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Connecting traditions. The veins of desert (Algeria) /

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In the red desert of Southern Algeria, the younger generations are taught to carry on the millennium-old tradition of the foggaras, used to capture the desert water to irrigate an entire oasis and its palm groves. The foggara is considered the backbone of Saharan agriculture, and in particular oasis...

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Other Authors: Mostras, Alexandre (Director), Drogue, Marie (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Paris : ZED, 2013.
Series:Connecting Traditions
Subjects:
Qanats > Algeria.
Water-supply engineering > Algeria.
Irrigation > Algeria.
Deserts > Algeria.
Algeria.
Qanat > Algérie.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Technique > Algérie.
Irrigation > Algérie.
Déserts > Algérie.
Deserts.
Irrigation.
Qanats.
Water-supply engineering.
Online media.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
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