Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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All the villagers have gathered at the pond built on the heights above the village. The task is to put it back into service so they can begin irrigating the fields. Chimet and her mother follow the water's course through the maze of channels, all the way to their crops.

Documentary: The Himalayas, on a human scale – The water's first journey
Directed by: Marianne Chaud
Production: ZED


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