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Building a Bridge

• 1968 ----- b & w ----- 10 min ----- 16mm
• At an altitude of 10,000 feet in Badakhstan in northeastern Afghanistan, one hundred Tajik men and boys from one village work together to rebuild their bridge, the lifeline to market and the only means of contact with the outside world. For centuries men and boys have carried new stones on their backs and hewn new trees to replace the damage. These one hundred Tajiks of today, in just three days of actual construction, bridge the river with a remarkable cantilever span of 120 feet.
• Topics: (Anthropology: Cultural, South Asian Studies)

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