As part of the festivities for the annual post-harvest festival Ahunah (or Ahuna) in Zunheboto, the Sumi Cultural Association will be premiering the documentary The Silent Field (Yenguyelei Qha) today at 4.30pm at the Zunheboto Town Hall.
Shot over two years in villages across the district of Zunheboto, this film presents a selection of recorded material that covers over 25 groups performing different cultural activities associated with the traditional Sumi agricultural cycle. The film is part of a larger project aimed at documenting traditional rituals and songs that are no longer being transmitted to the next generation. Its title reflects the current anxiety associated with the loss of culture and identity among the Sumis.
A collaboration between old and young, foreign and local, this project hopes to create awareness and interest in traditional Sumi customs, and to help preserve the Sumi language and its various verbal art forms.
The makers of the film acknowledge and are grateful for the support of the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project, the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research, and the Sumi Cultural Association.
A collaboration between old and young, foreign and local, this project hopes to create awareness and interest in traditional Sumi customs, and to help preserve the Sumi language and its various verbal art forms.
The makers of the film acknowledge and are grateful for the support of the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project, the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research, and the Sumi Cultural Association.
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