The Story of the Weeping Camel (Mongolian: Ингэн нулимс, Ingen nulims, "Tears of the Camel") is a 2003 German docudrama distributed by ThinkFilm. It was released internationally in 2004. The film was directed and written by Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni. The plot is about a family of nomadicshepherds in the Gobi Desert trying to save the life of a rare white bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) calf after it was rejected by its mother.
During Spring, a family of nomadic shepherds assists the births of their camel herd. The last camel to calve this season has a protracted labor that persists for two days. With the assistance and intervention of the family, a rare white calf is born. This is the mother camel's first calving. Despite the efforts of the shepherds, the mother rejects the newborn, refusing it her milk and failing to establish a care-bond with it.
To restore harmony between the mother and calf, the nomadic family call upon the services of a group of lamas who perform a ritual with bread or dough 'effigies' (Standard Tibetan: torma) of the mother, the calf and the individual members of the family. The rite opens with the sound of a sacred conchshell horn followed by bells in the hands of lamas, some of whom wield vajra. The rite takes place with members of the extended nomadic community and a number of lama at a sacred place that consists of one end of a log, or wooden pole, set in the earth, with the other end raised to the sky: a stylized 'victory banner' (Sanskrit: Dhvaja) with a piece of blue fabric entwined around it, functioning as a prayer flag (darchor-style). The log is supported by a cairn of rocks at its base as foundation. The ritual, however, does not re-establish harmony between the mother and calf.
The family then resolves to secure the services of an indigenous 'violinist' to play the music for a Mongolian 'Hoos'[a] ritual. They send their two young boys on a journey through the desert to the community marketplace to locate a musician. The 'violinist' — who actually plays a morin khuur — is summoned to the camp and a ritual of folk music and chanting is enacted. The musician first drapes the morin khuur on the first hump of the camel to establish a sympathetic magical linkage between the mother and the state of harmony represented by the instrument. Once this is done he removes the instrument and commences playing. As the musician sounds the Morin Khuur, the female family member who lulled her child to sleep with a lullaby earlier in the documentary, repeatedly intones the calming sounds and beautiful melody of the 'hoos'. At this point, the mother camel starts to weep, tears visibly streaming from her eyes. Immediately after the rite the mother and calf are reconciled and the calf draws milk from her teat.
^Hoos, sometime khoos, khööslökh, etc. - The Mongolian inge khööslökh is a coaxing ritual for camels, now inscribed in the UNESCO Heritage List[2]
Reception
The Story of the Weeping Camel received generally positive reviews; on Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 94% 'fresh' rating, based on 103 reviews, and an average rating of 7.57/10, with the consensus "Delightful and strangely moving";[3] on Metacritic, which uses an average of all 30 critics' reviews, the film has an 81/100, indicating "universal acclaim".[4]
^Mongolian ´coaxing ritual for camels´ has been inscribed in the UNESCO Heritage List Tereza Hejzlarová, 15 March 2017 ethnologist.info, accessed 2 December 2020
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Davaa and Luigi Falorni The plot is about a family of nomadic shepherds in the Gobi Desert trying to save the life of a rare white bactrian camel Camelus bactrianus calf after it was rejected by its mother The Story of the Weeping CamelIngen nulimsDirected byByambasuren DavaaLuigi FalorniWritten byByambasuren DavaaLuigi FalorniProduced byTobias SiebertStarringJanchiv AyurzanaChimed OhinCinematographyLuigi FalorniEdited byAnja PohlMusic byMarcel LenizMarc RiedingerChoigiw SangidorjProductioncompanyMongolkinaDistributed byProkino Filmverleih Germany Release dates6 September 2003 2003 09 06 Toronto 8 January 2004 2004 01 08 Germany Running time87 minutesCountriesGermanyMongoliaLanguageMongolianBox office 9 328 652 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 3 Honours and awards 4 References 5 External linksPlot EditDuring Spring a family of nomadic shepherds assists the births of their camel herd The last camel to calve this season has a protracted labor that persists for two days With the assistance and intervention of the family a rare white calf is born This is the mother camel s first calving Despite the efforts of the shepherds the mother rejects the newborn refusing it her milk and failing to establish a care bond with it To restore harmony between the mother and calf the nomadic family call upon the services of a group of lamas who perform a ritual with bread or dough effigies Standard Tibetan torma of the mother the calf and the individual members of the family The rite opens with the sound of a sacred conchshell horn followed by bells in the hands of lamas some of whom wield vajra The rite takes place with members of the extended nomadic community and a number of lama at a sacred place that consists of one end of a log or wooden pole set in the earth with the other end raised to the sky a stylized victory banner Sanskrit Dhvaja with a piece of blue fabric entwined around it functioning as a prayer flag darchor style The log is supported by a cairn of rocks at its base as foundation The ritual however does not re establish harmony between the mother and calf The family then resolves to secure the services of an indigenous violinist to play the music for a Mongolian Hoos a ritual They send their two young boys on a journey through the desert to the community marketplace to locate a musician The violinist who actually plays a morin khuur is summoned to the camp and a ritual of folk music and chanting is enacted The musician first drapes the morin khuur on the first hump of the camel to establish a sympathetic magical linkage between the mother and the state of harmony represented by the instrument Once this is done he removes the instrument and commences playing As the musician sounds the Morin Khuur the female family member who lulled her child to sleep with a lullaby earlier in the documentary repeatedly intones the calming sounds and beautiful melody of the hoos At this point the mother camel starts to weep tears visibly streaming from her eyes Immediately after the rite the mother and calf are reconciled and the calf draws milk from her teat Hoos sometime khoos khooslokh etc The Mongolian inge khooslokh is a coaxing ritual for camels now inscribed in the UNESCO Heritage List 2 Reception EditThe Story of the Weeping Camel received generally positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a 94 fresh rating based on 103 reviews and an average rating of 7 57 10 with the consensus Delightful and strangely moving 3 on Metacritic which uses an average of all 30 critics reviews the film has an 81 100 indicating universal acclaim 4 Honours and awards EditThe documentary was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Documentary at the 77th Academy Awards 5 International Film Critics Award 2004 San Francisco International Film Festival 6 White Camel Award 2006 Sahara International Film FestivalReferences Edit The Story of the Weeping Camel at Box Office Mojo Mongolian coaxing ritual for camels has been inscribed in the UNESCO Heritage List Tereza Hejzlarova 15 March 2017 ethnologist info accessed 2 December 2020 The Story of the Weeping Camel at Rotten Tomatoes The Story of the Weeping Camel at Metacritic The Story of the Weeping Camel 2003 Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times 2009 Archived from the original on 26 July 2009 Retrieved 22 July 2012 Bence Nanay 2004 The Story of the Weeping Camel From the Periphery The International Federation of Film Critics Archived from the original on 23 November 2008 Retrieved 22 July 2012 External links EditThe Story of the Weeping Camel at IMDb The Story of the Weeping Camel at AllMovie The Story of the Weeping Camel at Box Office Mojo The Story of the Weeping Camel at Rotten Tomatoes The Story of the Weeping Camel at Metacritic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Story of the Weeping Camel amp oldid 1164179140, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
