Dancing Grass. Harvesting Teff in the Tigrean Highlands [efilm]
2022
Streaming Video
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).
Author:
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku, film directorRoyal Anthropological Institute (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Imprint:
Royal Anthropological Institute, 2018.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (40 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by Royal Anthropological Institute in 2018.In English
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
Tigrinya
Subject:
BRN:
741370
Electronic access:
Stream eFilm - A Kanopy streaming video