Tag: BLOCK 4: HERITAGE
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Valley of Music: Otavalo indigenous musicians on transnational paths
Throughout five parts, each of them focusing on one musician or one band of musicians, the film shows diverse musical practices of indigenous musicians from the region of Otavalo, in the Ecuadorian Andes (such as performances in local festivities and on festival stages, recording practices, performances of different genres from different places). It emphasises the…
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Felt: Unveiling an Endangered Craft
This film is an effort to demonstrate and appreciate the endangered craft of felt-making through the traditional practices and living memories of the few remaining felt-makers in Sinjar and Kifri in the Kurdistan Region. The documentary is part of a research project with The Endangered Material Knowledge Programme entitled ‘The Lost Practices of Kurdish Felt…
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Magic of Podlasie – Whisperers
A story about szeptuchy and szeptuni (whisperers), practitioners of folk medicine who carry on the tradition of healing incantations passed down through generations in Podlasie region. It’s a tale of folk ilnesses, healing, magic, and witchcraft, but most of all, of human desires and expectations. In the film, we ask questions that experts, anthropologists, ethnographers,…