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Layap /

Bruce Parry treks into the high Himalayan mountains of Bhutan to live with the isolated Layap people, devout Buddhists and yak herders, cut off from the outside world for half the year by deep snow. This is a spiritual journey for Bruce and the local astrologer tells him his best-case scenario is to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parry, Bruce
Other Authors: Robinson, Steve, producer, Searle, Gavin
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London, England : British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), 2007.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > Himalaya Mountains Region.
Indigenous peoples > Bhutan.
Indigenous peoples > Bhutan > Social life and customs.
Buddhism.
Polygamy.
Travel.
Bhutan.
Buddhism
Travel
Bouddhisme.
Polygamie.
Voyage.
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples > Social life and customs
Polygamy
Bhutan
Himalaya Mountains Region
Layap
Cultural identity
Documentary.
Encoded moving images.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Bruce Parry treks into the high Himalayan mountains of Bhutan to live with the isolated Layap people, devout Buddhists and yak herders, cut off from the outside world for half the year by deep snow. This is a spiritual journey for Bruce and the local astrologer tells him his best-case scenario is to be reincarnated as a monkey - if he makes 10,000 yak-butter candles to atone for his sins so far.
Item Description:Previously released on DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 3, 2011).
Physical Description:1 online resource (50 min.).