Four men from a nomadic Tibetan tribe undertake their annual, ritualistic pilgrimage to a sacred salt lake. Salt gathered in this traditional fashion will be sold to provide the economic livelihood of the tribe for the coming year. The journey, necessary for the group's survival, also incorporates a number of rituals necessary for their culture to survive in the modern world.
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Published on Apr 7 2014 Shot under extreme conditions in one of the world's most remote and beautiful locations THE SALTMEN OF TIBET is a work of ...
The Saltmen of Tibet: (Full Version 1997)
Four Tibetan men are followed by documentarian Ulrike Koch as they make their yearly spring voyage to Lake Tsento where they gather raw salt for the coming ...
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