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National Anthropological Film Center films of Afghanistan, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
Transferred in multiple accessions: Pashtoon Nomad Research Film Project (accession 1975-006) was transferred from the National Human Studies Film Center in 1982;
Pashtoon Nomad Research Film Project, 1975-1976
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
Legacy Keywords: language and culture ; Animal husbandry ; Cookery ; Food consumption ; Nomadism ; Seasonal migrations ; Marketplaces ; Games ; Dance ; Music ; Instruments musical instruments
HSFA 1975.6.1
Edited film produced from [Pashtoon Nomad Research Film Project, 1975-1976] created for a lecture by anthropologist Asen Balikci to illustrate institutionalized patterns of rivalry among the Pashtoon. Specific emphasis is placed on the public norms governing the expression of rivalry and the use, by adult males, of dog fights and child fights to dramatize their own social rivalries.
HSFA 1986.13.29