The riders of Sumba Island (Indonesia) /

Today ethnic minorities exist whose daily lives continue to bear witness to contemporary myths: these legends are their faith, and the animals, their gods. From the Indonesian horsemen of Sumba Island to the wild elephant tamers of the Vietnamese forest, this collection reveals the most wondrous of...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Wenger, Allan (Narrator), Catteau, Manuel (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	Paris, Ile-de-France : ZED, 1997.
Series:	Lands of legends
Subjects:	Horsemanship > Indonesia > Sumba Island. Horsemen and horsewomen > Indonesia > Sumba Island. Horses > Indonesia > Sumba Island. Équitation > Indonésie > Sumba. Chevaux > Indonésie > Sumba. Horsemanship. Horsemen and horsewomen. Horses. Indonesia > Sumba Island. Documentaries and Factual Films Online media. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Today ethnic minorities exist whose daily lives continue to bear witness to contemporary myths: these legends are their faith, and the animals, their gods. From the Indonesian horsemen of Sumba Island to the wild elephant tamers of the Vietnamese forest, this collection reveals the most wondrous of beliefs which unite man and animal in the spectacular, thousand-year old fulfillment of a magical destiny.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 12, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (video file (15 min.)) : sound, color.
Playing Time:	00:14:45