singing subject index
Khangai Herds 1- Saikhanaa the Herder
Fijn, Natasha
This first segment introduces the young Mongolian herder Saikhanaa. He lives with his mother in a herding encampment with a more prosperous family, Choijo and Naraa’s extended family.
subject: Living with Herds, Saikhanaa, co-domestic relationship, herd animals, herding, human-animal relations, khangai herds, mountains, observational film, pastoralism, singing, visual ethnography
Khangai Herds 5 - Lhagva the Herder
Fijn, Natasha
This is the fifth segment of ‘Khangai Herds’, featuring herders and their herd animals co-existing together in the Khangai mountains of Mongolia. Lhagva sings a song about her venerable mother.
subject: Living with Herds, animal naming, calf birth, co-domestic, domestication, herding, human-animal, khangai herds, making, observational film, pastoralism, singing