In Tibet's Changtang region, nomads harvest salt to buy barley. A clan prepares four of its men for an annual trek to Lake Tsento, where they rake salt from shoals into piles, then into bags, and onto their yaks to return, 90-days in all. After picking an auspicious day to depart, they feast, sing, tell stories, and race horses. Women are forbidden on this sacred trip. All is ritualized: Margen cooks, Pargen prepares burnt offerings and distributes meat, Zopon cares for the c... (Full plot summary below)
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In Tibet's Changtang region, nomads harvest salt to buy barley. A clan prepares four of its men for an annual trek to Lake Tsento, where they rake salt from shoals into piles, then into bags, and onto their yaks to return, 90-days in all. After picking an auspicious day to depart, they feast, sing, tell stories, and race horses. Women are forbidden on this sacred trip. All is ritualized: Margen cooks, Pargen prepares burnt offerings and distributes meat, Zopon cares for the caravan of 160 yaks, Bopsa bends his strong back to arduous work. To each other they speak the secret language of saltmen; they pray and observe exemplary behavior. The goddess of the lake smiles upon them.
Leave your thoughts about The Saltmen of Tibet.
| User ReviewMithun GShocked and awed by the visuals in this documentary. It would prob take Hollywood 10 million dollars to try and recreate this. |
| User ReviewNils HWonderful and such a stark contrast to the realities of modern society in the west. These people's lives are so fulfilled and yet on a knife edge. Just so fascinating and relaxing. |
| User ReviewWendy HOne of the great documentaries. It pulls you deep into the lives of the Saltmen, then suddenly lets you see how fragile their society is, given the realities of the modern world. |
| User ReviewSpencer PA brilliant documentary on one of the world's little-known and dying traditional cultures. Forget "March of the Penguins"...a Morgan Freeman voiceover for this movie would have made it a lot better. That aside, in spite of any misgivings I initially had about the movie (I admit I only picked it up because there was nothing else on the shelf), it held my attention for the entire two hours, which is more than I can say for many Hollywood big-budget films. It's sometimes a chore both keeping up with the subtitles and watching what's going on, but I honestly think a bad English voiceover would have been more distracting than anything. I say you should definitely give this movie a try if you have a couple hours to kill and nothing better to watch. |
| User ReviewPrivate UWarning: If you truthfully want to watch this be open for dry saltine wisdom. |
