Pashtoon Nomad Research Film Project
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content: HSFA 1975.6.1
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content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994
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content: Asch, Patsy
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content: National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)
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content: Balikci, Asen, 1929-
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content: Cusiel, Ingrid
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content: Shapiro, Nesya
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content: Boyko, Eugene
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content: National Film Board of Canada
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content: National Anthropological Film Center films of Afghanistan
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content: Film reels (color sound; 80,000 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Full film record of the Pashtoon (Pakhtun) nomads of northeastern Afghanistan was a joint effort of the Smithsonian Institution's National Anthropological Film Center and the National Film Board of Canada. Footage documents the full range of pastoral nomadic activities beginning in the Pashtoon spring camp in the steppe near the provincial center of Baghlan through the Khawak Pass and to the summer mountain pastures in Hindu Kush. Spring-summer scenes include setting-up and breaking camp, river crossings, a village bazaar, butchering lambs, and the caravan crossing the Khawak Pass. Scenes from the winter filming include Nahrin bazaar and preparations for and the playing of the central Asian sport of buzkashi. The film SONS OF HAJI OMAR was produced from this project.

Legacy Keywords: language and culture ; Animal husbandry ; Cookery ; Food consumption ; Nomadism ; Seasonal migrations ; Marketplaces ; Games ; Dance ; Music ; Instruments musical instruments
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content: SONS OF HAJI OMAR can be found in the National Human Studies Film Center collection (HSFA.1986.13).