You all are honest hard working men. That is to be respected.

I grew up being told repeatedly that every job is respectable apart from Politician. The men who do this are providing for their families and I respect the work ethos and tenacity.

"We risk our life because we are afraid of hunger" 😢😢 this line literally made my eye fill with tears.

Hard work, and dangerous. So much respect for their tenacity

get these men some PURE ORE TEAS immediately

When I was in my 20's I had a job repairing water and sewer lines in the mountains of California. I had to work in blizzards, haul a generator uphill and downhill, dig 10 ft holes by hand at times and decend into them to make repairs, and replace fire hydrants that had 1000's of pounds of water pressure behind them that could kill me if I did something wrong. That was nothing compared to what these dudes do. Mad respect.

I was there in 2013. It will always stuck in my mind. It is one of the craziest things I have ever seen/experienced. What these people go through everyday to support their families is unthinkable. Incredibly dangerous and physical work.

dayum and I am depressed about my corporate job..... stuff like this just gives u a reality check!

I'm from Indonesia. Thanks for the free documentary

"We dare to die because we're afraid of hunger" That is really profound.

The man was soft spoken, very humble but his spirit is so strong. Huge respect for him and I wish him and his family good health and happiness. It's a hard but honest job.

I could feel the pain in his voice. So much respect for all of them

Risking their lives for $12-18 a day, while people here in America complain about minimum wage being 16.75/hour

Big respect to these hard workers. It’s sad to see the life they’re put through. Really makes you think about what you have and how lucky we are.

I saw a documentary 10 years ago about this exact same mine and the miners is average 33 to 35 years old now they're living to almost 50 glad to hear things have gotten a little better

Oceans of love and respect from Nevada U.S.A

You’ve got my respect Mistar. Make no doubt about it. Bless you and yours good sir.

These are amazing people. What a hard life, yet they are kind , giving, respectful, and thankful.

I'm from Iran and after watching this video, I now respect Indonesians so much more. he has an excruciating job and an ever-shortening life but the amount of happiness in his smiles and the pure light in his wise words and his love for his family just blows my mind. utter respect.

I'm surprised to see his expression and perception of life. Such a hard working person yet not looking for a crime or easy way of money. I pray for their life to become easier and prosperous 🙏

After seeing this, how hardworking they are, I respect my job so much 🙏

I have been there about 10 years ago, down in the crater for about an hour without a mask just like the miners. If the wind blew the wrong way one can get easily into trouble not being able to breathe. I have the utmost respect for these guys. Humble by demeanor, small by stature but tougher than most of us.

I hiked this trail about 7 years ago. A truly great experience! You have tourists like me going up the hike with boots and all kinds of safety equipment. While these miners go up with nothing but sandals and their baskets. They are very friendly and would help you out if needed. But make sure to give them some cash, some of them are too shy to ask for it. Also another thing about the Sulphur smoke is that, it stays in your nostrils for a long time! I would randomly smell Sulphur few days after the hike, and just couldn't get rid of the smell. It also smells like a sewage tank, so not a pleasing smell at all.

The cameraman needs a raise

I keep watching this. I like his voice. Its gentle. The language its soft too.

I came to visit the crater with my father in 2019. We're Indonesian nationals living abroad who want to understand our culture and country. We had a lovely tour guide who guided us to see the blue flames that emit only in the early hours of the morning while its still dark. Instead of only going to the crater to see the spectacle, which was hard to see anyway due to rain, we were able to learn even more than we had initially expected. As the sun started to rise, we started to see the hardworking miners climb up and down carrying the dangerously heavy loads of sulfur. We enquired our tour guide further, where he explained he was also a miner at the crater once, but it took a heavy toll on his body, and tour guiding there was easier. He explained the pains that this video mentioned, and also stated that many of the miners there smoke cigarettes, because if they couldnt handle cigarettes, they wouldn't even need to think about dealing with the sulphuric funes down in the crater. It ached our hearts to see our countrymen having to suffer such tough ordeals and we developed a tremendous amount of respect for the miners' grit and resilience. As we neared the end of the trip, and proceeded to give our tour guide payment, my father decided to give the tour guide an extra tip, as we were touched by the tour guide and the miners for their bravery and strong hearts. Upon receiving the tip, the tour guide started to have tears drop from his eyes, and explained that the tip would allow him to have a few days off work and allow him to finally get some rest from the extremely tough and hazardous work. I really wish these miners would be treated much much much better and hope to see that this type of exploitation end. Although it was a very sad and painful thing to see, it was also inspiring that these workers kept pushing on no matter what, doing their best for their families despite the odds.

Footage like this really puts things in perspective and shines a light on just how privileged so many of us are. If I ever go to East Java, I'll make sure to buy a bunch of gas masks for these people. The lack of care the owner of this mine puts towards these miners, regardless of them being "freelancers", is saddening.

these guys are so happy for what they have what i am feeling very sad for this people. how can this happen in our world that one gain so much pain and the other person in the other country gain so many comfort? may they live long!

A man will do anything to feed their families.. Respect to all Father's♥️

Should've had a crowdfunding with this documentary, I think many of us would be happy to donate so at least the miners can have gas masks and other safety equipment, boots, etc. The mining company could add handrails along the cliffs too, it wouldn't cost much.

Wow the conclusion very well got to me in this one: “Ijen looms over them, A symbol of how mystar provides for his families lives, while it slowly takes his. A heavy weight to carry on his shoulders” Beautiful yet tragic, much respect to the workers and lots of credit to the reporter who covered this topic/story.

I used to work with Indonesians on cruise ships in the USA. One of the best people I met over my 10 years there. Always smiling, no matter what.

THATS ATLEAST A BOX OF ROCKETS

Huge respect to the miners. This also highlights the greed of the mining company execs and the lack of support from the government to provide more jobs with safety regulations. It's so sad to hear the life expectancy of these miners.

Any person that works hard to provide for their families has my respect. These men are a proud people and deserve much respect

Huge Respect to these people working in such an environment ,toxic smoke.

Many times I watched this video still very interesting. Very risky job on planet. Hats off to the workers.

My grand dad was a miner too. I respect this kind of work enormously. Thanks for this report

I am humbled by the wealth I possess compared to these people. There is nothing that separates them from me except circumstance.

I'm really glad I watched this just to put our lives into perspective and things we take for granted when there are individuals across the world at this very moment living a life that a lot of people wouldn't believe even existed

I am currently working two jobs one job I work 3 shifts 12 hours over night and the other is 8 hour Monday though Friday it’s not hard work at all i had to rewatch this old video to get some strong motivation and continue my journey

Unbelievable... They are able to withstand smelling that rotten smell. I am working on a bulk carrier ship, and there are times we are transporting sulfur to different countries... We would usually have hazmats ready when getting close to these substances because it's very corrosive and dangerous.

As a contractor, the statement of He takes the weight on his shoulders so his family doesn't have to Really hits home for me.

Absolutely Legendary.. Theirs live only until 50 years old.. Respect.. God Bless..

It is heart💔breaking that poor people have to live like this when their lives are placed on the line, just to survive and to feed their families 😭🌹❤

"We dare to die because we're afraid of hunger" ... this hits hard ... hope they can get better living

My heart goes out to Mistar and his colleagues. To hear those coughs and bellyaches must be humbling, knowing that your very job is shaving away your life, yet you have no other option. Much health to him and their families.

These people are heroes...They are taking this risk and we benefit from it. Thank you so much, and I think they should be paid way more than they are! Way more than me. Is it okay as a visitor to bring some gas masks for them? I was wondering

Can you include links to where we can donate to these workers in the video? 15 million viewers, plenty of people wanting to help.

Seeing how dangerous the way up and down the crater is, you can't but think how easy it would be for the company to build a safe ropeway or at least stairs there.

He so soft spoken.. i shed tears watching this documentary.. mad respect for them doing all this to provide for their family

Sending support to all these people! RIP to all the miners who die. RIP

A direct contact to the miners would be nice. I would like to support them.