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The lost water : a salt worker's life / Budhan Theatre presents ; directed by Dakxin Bajrange.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Language:
- English
- Gujarati
- Subjects (All):
- Salt workers--Health and hygiene--India--Kachchh.
- Salt workers.
- Salt industry and trade--India--Kachchh.
- Salt industry and trade.
- India--Kachchh.
- India.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Ethnographic films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video (21 min.) : sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources [distributor], 2007.
- Language Note:
- In Gujarati with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The salt workers of Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat endure serious physical and mental health hazards due to the dangerous nature of their work. Working in extreme temperatures without any protective gear, many suffer major health complications, including blindness and skin damage due to unprotected exposure to salt.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on March 1, 2012).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 243818212
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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