The long-haired domesticated yak herds are valuable property of the Tajik. The herds stay high in the mountains where it is cool. but are brought down to the village. They are sheared by the men with scissors. Then the wool is pounded by men with sticks. After this the Tajik villagers spin the hair into yarn, and store the yarn.
Films » Shearing Yaks
Shearing Yaks
Alternative Title: N/A
Series Title: Mountain Peoples of Central Asia
Summary:
Description:
Edited Film
Country/Location: Badakhstan (Northeastern Afghanistan)
Tribe or Group: Tajik
Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker
Production Company: IFF
Running Time: 9 min.
Decade Produced: 1970s (edited)
Years Distributed: -1972
Film Gauge: 16mm
Stock: B&W Safety
Footage Count: 330'
Sound: Un-narrated, Native Music
Notes: Shot and edited before African Village Life films. IFF took Schlenker's footage and cut into 14 separate films. Schlenker owns OCN. There are 14 titles in the Mountain Peoples of Central Asia series: 10 were released first in 1969, 4 were released in 1972.
