Language:
Persian
Pages:
1 online resource (40 min.)
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003922
Keywords:
Daph.
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Daph Construction
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Rites and ceremonies
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France
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Documentary films.
Abstract:
This simple but affecting documentary portrays a rural craftsman who makes a traditional Iranian percussion instrument called a daf. All able-bodied family members participate in the production, including a blind son, whom we see hitching a ride to market with his sister to purchase the sheep skins and wood planks used in the instrument's manufacture. A doctor visits the father's younger 3-1/2 year-old son, who has also lost his eyesight, and offers this advice 'Pray to God. Give to charity. Have ceremonies and have a dervish play the daf for him.' The greater part of the film focuses on the laborious work involved in the fabrication of daf and culminates in a rousing ritual for the ailing boy. The accomplished camerawork takes advantage of the surrounding scenery and local color. Sensitive individuals are warned of a brief but graphic segment of sheep being slaughtered.
Note:
Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014).
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Recorded in Iran.
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Previously released as DVD.
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In Persian (Farsi, Western) with English subtitles.
URL:
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ASV2;1931095
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