Nagaland, October 20 Phek village (Nikon): Bonfire Feast and School screening
Director: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar; Cinematographer: Anushka Meenakshi, Iswar Srikumar
Duration: 00:50:38; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 23.110; Saturation: 0.165; Lightness: 0.251; Volume: 0.204; Cuts per Minute: 6.063
Summary: The
sun sets by around quarter past four. By seven the group starts trickling in and
settles around the bamboo bonfire. Bamboo burns different from most wood. It
burns fast, and with a faint whistle as all the sap comes frothing out from the
other side. The burnt bits slowly bend backwards and gently curve towards the
sky and give it a last glimpse. Then they fall noiselessly to the ground.
Around the burning bamboo sit a group of farmers. These famers, men and women,
have gathered together at the house of the person whose land they worked on
today. As payment or rather as a token of thanks, this person cooks them a
feast.
In other footage you can see the farmers sing as they work. Where they thrash
and winnow and carry heavy bags of paddy up steep hills and all the while they
are singing. The songs during work are more like grunts and wails, sounds of
pain and exhaustion wrenched out of their bodies in the form of polyphonic
harmonies. The focus is on the work.
In the evening however, they relax. They chat a while, exchange stories, laugh,
flirt and holler every now and then, as you see towards the end of the video. It's
a sound of joy, of abandon, a sound that tells all those who are afraid at
night to not worry and sleep well as there is someone else who is awake .
Around the bonfire, talk, laughter
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Phek Village, Nagaland
Around the bonfire, talk, laughter
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Around the bonfire, talk, laughter
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Singing around bonfire
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Singing around bonfire
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Singing around bonfire
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Singing around bonfire
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Singing around bonfire
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Singing around bonfire
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Singing around bonfire
Fire
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Around the bonfire, talk, laughter;
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Around the bonfire, talk, laughter; song translation; soft duet
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Fire
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Fire
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Fire
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Dinner
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Dinner
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School screening
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School screening
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School screening
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School screening
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School screening
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School screening
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School screening
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School screening
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School screening
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School screening
Feedback session
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Feedback session
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Feedback session
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New group for screening
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Outside corridor in school
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Outside corridor in school
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Raining outside school
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Raining outside school
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Raining outside school
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Rainbow
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Rainbow
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Terraced fields
Hen and reflection in canal
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Landscape
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Landscape
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Iswar eats the camera
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