The Bakrawallahs

Australia, 1980

Film
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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

Credits

producer/director

Stafford Garner

production company

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Language

English

Duration

00:28:00:00

Colour

Colour

ACMI Identifier

31012

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

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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