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Life in Hunza
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):447334Link to related resource:Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN FILM INSTITUTE / INSTITUT CANADIEN DU FILMAccession:1975-0206Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Release date:1938Production credit:director/producer/photography, Lt. Colonel D.L.R. LorimerDescription:Ethnological documentary. The Hunza Valley in Northern India. Shows the people and the traditional agricultural methods for growing and harvesting wheat, oats, grapes, potatoes and methods of irrigation. Shows the Mir initiating the fertility rite by ploughing the first furrow of the year. Shots of people on horseback on way to Hunza; shows wildness of country; pan of Hunzavalley; a village; shows buildings; making a field in late winter; children driving sheep; ceremony of Mir, etc. Ploughing with primitive plough; irrigation; earthing spuds; poplar branches and leaves being carried for fodder; preparing threshing floor; barley and wheat harvest; oxen treading grain; winnowing; making wine; buckwheat harvest; kids carrying crops. <8mn>Language:EnglishNotes: -
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