The Bookmaker: An ancient craft in Ethiopia | Africa Direct Documentary
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Publicado 2021-11-30
Here, Archbishop Kalehiwot Habtewold still practices the ancient craft of parchment bookmaking.
To be able to do that, he sets his young disciples an unusual task: to find enough high-quality goat skins for the parchment needed to hand-craft these religious books.
The exquisitely illustrated religious books take years, even decades, to produce.
This film immerses us in a remote and traditional world of patience and prayer, ceremony and craft, fathers and sons.
Producer/director Girum Berehanetsehay is an Ethiopian filmmaker based in Addis Ababa. With more than a decade of local and international production experience, he has worked on more than 20 feature films, as well as commercials and music videos, in various roles.
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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I can’t control my tears, I don’t know why. Selam le Ethiopia from Eritrean sister 🇪🇷
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I really appreciate the Ethiopian,they are amazing nation peaceful, I love 💕 Ethiopian nation . 🇩🇪
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Let peace prevail in the land of Ethiopia Prince of peace ( Lord Jesus Christ ) Love you from Bombay India 🇮🇳
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Ethiopia land of origin. Thank you, Aljazeera for the documentary.
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As a book designer in the publishing industry, this warms my heart. This is true craftsmanship.
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I don’t know why this made me emotional. Long live Ethiopia & Eritrea💚💛❤️🔥 🇪🇷
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Beautiful people, extraordinary ancient culture. The cradle of humanity and civilization. The people of the Blue Nile🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹
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Did anyone noticed how they were praying? Beautiful 🥰
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Al Jazeera this is beautiful ❤ ... This is the Ethiopia we know, our home. ሰላም ለኢትዮጵያ || ሰላም ለሀገራችን ... love from South Africa
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🇪🇷🕊🇪🇹 God bless Eritrea and Ethiopia’s orthodox community ❤️
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Ethiopia is truly beautiful😍 the land of origin with an enormous history and wisdom!
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Thank you so much! We learn in the.States that Africa didn’t have writing systems yet they would tell us about Hieroglyphics. I never knew Ethiopia had books dating back thousands of years.
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This is Ethiopia! It is a nation of people who fear God, who are religious, who love humanity, and who live in dignity. Ethiopia will always be protected by God! 💚💛❤እማማ ኢትዮጵያ ሰላምሽ ይብዝ💚💛❤
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Sending loves from Eritrea 🇪🇷 this was a profound documentary
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I noticed their modest dress and method of praying is starkly different from western Christians. I assume this is how Christianity was in ancient times.
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What a fresh breath for those of us who are tired of the war reportings. Selam le Ethiopia
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Ethiopia the mother of Africa 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹
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Finally, a video where the subtitles for the Amharic are translated correctly! In most cases it is translated so inaccurately, it's unbelievable. This is also a rare positive video about Ethiopia from Al Jazeera.
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Thanks Al Jazeera!! May GOD bless Ethiopia and the hand of writers! this is so beautiful!!
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The way the family gathered around a meal, the way they respected their father when he gave them injera, the scenery. BEAUTIFUL!!!
