Traditional Culture Filmes

During the Cultural Revolution in China in the late 20th century, ethnic Manchu people were persecuted and forced to give up such cultural traditions...

Following Simon on his maiden voyage with Eddie, his horse, travelling on foot from Dorset to Devon in time for the Sidmouth Folk Festival. Meeting...

Since August 2024, in Martinique, a popular protest movement against the high cost of living has been reemerging under the leadership of the RPPRAC...

A short documentary about everyday objects, the people who used them, and the beauty of that use. From the video description: "An encounter with the...

At an altitude of 4500 meters, on the highest plateaus of Karnak in the Himalayan région of Ladakh, in a lunar setting where the sky blends...

For thirty years in the late-twentieth century, the people of Tahiti survived dozens of offshore nuclear tests by the French government. Since the...

A girl celebrates her 16th birthday with a Umhlonyane.

Darên bitenê is a fascinating documentary exploring the “dengbej” musical heritage of the singers, poets and storytellers...

This documentary film depicts brave Virgin Islands fishermen with a love and commitment to the sea. Watch as they give their accounts of adventure...

In the summer of 1961, a group of young Italian anthropologists made a clandestine journey through Spain, in order to record popular songs that...

An overview of the people, lifestyle, and traditions of Samoa, as well tourism and other economic changes on the Samoan islands.

This film follows the lives over one year, shot during three intervals, of two Basque shepherding families who live in Santazi, a village in the...

Video dedicated to the celebration of the centenary of Edison Carneiro’s birth, one of the great exponents of folklore studies in Brazil, whose...

The kookor is a type of leather flask which has been used by Kyrgyz people for centuries. In this parable, an old kookor finds itself confronted with...

Deep in the heart of the Waveney valley, Master Thatcher Nick and his apprentice Olly work on the ancient roofs of east anglia. Keeping the craft...

A short film exploring the joy and importance of Morris dancing for a group of young people.

In the Forest of Dean is a community of people continuing the ancient practice of Freemining: a traditional way of mining for coal an iron ore in...