What is the purpose of the LOAD statement in Pig?

In Pig, the LOAD statement is used to load data sources into Pig for processing. With the LOAD statement, users can load data from different storage locations (such as HDFS, local file system, HBase, etc.) into Pig for transformation and analysis. The LOAD statement requires specifying the path of the data source and the format of the data so that Pig can correctly read the data and convert it into the Pig data model. Once the data is loaded, users can use Pig Latin statements to process and analyze the data.