Himachal Pradesh, May 20 Dhangkar: Cattle migration (Nikon)
Director: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar; Cinematographer: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar
Duration: 00:45:27; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 29.416; Saturation: 0.012; Lightness: 0.556; Volume: 0.100; Cuts per Minute: 11.859
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.
Donkeys fighting at a distance, they cross camera
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Dhankhar
Extreme LS of cattle coming down the hill
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Pan from Dhangkar palace to cattle coming down hill
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Old woman and child walk down hill, pan to cows and yak walking
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Sheet of paper flying
Cows and yak walking
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Extreme LS of cows and yak coming over the cliffs, CU of cattle, cattle going to their respective houses
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Extreme LS of cattle coming downhill
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cows walking to their homes
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LS kids running towards cattle
cows, yak and donkey walk in a straight line
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CU of yak
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cows and yak walking in a straight line
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donkeys braying and walking
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donkeys braying and walking, donkey approaches camera, the sheep begin to return home, kids run to the donkeys, kids climbing on donkeys, LS of cattle spreading out through the network of paths across the hillside
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Man giving treat to all the sheep, girl takes sheep home, boys wrestle and play, another boy speeds downhill on a donkey
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Lone donkey walking
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Lone donkey standing, kids riding donkeys
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sheep and goats go uphill
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Lone donkey standing
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Lone sheep on a cliff near the monastery
CU of lone sheep
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Goat standing near a blue window
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A pair of goats
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Donkey rests near blue door
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Small girl asking for camera attention
Goat staring at camera
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Baby sheep eating
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A family of goats staring at the camera
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A lone sheep chewing
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A family of goats staring at the camera
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Single goat
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People bring their cattle to pose in front of the camera
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