Yapım :1997 Ülke : Almanya İsviçre Tür : Documentary Süre : 108 dakika IMDB Puan : 7.5/10 IMDB ID: tt0120056
A.K.A a.k.a. Saltmen of Tibet, The (1997)
Oyuncular Margen - Old Mother Pargen - Old Father Zopon - Lord of the Animals Bopsa - Novice
Bilgi :Four men from a nomadic Tibetan tribe undertake their annual, ritualistic pilgrimage to a sacred salt lake. Salt gathered in this traditional fashion will be sold to provide the economic livelihood of the tribe for the coming year. The journey, necessary for the groups survival, also incorporates a number of rituals necessary for their culture to survive in the modern world.In Tibets Changtang region, nomads harvest salt to buy barley. A clan prepares four of its men for an annual trek to Lake Tsento, where they rake salt from shoals into piles, then into bags, and onto their yaks to return, 90-days in all. After picking an auspicious day to depart, they feast, sing, tell stories, and race horses. Women are forbidden on this sacred trip. All is ritualized: Margen cooks, Pargen prepares burnt offerings and distributes meat, Zopon cares for the caravan of 160 yaks, Bopsa bends his strong back to arduous work. To each other they speak the secret language of saltmen; they pray and observe exemplary behavior. The goddess of the lake smiles upon them.
