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Himalayan Herders / by John & Naomi Bishop.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 1109599 | KanopyPublisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014Description: 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 76 min.) : digital, .flv file, soundContent type:
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Subject(s): Online resources: In: Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1997Abstract: Himalayan Herders is an intimate portrait of a temple-village in the Yolmo valley of Central Nepal where Tibetan Buddhists consult shamans, married life begins by kidnapping the bride, and the nearest road is a two-day walk away. The community drama of marriage, death, and rituals is juxtaposed with the rich texture of daily life, both in the village and the surrounding mountains and forest where these pastoralists herd zomo, a cross between a cow and a yak, which thrives in middle altitude pastures between 8,000 and 14,000 feet.
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Himalayan Herders is an intimate portrait of a temple-village in the Yolmo valley of Central Nepal where Tibetan Buddhists consult shamans, married life begins by kidnapping the bride, and the nearest road is a two-day walk away. The community drama of marriage, death, and rituals is juxtaposed with the rich texture of daily life, both in the village and the surrounding mountains and forest where these pastoralists herd zomo, a cross between a cow and a yak, which thrives in middle altitude pastures between 8,000 and 14,000 feet.

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