Movies: Folklore

  • 1983
    Latvian Folklore

    Latvian Folklore (1983)

    Latvian Folklore

    01983HD

    Documentary about the ancient rites still practiced in rural Latvia....

    Latvian Folklore
  • 2006
    Katsantoni`s Leap and Uncle Lampros

    Katsantoni`s Leap and Uncle Lampros (2006)

    Katsantoni`s Leap and Uncle Lampros

    02006HD

    A documentary filmed in the mountainous region of Agrafa, Eurytania, in Greece....

    Katsantoni`s Leap and Uncle Lampros
  • 1985
    Nzale

    Nzale (1985)

    Nzale

    01985HD

    The folkloric group "Nzale," founded in 1979 in Bangui, practices a traditional dance called "M'baka M'Bokou," which means "strength" and is a symbol of victory. It is a battle dance: each dancer wears the skin of the animal he wishes to incarnate. O...

    Nzale
  • 1973
    Arrow to the Sun

    Arrow to the Sun (1973)

    Arrow to the Sun

    01973HD

    An animated retelling of a Pueblo tale, in which a mysterious boy seeks his father....

    Arrow to the Sun
  • 1975
    Aldar-Kose

    Aldar-Kose (1975)

    Aldar-Kose

    01975HD

    Based on Kazakh fairy tales about the wise scoffer, defender of the poor....

    Aldar-Kose
  • 1975
    National Costume

    National Costume (1975)

    National Costume

    01975HD

    Individual political policies and regimes used and abused the national costume of Slovenia. Despite the fact that the individual details of the Slovenian national costume borrowed from the garbs of the German Alpine region, it has maintained the spec...

    National Costume
  • 1982
    The Stash in grass

    The Stash in grass (1982)

    The Stash in grass

    01982HD

    Based on the tale by Pavel Bazhov. It was under serfdom. Once there was an orphan Ustya, her late father worked with the malachite. It was rumored that he was a secret stash hidden in the grass. The smart girl was outwitted stupid clerk and greedy la...

    The Stash in grass
  • 1978
    The Sinyushka's Well

    The Sinyushka's Well (1978)

    The Sinyushka's Well

    01978HD

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    The Sinyushka's Well
  • 1979
    Shaping Bamboo

    Shaping Bamboo (1979)

    Shaping Bamboo

    01979HD

    For the 'Are'are people of the Solomon Islands, the most valued music is that of the four types of panpipe ensembles. With the exception of slit drums, all musical instruments are made of bamboo; therefore the general word for instruments and the mus...

    Shaping Bamboo
  • 1989
    Son of Torum

    Son of Torum (1989)

    Son of Torum

    01989HD

    In the same vein as Meri's other documentations, this one takes advantage of the glasnost policy to discuss the social and ecologic impact of the Russian oil industry on the natives and the lands they inhabit....

    Son of Torum
  • 2005
    The Bell Witch Legend

    The Bell Witch Legend (2005)

    The Bell Witch Legend

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    The Bell Witch Legend