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The Saltmen of Tibet is a suisse film of genre Documentary directed by Ulrike Koch

The Saltmen of Tibet (1997)

The Saltmen of Tibet
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Length 1h48
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OriginSuisse
Rating72% 3.621523.621523.621523.621523.62152

The Saltmen of Tibet is an award-winning 1997 film that chronicles the trek undertaken by a clan of Tibetan salt harvesters across scenic but dangerous territory from their settlement to the sacred lakes where salt is harvested. The salt is then traded for foodstuffs to maintain the clan for the following year. Woven into the movie are excerpts of a Tibetan singer from the tribe telling the tale of King Gesar of Ling, a traditional Tibetan epic.

The dialogue in the film is in Tibetan with English subtitles.

Synopsis

Le film commence avec l'épopée du roi Gesar chantée par Yumen, une célèbre bardesse tibétaine née en 1957 dans le Kham.

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