After viewing The Story Of The Weeping Camel, i can conclude many things. The culture in Mongolia is extremely different compared to the life style here in America. The Geography was very unique, and it took place in the Gobi Desert. They would have to go through storms, which in our mind would thought to be as rain and thunder when they had sandstorms that blew dust everywhere. It looked hot, yet the people were covered at all times in colorful clothing suggesting a reference to their culture.
The camels seemed to be almost worshiped by the family, and they took extremely well care of them. They went to the point where they called the music man to come and try to bring the colt and other together, which ended up working sucsessfully! The parents had their children, Dude and Ugna travel by Camel to the nearest town, to get batteries and talk to the music man. Ugna, the youngest boy was fasinated by the televisions he saw in town, and that implicates how old fashioned and not modernized their culture really is.
The music that the man played for the camel and throughout the film was really different from the music we listen to here. The Mother would sing her child to sleep in Mongolian and also she sang to the Camel, in high pitch voices and sometimes chanting. I thought this movie was very interesting, although at some points had its slow parts. It was nice to learn a bit more about Mongolians and the way they live and their views of life.
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