Añadido: Aug 28, 2007
Duración: 16:46
May 1996 On the Arctic plains, the Nenet tribespeople are gathering for a unique festival. Skidding across the frozen Tundra in sleds pulled by furry reindeer, they celebrate an antique culture which Communism failed to destroy. After herding reindeer through the white daylight hours, they shelter from the Arctic freeze in leather Tee Pees, eating raw fish and drinking frozen streamwater. But as the elders crouch by their smoky fires, they talk anxiously about a multi-billion dollar pipeline project. American oil giant Amoco and the Russian Gazprom pose the biggest threat to their nomadic lifestyle since Stalin. Timofei, a Nenet leader, is despondent: 'they will take all the gas and leave all the rubbish'. Promises by the oil companies to preserve the landscape are viewed with scepticism. Gifts are treated with suspicion. But independent observers fear that financial bribes might eventually ruin the Nenets once and for all. An intimate document of Nenet culture as it faces the lure of development.
Categoría: News
Tags: arctic communism companies journeyman land nenets oil out pictures plains preservation tribes wipe
Rating: 4.92 (13 ratings) Visto: 2378' favoriteCount='20 Comentarios: 7
mubbbu Says:
Jan 5, 2008 - great vid many thanks
johnl613 Says:
Jan 7, 2008 - there arwsome!!!!!!!!!!!!
ChoAlaMode Says:
Mar 26, 2008 - wheres the traslations??? blahh
ClamLuvr Says:
Apr 11, 2008 - Reindeer? Not yet honey.
cervacio Says:
Aug 23, 2008 - so the purpose of this documentary is to preserve the ancient way of living lives like hunting, fucking, and living in nomadic lifestyle..no modernization please! what a selfish world we live in
merculiv Says:
Sep 20, 2008 - Beautiful culture.... but I really don't see any theat from drilling a few holes in the ground a threat to the Nenets. A ton of space up there and they aren't running out space anytime soon. The culture can still be preserved while extracting oil from ANWR. Either way its going to benefits the country plenty.
ion4 Says:
Aug 28, 2007 - Added: Less than 1 min ago Moise2424 DON'T READ THIS I'M SOOOO SORRY EVRY1!!! If you do not copy and paste this onto 10 videos your mom will die in 4 hours