Dancing Grass. Harvesting Teff in the Tigrean Highlands.
Dancing Grass captures the communal harvesting of teff among Tigreans of Northern Ethiopia. Teff, an ancient indigenous grain, is central to the livelihood of smallholder farmers and may be called the 'cereal core' of Ethiopian national food identity. A local elder provides the commentary...
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| Format: | Streaming video |
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| Language: | Tigrinya |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Royal Anthropological Institute,
2018.
Kanopy Streaming, 2022. |
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| Online Access: | A Kanopy streaming video Cover Image |
| Summary: | Dancing Grass captures the communal harvesting of teff among Tigreans of Northern Ethiopia. Teff, an ancient indigenous grain, is central to the livelihood of smallholder farmers and may be called the 'cereal core' of Ethiopian national food identity. A local elder provides the commentary for the sequence of events that unfold in the homestead, fields and neighbourhood of the author's eldest brother and family: the cutting of the 'dancing grass'; the drying and stacking; the threshing and winnowing; then the sale of teff in the local market; off with a donkey to the mill; cooking enjera for family and guests; coffee drinking and blessing; and finally the Mesqel fire, an Orthodox Christian celebration at the end of the rainy season. DANCING GRASS is a film in the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series (edited by Ivo Strecker). |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film In Process Record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (40 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |