The Bakrawallahs

Australia, 1980

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Episode of Series “Journey into the Himalayas”.
Keith Adam visits the Bakrawallas, nomadic goatherders living in the remote and beautiful peaks of Kashmir. We follow the events from announcement to ceremony of a Wedding between a groom of sixteen and a veiled bride

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Credits

producer/director

Stafford Garner

production company

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1980

Appears in

Journey into the Himalayas

Group of items

Journey into the Himalayas

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012605

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Kashmir

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Kashmir - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Nomads

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnology

Places → Kashmir

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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