Himachal Pradesh, May 20 Dhangkar (Nikon)
Director: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar; Cinematographer: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar
Duration: 00:27:29; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 26.299; Saturation: 0.024; Lightness: 0.528; Volume: 0.114; Cuts per Minute: 20.875
Summary: Dhangkar
is like a fortress city protected by forbidding spiky cliffs from above and a
steep climb below. It was, at one time, the capital of the Spiti valley. There
are barely 50-100 houses perched high up on a bare and dry mountain. Each
family has a few dozen goats , donkeys, yaks, cows, a mix breed between yak and
cow, and horses. Everyday two people from the village take all the goats from
every single house far out into the mountains for grazing. Two other people
take all the other animals out in a different direction. At around six in the
evening you can hear a faint sound, almost like an echo, which grows louder and
louder. Small black and white specks and spots grow bigger and bigger against a
sepia landscape. Within minutes the valley is surrounded by loud braying,
bleating, oohing aahing heehawing and every other imaginable sound. Its
Himalayan peak hour traffic. In this wonderfully extempore dance there are no
humans about. All the animals return to their respective houses. Within half an
hour the sun has set and only the breeze makes a sound to the faint smell of
dung.
Baby goat in Iswar’s hand, other goats chew Anushka’s pants
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Dhankhar
baby sheep jumping on top of house
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walking through Dhangkar
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Monastery from the outside
Crows flying
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Crows flying
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Crows flying
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LS of Dhangkar monastery
Anushka walks in Dhangkar
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Walking to Cherring’s house
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Tour of Cherring’s house, playing with baby goats
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Landscape, Cherring watches from window, more baby goats
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Telling the goats to behave… or else…
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Landscape and prayer flags
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Landscape and prayer flags
Crow flying
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Prayer flag with landscape
Cherring interview
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