TRIBAL PEOPLE
These short clips look at indigenous people around the world. They are taken from various documentaries made my Ruán and Manchán Magan and form part of a lecture given by Manchán  on tribal people and how they are adapting to the modern world.

Mosu & Naxi Matriarchal tribes, Yunnan province, China
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Yunnan province is the most biodiverse and beautiful province in China. It has half of all plant and animal species found in China and 52 of the remaining 56 ethnic minorities in the country. In this clip Manchán meet the O-Er-Do-Ju family in Lugu Lake, North West of Lijiang in Yunnan. He is accompanied by Miss Lu, a foreign affairs official. The father of the family sits at his mother's fireside and explains the Mosu system of family, in which the woman has complete control. He then brings up to meet his father who was a Buddhist monk until the monastary was shut down under Mao. He is now free to practise again. He gives Manchán a message to bring home to the West with him.

The singers on the mountain are members of the Naxi minority and live near Lijiang.

Bedouins, Wadi Rum, Jordan
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Mufleh Salem Laffe and his son and uncle discuss desert life with Manchán in Wadi Rum desert, Jordan

Kazak culture Baiyangou valley, Xinjiang China
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A general introduction to the remote Kazak lands in the far western corner of Xinjiang province, China.
Guli, a 24 year old Kazak mother, brings Manchán for yak-butter tea in her house to meet her family. They watch a wedding video on VHS. Then walk down the valley to where her brother and friends are putting on a horse display for Han tourists from the East coast of China.

Coeur d'Alene Julyamsh Pow Wow
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Coeur d'Alene tribe in Idaho State, hold their Julyamsh Pow Wow, in a greyhound park outisde Spokane, Washington. Great dispalys of traditional regalia. Dance and drumming competitions. A member of the council speaks to Manchán about the death of his culture and the compassion he feels for others who also lose their language.

Basket making in Himalayas, Ladakh, bordering Tibet
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Yami People, Lanyu Island Taiwan
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Tarahumara Tribe and their cave houses, Mexico
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The Tarahumar tribe live in the Copper Canyon, Sierra Madre Mountains, Mexico. They are known for their speed of running, and mostly hunted their prey on foot. An elder of the tribe, Luis Gloria Refugio shows Manchán around his cave and tells how many of his people are now moving to the town as life is easier and there is a continual supply of food. Although life on this fertile plain looks idyllic there is a lot of work involved in planting the corn and minding animals. The Jesuits have been here trying to convert the Tarahumara for 400 years without much luck. Some Tarahumara people have retreated deeper into the mountains to escape the influence of the modern world. They still hunt on foot using spears.

Whale hunting & traditonal Inuit kayaking in Greenland
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Irish currach-builder Pádraig Ó Duinnín travels to Greenland to make a kayak with Inuits. After a short introduction to the landscape, icebergs, huskies and prefabricated houses of Greenland, this footage shows him hunting whale on an Inuit harpooning trawler. The harpoon cost €600 every time it is fired, and they do not get near enough to the minke whale on this occasion. This is the final day of the whaling season and the Inuit hunter must go home with nothing. He kills a seal as compensation. It is worth €80, while the minke whale would be worht €6,000. There are many humpback whales around, but it is illegal to hunt them.

On Monday after the weekend Pádraig goes to the Nuuk market to see the food that's been hunted over the weekend. He tries raw whale and seal meat.
The film also shows an Inuit man dressed in traditional sealskin wetsuit displaying kayaking rolling techniques in a traditional wood and canvas kayak.
Some images of icebegs and huskies and prefabricated homes built on the permaforst.
Filmed by Traolach Ó Buachalla.