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SALTMEN OF TIBET (THE)

DIE SALZMÄNNER VON TIBET

By Ulrike KOCH

CELLULOID DREAMS - as SALES All rights

Documentary - Completed 1997

- Year of production
- 1997
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- SWITZERLAND
- Duration
- 110 mn
- Director(s)
- Ulrike KOCH
- Synopsis
- For centuries the nomadic herdsmen of northern Tibet have braved the extremely harsh Himalayan environment, pasturing their yaks on the highest plateau meadows of the world. Each spring, the men set off with their robust pack animals on the long and difficult journey to the salt lakes in search of “white gold”. This traditional nomadic caravan, steeped in religious ritual, is threatened by technological progress…