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Balapan, the wings of the Altai.

In the Deloun valley of western Mongolia, men struggle to keep their sheep herd alive from hungry wolves. To fight back, they have decided to organize a massive wolves hunt with their tamed eagle. Khoda Bergen, a 4 years-old and dreams of participating in the hunt. Before that however, he will first...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sardar, Hamid (Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Altai
Language Notes:This edition in English and Altai with English subtitles.
Published: Paris : ZED, 2005.
Series:Ethnographic video online ; volume 1
Subjects:
Altai (Turkic people) > Mongolia.
Sheepherding > Mongolia.
Hunting > Mongolia.
Wolf hunting > Mongolia.
Eagles.
Wolves.
Wolves
Altaï (Peuple turc) > Mongolie.
Moutons > Conduite du troupeau > Mongolie.
Chasse > Mongolie.
Aigles.
Loups.
Loups > Chasse > Mongolie.
Altai (Turkic people)
Eagles
Hunting
Sheepherding
Wolf hunting
Mongolia
Encoded moving images.
Nonfiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:In the Deloun valley of western Mongolia, men struggle to keep their sheep herd alive from hungry wolves. To fight back, they have decided to organize a massive wolves hunt with their tamed eagle. Khoda Bergen, a 4 years-old and dreams of participating in the hunt. Before that however, he will first have to capture and train a Balapan, a young eagle.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 27, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (51 min.).
Playing Time:00:51:57