The Story of the Weeping Camel , which is a Mongolian documentary of 2003, directed and written by Byambasuren 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, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.The documentary was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Documentary at the 77th Academy Awards...
When I was travelling in Netherland, one Dutch friend was asking me if this kind of story is reall or made up for a film. I told him that my grandmother and mother used to sing for the separated lamb and her mother, and eventually the mother lamb would be touched by music and will receive her own baby back. It sounds like a fairy tale, but sometimes legends are real:)
Below is music from the movie, enjoy!
I wann to learn Mongolian :(
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