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The Saltmen of Tibet documentary

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Original title: Die Salzmänner von Tibet
Year: 1997
Running time: 108 min.
Country: Germany
Director: Ulrike Koch
Screenwriter: Ulrike Koch
Cast: Documentary, Self: Margen, Pargen, Zopon, Bopsa
Music: Frank Wulff, Stefen Wulf
Cinematography: Pio Corradi
Producer: Co-production Germany-Switzerland;
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Catpics Coproductions, Duran Film, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Schweizer Fernsehen (FS), TSI
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: In Tibet's 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.

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The Saltmen of Tibet

1997

Ulrike Koch