1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Support us and become a VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 2 00:00:30,650 --> 00:00:34,650 www.titlovi.com 3 00:00:37,650 --> 00:00:40,322 HIMALAYA WITH MICHAEL PALIN 4 00:00:46,256 --> 00:00:49,672 JUMPING TIGERS AND NAKED NAKES 5 00:00:50,771 --> 00:00:54,524 Finally, the taste of the third by the length of the river in the world. 6 00:00:55,226 --> 00:00:58,410 Here we are. These are the real waters of the Yangtze River. 7 00:00:59,379 --> 00:01:03,188 We enter the gorge. In the gorge Tiger in leap. 8 00:01:09,173 --> 00:01:12,574 Combinations of swollen the river and the mountains that tower over them 9 00:01:13,058 --> 00:01:16,306 The gorges of the Himalayas the deepest in the world. 10 00:01:21,668 --> 00:01:24,229 Jumping Tiger Gorge it was named after a legend 11 00:01:24,695 --> 00:01:27,863 about the tiger that saved itself from hunters it is more difficult. 12 00:01:28,330 --> 00:01:32,542 The gorge rises almost four kilometers above the river bed. 13 00:01:42,525 --> 00:01:46,540 Journey through the eastern Himalayas will bring me to the lake Lugu, 14 00:01:46,992 --> 00:01:51,715 Lijiang and the city of Kunming before moving on to Nagaland and Assam 15 00:01:52,124 --> 00:01:55,477 all the way to the second mountain river, the Brahmaputra. 16 00:01:57,393 --> 00:02:00,491 Although it seems far-fetched, our path is well trodden. 17 00:02:00,903 --> 00:02:03,186 She used to be part of the road of horses and horses, 18 00:02:03,590 --> 00:02:07,924 du� which comes from Yunnan u Exchanged to China for horses from Tibet. 19 00:02:08,753 --> 00:02:12,155 My guide� Li Yuan He is a member of the Nahi people. 20 00:02:22,759 --> 00:02:26,381 Nahi, one of many a minority in Yunnan Province, 21 00:02:26,881 --> 00:02:29,257 has a long history, hieroglyphic script 22 00:02:29,768 --> 00:02:33,319 1000 years old and the tradition of running inns. 23 00:02:44,005 --> 00:02:47,782 While they are eating horses, I'm going to the toilet. 24 00:02:49,767 --> 00:02:53,822 Going to the toilet is something you are afraid in places like this, 25 00:02:54,196 --> 00:02:56,454 but this is exceptional. 26 00:02:56,736 --> 00:03:00,511 The inscription says: Toilet number one in heaven and earth. 27 00:03:00,948 --> 00:03:04,661 Such a statement must be examined. Will it live up to expectations? 28 00:03:05,975 --> 00:03:08,037 Here it is. female... 29 00:03:08,812 --> 00:03:10,812 Painful. 30 00:03:11,498 --> 00:03:14,571 A fairly normal Chinese toilet. 31 00:03:15,472 --> 00:03:20,307 A little trench below, lovely paved, and then you will... 32 00:03:20,862 --> 00:03:24,161 This makes it exceptional. Look what a view. 33 00:03:24,690 --> 00:03:29,078 Snow Mountain or Dragon of A cloud is towering over you. 34 00:03:29,994 --> 00:03:32,491 I could stay here for hours. 35 00:03:33,682 --> 00:03:35,751 And maybe I have to stay. 36 00:03:37,873 --> 00:03:43,099 Oh, hotel switchboard. Nor progress cannot be avoided here. 37 00:03:43,601 --> 00:03:46,672 This seems to be the only one the place where they have a signal. 38 00:03:51,102 --> 00:03:53,646 I think I will return to toilet number one. 39 00:03:56,797 --> 00:03:58,827 Look at this... 40 00:04:10,544 --> 00:04:15,474 We are only halfway along the gorge. Another busy day awaits us. 41 00:04:17,813 --> 00:04:20,914 Find exceptional hosts Mr. and Mrs. Feng de Fang 42 00:04:21,317 --> 00:04:25,381 they personally wished us a happy journey. See you next time. 43 00:04:33,034 --> 00:04:35,610 Oh! Fantastic. 44 00:04:36,106 --> 00:04:40,319 Here we are halfway through the Tigra Gorge in a jump, and that is the Yangtze River. 45 00:04:40,791 --> 00:04:46,247 �Iroki Yangtze shrunk to those rapids raging below. 46 00:04:46,761 --> 00:04:48,995 It is truly an extraordinary sight. 47 00:04:49,432 --> 00:04:52,146 I believed we were saw all the mountain regions, 48 00:04:52,645 --> 00:04:57,386 but here, in the east The Himalayas, they are more and more magnificent. 49 00:04:59,023 --> 00:05:01,519 A tiger might could skip this 50 00:05:01,992 --> 00:05:05,578 but for us, the long track is the only one the way to our next destination, 51 00:05:06,027 --> 00:05:08,278 on the other side of these mountains. 52 00:05:10,850 --> 00:05:14,595 I got to the easternmost points of your journey. 53 00:05:15,047 --> 00:05:19,172 This is Lake Lugu na borders of Yunnan and Se�uan. 54 00:05:19,634 --> 00:05:23,328 He lives around this lake the matriarchal Muso tribe. 55 00:05:24,411 --> 00:05:27,244 To find out more about them, I'm going to meet 56 00:05:27,765 --> 00:05:31,801 with a local heroine, Chinese a superstar named Namu. 57 00:05:33,366 --> 00:05:36,410 Her sunny smile it is in sharp contrast 58 00:05:36,853 --> 00:05:39,958 with the cold that reigns in this off-season holiday. 59 00:05:43,175 --> 00:05:47,479 Finally I find someone to me across the lake to her village. 60 00:06:31,858 --> 00:06:35,058 Welcome! - To us... Of course I recognized you 61 00:06:35,419 --> 00:06:38,192 because you are extremely lovely and known. I'm Michael. 62 00:06:38,459 --> 00:06:41,287 Thank you, thank you. -Welcome, welcome. 63 00:06:42,971 --> 00:06:47,998 Thank you. Buddhist welcome i kisses from �oubiznis stop. 64 00:06:48,505 --> 00:06:51,586 Namu takes me to see the house where she grew up. 65 00:07:01,362 --> 00:07:04,058 Her Muso people are famous in China 66 00:07:04,580 --> 00:07:07,209 Unusually open attitude towards sex 67 00:07:07,681 --> 00:07:10,554 which characterizes the so-called walking marriage. 68 00:07:11,285 --> 00:07:15,665 Namu, can you describe it to me do you consider it a walking marriage? 69 00:07:16,307 --> 00:07:20,693 That means I don't feel like it we are getting married and we don't have a real father. 70 00:07:21,593 --> 00:07:26,617 So, you don't have a ceremony wedding or marriage contract? 71 00:07:27,010 --> 00:07:31,081 Not. Not even a wedding ring. - No wedding rings? -Not. 72 00:07:32,835 --> 00:07:35,148 And... - How does it work? 73 00:07:35,573 --> 00:07:38,238 It works well. I think it's very healthy. 74 00:07:38,723 --> 00:07:42,580 I have never seen a couple fights on the streets or in cafes. 75 00:07:43,063 --> 00:07:46,666 The couple never lives together. For example, you come to me, 76 00:07:47,397 --> 00:07:51,689 I am giving birth to your child my brother worries too... 77 00:07:52,156 --> 00:07:54,570 My uncle helps me, takes care of my children. 78 00:07:54,695 --> 00:07:57,963 And if your sister had children with a man, 79 00:07:58,150 --> 00:08:00,815 you would have to her to help take care of the children. 80 00:08:01,295 --> 00:08:03,824 Uncles take over the responsibilities of the father. 81 00:08:04,268 --> 00:08:07,849 A woman wants you or she doesn't. That is her wish. 82 00:08:08,334 --> 00:08:12,576 If he wants you, he will open a flower shop for you room. If he doesn't want to, he will close it. 83 00:08:12,997 --> 00:08:15,552 It means a woman always takes the initiative. - Yes, yes. 84 00:08:15,975 --> 00:08:18,519 We like to sing and dance. 85 00:08:18,984 --> 00:08:23,337 We dance in a circle. We have seventy one different rounds. 86 00:08:23,797 --> 00:08:28,033 And then, while we dance, if I'm interested, I'll dance with you 87 00:08:28,456 --> 00:08:31,529 and make this for you. To make this in your hand, 88 00:08:31,953 --> 00:08:34,055 what does it mean that I am very interested�. 89 00:08:50,465 --> 00:08:52,535 Despite all his skilled footwork, 90 00:08:52,660 --> 00:08:55,944 I felt significant lack of pressure on the palms. 91 00:08:56,154 --> 00:08:58,371 But Namu didn't give up on me. 92 00:08:59,291 --> 00:09:03,581 what now? This is called the flower... room? 93 00:09:04,070 --> 00:09:07,781 This is our flower room. Flower room. For girls. 94 00:09:08,206 --> 00:09:11,509 How old are the girls? From thirteen and up? -Thirteen. 95 00:09:11,933 --> 00:09:15,252 Then they usually have floral ones rooms, but they don't go with men. 96 00:09:15,642 --> 00:09:18,494 The mother has to dress them how to serve a man. -All right. 97 00:09:18,934 --> 00:09:22,398 How to care and receive a man. Sexually. 98 00:09:22,592 --> 00:09:25,487 We're not secretive like Han Chinese. We are completely open. 99 00:09:25,612 --> 00:09:27,736 Did your mother teach you about sex? 100 00:09:28,184 --> 00:09:30,946 She told me he was good sex very good for the skin. 101 00:09:31,302 --> 00:09:33,317 Very good for the skin... 102 00:09:34,659 --> 00:09:39,041 I really got hooked on it this potato with tangerines... 103 00:09:39,510 --> 00:09:45,426 I'm really excited. Yes meeting with Nigel after the shoot? 104 00:09:46,611 --> 00:09:49,632 For God's sake... - He's lucky you are in my flower chamber. 105 00:09:50,796 --> 00:09:54,740 I am very privileged. - If you are in a long relationship with a woman, 106 00:09:55,178 --> 00:09:57,531 he must come to her flower chamber 107 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:00,248 later, when mom is sleeping. 108 00:10:00,373 --> 00:10:02,863 That's why we have a lot songs that say: 109 00:10:03,286 --> 00:10:06,310 Come on, mother, go sleep. Mosquitoes ate me. 110 00:10:18,076 --> 00:10:20,931 That's why there are so many songs about it are also catchy. 111 00:10:21,376 --> 00:10:24,491 Tell me about yours flower chamber. Are you... 112 00:10:24,991 --> 00:10:28,922 I didn't... - You are very attractive. Surely many wanted you. 113 00:10:29,339 --> 00:10:32,605 Surely the line was behind corner. - I never had it. 114 00:10:33,021 --> 00:10:36,125 My flower room, this room is still innocent. 115 00:10:36,799 --> 00:10:41,293 Because right after when I got a flower room, 116 00:10:41,803 --> 00:10:43,973 I went to the city. 117 00:10:44,772 --> 00:10:48,410 He calls himself Namu half-gypsy woman with five stars. 118 00:10:48,937 --> 00:10:51,906 She left the lake Lugu and went out into the world 119 00:10:52,349 --> 00:10:55,107 It's because of something deep in her childhood. 120 00:10:55,232 --> 00:11:00,589 She explained everything to me over tea from butter and crispy pork. 121 00:11:01,584 --> 00:11:07,477 My mother was like in my life of the wind. I only remember her skirt. 122 00:11:08,370 --> 00:11:11,947 I don't remember her. - Why did she send you away from home? 123 00:11:12,407 --> 00:11:15,637 I was the third daughter, and the mother wanted sons, 124 00:11:16,073 --> 00:11:18,604 so she tried to give me three times, 125 00:11:19,023 --> 00:11:22,336 but I was a payer so they all took me back. 126 00:11:22,796 --> 00:11:25,621 Then she sent me to live with my uncle. 127 00:11:26,081 --> 00:11:29,856 He never speaks, neither do the yaks, 128 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:35,014 so I wandered for many years mountains and thought. 129 00:11:36,126 --> 00:11:39,365 I can't imagine you without someone to talk to. 130 00:11:39,804 --> 00:11:43,076 Now I talk too much because no one he didn't talk to me before! 131 00:11:43,637 --> 00:11:45,823 Why did you decide to leave? 132 00:11:46,278 --> 00:11:50,054 I wanted to go to Beijing and carry high heels and a pink dress. 133 00:11:51,524 --> 00:11:55,113 But she doesn't want to be forgotten. What will this be? 134 00:11:55,631 --> 00:11:58,877 This huge palace, Namu? -Castle. 135 00:11:59,759 --> 00:12:02,950 Castle on the hill, yes. -Actually, it's a museum. 136 00:12:03,411 --> 00:12:05,515 It's a museum... - My personal museum. 137 00:12:05,990 --> 00:12:08,876 I understand... - Because there is a wonderful view from here. 138 00:12:09,357 --> 00:12:11,834 Yes... - Get out of here the best view is Lake Lugu. 139 00:12:12,233 --> 00:12:17,390 It's wonderful. But it was only discovered ten years ago, right? 140 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,459 I mean, when you were growing up, there were no tourists here. -Not. 141 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:27,314 Not. There were no tourists, no cars, mobile phones or electricity. 142 00:12:28,856 --> 00:12:32,010 But it happened last year is sixty thousand tourists. 143 00:12:32,431 --> 00:12:35,571 In the beginning, the idea was 144 00:12:36,035 --> 00:12:39,593 that they come here alone because of free sex. 145 00:12:40,157 --> 00:12:43,477 But they didn't get it. - Are they or ask for their money back? 146 00:12:43,879 --> 00:12:47,121 No, they got some it digests others. Like a look, 147 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,107 clean air and besides... 148 00:12:50,729 --> 00:12:54,766 They liked what they were come. They purified their hearts. 149 00:12:55,265 --> 00:12:57,964 After what I am washed or at least wiped 150 00:12:58,407 --> 00:13:00,912 your heart in strength the atmosphere of Lake Lugu, 151 00:13:01,037 --> 00:13:04,792 I felt that maybe it was time to check the rest of my body. 152 00:13:05,242 --> 00:13:07,358 Fertile slopes of the Himalayas 153 00:13:07,842 --> 00:13:11,115 They provide ideal ingredients traditional Chinese medicine. 154 00:13:14,724 --> 00:13:16,780 Near the old town of Lijiang 155 00:13:17,199 --> 00:13:20,451 �live one of of the most famous experts, Doctor Ho. 156 00:13:23,626 --> 00:13:27,713 Declared a minor citizen i kicked out of medicine under Mao, 157 00:13:28,135 --> 00:13:30,164 gained a worldwide reputation. 158 00:13:30,948 --> 00:13:33,706 He recommended me friend from Monty Python. 159 00:13:35,272 --> 00:13:41,028 Hello? Doctor Who? My name is Michael Palin. I'm from London. 160 00:13:41,590 --> 00:13:45,271 I am a friend Terry Jones who was at your place. 161 00:13:45,599 --> 00:13:48,905 I remember you. - Do you remember? I was here? 162 00:13:49,331 --> 00:13:53,156 I don't think so. - Glad nice to see you again. 163 00:13:53,543 --> 00:13:57,517 Thank you very much for being me visited again. Study, please. 164 00:13:58,362 --> 00:14:00,980 Yours truly works weak. - Is my �i weak? 165 00:14:01,406 --> 00:14:04,322 And it means your energy. 166 00:14:04,725 --> 00:14:07,459 Say A. -Aaaah. 167 00:14:07,973 --> 00:14:11,495 Va� gastrointestinal the tract is weak. 168 00:14:12,340 --> 00:14:16,583 What should I eat and what not? -Simple food. 169 00:14:17,001 --> 00:14:21,963 A simple one. I ate... Pork is excellent in Lijiang. 170 00:14:22,698 --> 00:14:25,472 Is that good or not? - The pork is not good. 171 00:14:25,927 --> 00:14:29,809 The good news came when compared me to other foreigners. 172 00:14:30,299 --> 00:14:33,991 They compare you with to foreigners, you are excellent. 173 00:14:34,429 --> 00:14:36,877 All right. Thanks. -That. 174 00:14:37,281 --> 00:14:39,824 Do you understand me? You are good. 175 00:14:40,282 --> 00:14:43,681 You don't have a high pulse blood pressure, you have no cholesterol, 176 00:14:44,116 --> 00:14:48,405 fatty liver, stone in the kidney, a stone in the ear. 177 00:14:48,795 --> 00:14:52,634 Everything seems fine. Only the stomach seems weak. 178 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:58,017 He's a little bit weak. So don't worry, be happy. 179 00:14:58,545 --> 00:15:01,181 One would say that happiness is the best medicine 180 00:15:01,419 --> 00:15:04,142 in front of which is just the kitchen of Doctor Ho's wife 181 00:15:04,364 --> 00:15:06,766 in the full folk costume of Nahija. 182 00:15:07,203 --> 00:15:10,422 Is this that simple food? - No, this one is not simple. 183 00:15:11,024 --> 00:15:16,579 She prepares a great meal from hyacinth, water lily, an�un, 184 00:15:16,952 --> 00:15:21,076 pork, Junan �unka and everything because her husband says I can't. 185 00:15:23,932 --> 00:15:26,335 I think I will hold her child. 186 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,000 Old town of Lijiang 187 00:15:41,386 --> 00:15:44,620 represents a great combination paved streets and canals. 188 00:15:45,084 --> 00:15:49,237 They can't see on his buildings there are traces of fifty powerful earthquakes 189 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,540 who shook him over the last 130 years. 190 00:15:56,487 --> 00:15:59,325 Today he is facing by another seismic threat: 191 00:15:59,732 --> 00:16:01,857 Three million tourists a year. 192 00:16:10,382 --> 00:16:13,928 Many come to see one of the biggest attractions of Yunnan, 193 00:16:14,349 --> 00:16:16,769 Nahija classical music orchestra. 194 00:16:17,143 --> 00:16:21,260 Their leader Shuan Ker resolutely defends his music. 195 00:16:21,842 --> 00:16:25,051 They destroy Chinese traditional music. 196 00:16:25,507 --> 00:16:27,874 That music disappears. 197 00:16:28,992 --> 00:16:32,806 It disappears in the shadow of the Himalayas. 198 00:17:04,321 --> 00:17:08,302 During the Cultural Revolution, many the instruments had to be hidden 199 00:17:08,770 --> 00:17:11,888 when there are red guards started to destroy the past. 200 00:17:31,792 --> 00:17:35,289 Shuan Ker was considered are a dangerous intellectual. 201 00:17:35,770 --> 00:17:38,812 He spent the best years serving a sentence of 20 years 202 00:17:39,345 --> 00:17:42,361 forced labor in the mine of tin. Now he's a local hero. 203 00:17:42,977 --> 00:17:45,025 How are you? -Good. 204 00:17:45,567 --> 00:17:49,426 how are you - Very good. I'm glad to see you. 205 00:17:49,939 --> 00:17:53,385 I'm with this celebrity a man. He is very famous. 206 00:17:53,836 --> 00:17:56,242 Have you been here before? -Not. 207 00:17:57,179 --> 00:17:59,450 He's not from your orchestra, is he? 208 00:17:59,780 --> 00:18:02,765 Yes, but he's retired now. 209 00:18:04,329 --> 00:18:06,356 Coffee? -Here? 210 00:18:06,481 --> 00:18:09,381 Yes, yes, why not? - A little I start to go for coffee. 211 00:18:09,648 --> 00:18:12,303 So, real espresso. Two cappuccinos? 212 00:18:12,690 --> 00:18:15,280 Cappuccino? -That. Two. Wonderful. 213 00:18:16,776 --> 00:18:21,334 How do you see the future? You will to have more tours, trips? 214 00:18:21,709 --> 00:18:25,996 It's not a choice. Those are the two roads of China. 215 00:18:26,823 --> 00:18:30,040 The first is in line with Confucianism 216 00:18:30,568 --> 00:18:36,793 and Western capitalism, mixed like in Singapore. 217 00:18:37,357 --> 00:18:40,262 This is what we have here we work, this orchestra... 218 00:18:40,675 --> 00:18:43,039 We don't even get money. 219 00:18:43,453 --> 00:18:46,389 All alone we organize. We sell tickets. 220 00:18:46,907 --> 00:18:50,613 You see, a lot of audience fills concert halls, 221 00:18:51,098 --> 00:18:54,194 Which means they are and my pockets are full. 222 00:18:54,735 --> 00:18:57,746 They are full and d�eps of old musicians. 223 00:18:58,275 --> 00:19:00,582 That's how it is in capitalism. 224 00:19:01,135 --> 00:19:04,669 If all singers would and dance groups in China 225 00:19:05,121 --> 00:19:09,086 depended on the state - that she gives money... It wouldn't do. 226 00:19:09,928 --> 00:19:14,069 People live better. -That. Higher standard of living. 227 00:19:14,533 --> 00:19:19,550 But culture is lost. Culture is lost. 228 00:19:20,034 --> 00:19:24,425 They were even left without a language. Today they speak Mandarin. 229 00:19:24,891 --> 00:19:29,504 Local old ladies... It is not our language. 230 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:34,628 So they are not interested so many Nahi languages. 231 00:19:35,089 --> 00:19:39,769 Local authorities they try to preserve our culture, 232 00:19:40,316 --> 00:19:44,125 but I think so it's too late. Too late. 233 00:19:44,621 --> 00:19:47,729 I am hardworking worked on music preservation. 234 00:19:48,272 --> 00:19:51,969 Even she has changed compared to the original. 235 00:19:52,463 --> 00:19:56,876 I caught some, otherwise everything would disappear. 236 00:19:57,357 --> 00:19:59,630 You feel as if it is slipping. 237 00:20:26,881 --> 00:20:31,172 New China seems bright, bright and unsentimental. 238 00:20:34,780 --> 00:20:37,754 One would say that hers cities are only interested in the future. 239 00:20:37,879 --> 00:20:40,610 In an attempt to compete with business America, 240 00:20:40,921 --> 00:20:43,245 China is starting to look like it. 241 00:20:44,512 --> 00:20:47,084 This is Kunming, the capital of Yunnan. 242 00:20:47,209 --> 00:20:50,175 It is located at one end once upon a time to Burma, 243 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,605 line that is in the Second World War connected China with India during the war. 244 00:20:55,012 --> 00:20:58,168 D�omba is the name they gave eight hundred kilometers wide and 245 00:20:58,613 --> 00:21:01,702 Six kilometers high the mass of the Himalayas over which, 246 00:21:02,216 --> 00:21:04,262 until the road to Burma was completed, 247 00:21:04,387 --> 00:21:07,615 led the only direction supplies behind Japanese lines. 248 00:21:07,740 --> 00:21:10,113 Planes are stressful to the limit. 249 00:21:10,238 --> 00:21:12,438 More than six hundreds were lost. 250 00:21:12,563 --> 00:21:15,197 Many fell into the jungle on the border of India and Burma 251 00:21:15,669 --> 00:21:18,491 to the province that is still today known as the land of the Nagas. 252 00:21:22,141 --> 00:21:27,074 The Naga people consist of ten tribes of whom these, the Konyak Nagas, 253 00:21:27,554 --> 00:21:30,998 last with proud tradition of headhunting. 254 00:21:34,199 --> 00:21:37,287 My friend Shingwong is a local official 255 00:21:37,741 --> 00:21:41,512 which brought me to the border of India and Myanmar, formerly Burma. 256 00:21:42,029 --> 00:21:44,902 During the Second World War, when... 257 00:21:45,929 --> 00:21:51,263 Many RAF pilots who fell behind the lines were saved. 258 00:21:51,765 --> 00:21:54,434 Are they did people like this sleep? -That. 259 00:21:55,242 --> 00:21:58,318 My father informed all the villagers 260 00:21:58,893 --> 00:22:01,801 to whiten it must not harm people. 261 00:22:02,357 --> 00:22:05,869 In the chief's house there is still a pilot's seat. 262 00:22:06,332 --> 00:22:08,501 Pilot's seat? That's great. 263 00:22:09,001 --> 00:22:13,294 So, some pilots are in debt live the life of the bounty hunter. 264 00:22:13,807 --> 00:22:16,005 Yes, nine. 265 00:22:17,007 --> 00:22:19,989 So, they are hunters on heads with hearts of gold. 266 00:22:20,844 --> 00:22:23,388 Held this weekend is a large border fair. 267 00:22:23,839 --> 00:22:27,128 One of the events is this scenic representation of bounty hunting. 268 00:22:29,904 --> 00:22:32,887 It's a war dance. - I noticed. 269 00:22:46,784 --> 00:22:51,217 Every brass face on these necklaces means a severed head. 270 00:23:21,302 --> 00:23:24,231 I see quite a number of heads. 271 00:23:24,854 --> 00:23:28,723 Is the skull a trophy from the time of bounty hunting? 272 00:23:29,361 --> 00:23:32,611 what is that? -Porcupine. 273 00:23:33,045 --> 00:23:35,969 Porcupine? Is there a buyer? 274 00:23:36,444 --> 00:23:39,566 She's a prickly pig specialty, right? -That. 275 00:23:40,069 --> 00:23:44,156 It's very nice. Something like a roe deer. -Venison? Oh, yes. 276 00:23:44,604 --> 00:23:47,365 Very strong taste, wild�. That. 277 00:23:47,978 --> 00:23:51,783 Is this respectable personality? It seems very important. 278 00:23:52,267 --> 00:23:54,390 Maybe he was once a warrior. 279 00:23:55,118 --> 00:23:59,460 That. - You can see it from the tattoos on the face. 280 00:23:59,971 --> 00:24:03,869 What is the biggest number the head someone cut off? 281 00:24:04,665 --> 00:24:09,521 I knew a man from Mona who had 66 heads. 282 00:24:11,070 --> 00:24:13,426 Oh... - He is no longer alive. 283 00:24:15,808 --> 00:24:19,003 I would say that this is still a former bounty hunter. 284 00:24:19,470 --> 00:24:22,863 One, two, three, four, five the head. He took off five heads. 285 00:24:23,325 --> 00:24:26,916 Does he remember the British? here? Did they look strange to him? 286 00:24:36,833 --> 00:24:39,946 He was afraid. He was afraid to talk. 287 00:24:40,514 --> 00:24:43,884 And he thought that white people have no blood in them. 288 00:24:52,001 --> 00:24:55,303 what is that? A tattoo? - Tattoo on the chest. 289 00:24:55,932 --> 00:24:59,078 what does that mean? Oh, it goes all the way down. 290 00:25:05,806 --> 00:25:09,282 There is a long history here. My stomach is very boring. 291 00:25:09,407 --> 00:25:11,706 Very boring. - No blood. 292 00:25:12,166 --> 00:25:14,514 No blood, yes. It's not pretty at all. 293 00:25:15,352 --> 00:25:17,352 Oh, that's right... 294 00:25:18,793 --> 00:25:22,470 I think you won. You won because of the decorations. 295 00:25:24,176 --> 00:25:28,056 Other traditional activities they take place away from the market. 296 00:25:28,851 --> 00:25:31,365 Is opium still smoked? 297 00:25:31,882 --> 00:25:36,187 That. Secretly, of course. - The authorities pretend not to notice? 298 00:25:36,873 --> 00:25:40,566 Not. They are very strict. That's forbidden. 299 00:25:42,068 --> 00:25:45,699 What would happen to him? catch him? - He would go to prison. 300 00:25:46,203 --> 00:25:51,488 Breeding has stopped, but they procure it secretly in Myanmar. 301 00:26:02,172 --> 00:26:05,059 How many times a day does he smoke opium? 302 00:26:05,496 --> 00:26:07,884 Three to four times a day. 303 00:26:38,506 --> 00:26:42,440 In the common house I find WW2 pilot's seat 304 00:26:42,984 --> 00:26:47,697 and an old book that indicates why anthropologists like to be here. 305 00:26:53,290 --> 00:26:55,680 Perfect food for a good night's sleep. 306 00:26:57,651 --> 00:27:01,819 The next morning I was invited to I visit Ang, the local elder, 307 00:27:01,944 --> 00:27:05,169 in a huge house made entirely from plants. 308 00:27:05,385 --> 00:27:09,939 I came to see the chief. Hello. Is he watching TV again? 309 00:27:11,140 --> 00:27:13,233 East Enders? 310 00:27:15,166 --> 00:27:20,344 Please let the chief tell me how much the village has changed over the years. 311 00:27:22,217 --> 00:27:27,396 They lived in fear... of people from other villages that attacked them. 312 00:27:30,110 --> 00:27:33,981 When it was built the church, when religion came, 313 00:27:35,338 --> 00:27:40,505 all that has stopped now they fear only one: God. 314 00:27:41,005 --> 00:27:43,033 How many children does he have? 315 00:27:47,816 --> 00:27:51,312 Five with the current queen... -Yes... 316 00:27:52,013 --> 00:27:54,743 And two with mistresses, so seven. 317 00:27:55,324 --> 00:27:58,158 And he has ten mistresses. - Ten mistresses? 318 00:27:59,096 --> 00:28:03,502 I wanted to ask if everyone is alive mistresses here with the king? 319 00:28:04,330 --> 00:28:07,443 They all live together in different rooms. 320 00:28:07,972 --> 00:28:12,480 Was it also in Kr��an times? allowed to have ten mistresses? 321 00:28:13,042 --> 00:28:18,674 That. It is not allowed, but it is still being done. - Oh... 322 00:28:19,255 --> 00:28:21,434 What other powers does it have? 323 00:28:22,105 --> 00:28:26,025 Convicts on the death penalty or imprisonment. 324 00:28:26,712 --> 00:28:29,093 Everything depends only on him. 325 00:28:29,658 --> 00:28:34,445 So, he decides whether he will someone to be executed or not? 326 00:28:39,379 --> 00:28:45,927 A person was sentenced to death which pioneered against the village. 327 00:28:46,084 --> 00:28:48,378 pioneered against the village? -That. 328 00:28:48,793 --> 00:28:52,393 She passed on certain secrets information to enemy villages 329 00:28:52,935 --> 00:28:56,913 so it is also tied thrown from the rock. - Oh... 330 00:29:02,542 --> 00:29:06,129 One of the big problems all the way across the Himalayas 331 00:29:06,691 --> 00:29:10,514 are state borders. It is always difficult to cross them. 332 00:29:11,043 --> 00:29:13,585 That is why it is wonderful to be in Myanmar 333 00:29:13,789 --> 00:29:17,173 and know that if I want to leave to India, I need to do... This. 334 00:29:17,774 --> 00:29:20,762 The top of the chieftainship the house goes along the border. 335 00:29:21,253 --> 00:29:23,882 That's how this leg is in Myanmar, and this one in India... 336 00:29:24,460 --> 00:29:26,584 Well, I am the real me international body. 337 00:29:27,127 --> 00:29:30,299 Here I am in India, I can jump to Myanmar, I can practice... 338 00:29:32,404 --> 00:29:34,697 Breasts in India, butt in Myanmar. 339 00:29:36,011 --> 00:29:38,379 I can work international exercises. 340 00:29:38,879 --> 00:29:43,354 If only all borders were like this in the world! Boom! 341 00:29:51,044 --> 00:29:53,054 We are leaving at the right moment. 342 00:29:53,608 --> 00:29:58,499 The rains are starting completely cut off these remote villages. 343 00:29:59,156 --> 00:30:04,085 Will this once become a hard surface road? 344 00:30:04,669 --> 00:30:08,142 That. We have a six-year-old plan. - Five-year plan? 345 00:30:09,810 --> 00:30:12,070 It is currently quite uneven. 346 00:30:12,914 --> 00:30:16,065 How much is here Strong Christianity? 347 00:30:17,032 --> 00:30:19,705 Now it's 99% Kranian population. 348 00:30:20,281 --> 00:30:24,971 Do you have 99% credit? Why were so many received by Christianity? 349 00:30:25,533 --> 00:30:29,099 Because of education. - Oh, okay. 350 00:30:29,684 --> 00:30:32,131 They came in contact with the outside world. 351 00:30:32,740 --> 00:30:35,738 Christian faith gives education? -That. 352 00:30:37,748 --> 00:30:42,989 In the Baptist Cathedral in Mon the voices of 2,500 Nagas are raised. 353 00:31:19,186 --> 00:31:23,036 Memories of home are surprising you in the most unexpected places. 354 00:31:23,570 --> 00:31:25,941 Church hymns in Mon are one, 355 00:31:26,421 --> 00:31:29,592 But something else more touching awaits me in Assam. 356 00:31:30,570 --> 00:31:34,630 Two powerful scenes from my childhood: steam locomotive 357 00:31:35,928 --> 00:31:38,360 and coal mine. 358 00:31:40,852 --> 00:31:44,734 The Tipong mine still exists from the twenties of the 20th century. 359 00:31:45,220 --> 00:31:49,373 Ba� as well as this locomotive. Not one nothing else seems real either. 360 00:32:17,507 --> 00:32:20,540 This may look like something between Apocalypse today 361 00:32:21,139 --> 00:32:23,978 and Thomas and friends, but this is one of the mines 362 00:32:24,457 --> 00:32:27,760 which make India the third producer of coal in the world. 363 00:32:28,539 --> 00:32:31,894 They even have a priest to bless the morning shift. 364 00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:44,020 I'm starting to understand What does it actually mean to receive a tic 365 00:32:44,610 --> 00:32:50,788 because behind me is a temple built above the entrance to the mine. 366 00:32:51,457 --> 00:32:55,714 It is the temple of Goddess Kali which is a great destroyer. 367 00:32:56,277 --> 00:33:01,416 That's why I can conclude that they are blessings here to propitiate 368 00:33:01,955 --> 00:33:05,595 the destroyer Kali u the name of people who go underground. 369 00:33:05,749 --> 00:33:07,896 They go deep underground. 370 00:33:08,437 --> 00:33:11,838 The mine extends in depth of three hundred meters below the temple. 371 00:33:16,019 --> 00:33:20,560 Assam is prone to earthquakes. It is a part known for earthquakes 372 00:33:21,168 --> 00:33:25,805 so I can conclude that the goddess of destruction needs to be propitiated. 373 00:33:28,889 --> 00:33:32,523 While the miners go down under country, I am received by Mr. Das, 374 00:33:32,789 --> 00:33:35,071 Chief engineer of Tipong. 375 00:33:35,572 --> 00:33:37,647 Security patrols keep an eye on us. 376 00:33:38,221 --> 00:33:41,794 Insurance, like security, is one of the hardest words here. 377 00:33:43,445 --> 00:33:47,329 Mr. Das would like to have one from new songs about security. 378 00:34:32,716 --> 00:34:36,381 The best song about safety which I heard. - They have to sing it. 379 00:34:36,635 --> 00:34:39,285 About security in the mine. - Safety in the mine. 380 00:34:39,740 --> 00:34:43,167 Those songs speak real music to everyone 381 00:34:43,606 --> 00:34:46,149 one single message. Safety first. 382 00:34:46,605 --> 00:34:50,924 Safety is not the price of production. - That could be a Eurovision hit! 383 00:34:54,775 --> 00:34:58,075 They sing: Safety first above all, safety above all. 384 00:34:58,511 --> 00:35:03,092 Always pay attention to the rules. They are there to keep us awake. 385 00:35:03,604 --> 00:35:07,867 Every movement is dangerous. If he respects the rules, he won't regret it. 386 00:35:08,377 --> 00:35:11,132 Safety first, safety above all. 387 00:35:13,468 --> 00:35:17,613 What is the economic justification running such a mine? 388 00:35:18,099 --> 00:35:22,667 Does it make a profit? - Private industries are oriented towards profit. 389 00:35:23,650 --> 00:35:27,241 We have other duties as well relate to coal storage, 390 00:35:27,819 --> 00:35:31,419 serving the community, the well-being of the community. 391 00:35:32,028 --> 00:35:35,865 That's why I don't think so we run this mine 392 00:35:36,379 --> 00:35:39,331 the same way you would it was run by a private company. 393 00:35:39,456 --> 00:35:43,053 Once the earnings presu�ila, they would leave this place 394 00:35:43,338 --> 00:35:46,086 leaving the people here in the dark. 395 00:35:50,821 --> 00:35:53,350 In addition to coal, there is also oil here. 396 00:35:54,296 --> 00:35:59,091 Digboi not only produces oil, there is already a museum about her. 397 00:36:01,790 --> 00:36:04,703 This is the first oil source in Asia. 398 00:36:05,237 --> 00:36:09,038 It was built here in 1889, around the time... 399 00:36:09,584 --> 00:36:13,066 This tower was built when Eiffel's. 400 00:36:13,650 --> 00:36:18,994 So this is one of the the first oil fields in the world? 401 00:36:19,607 --> 00:36:22,799 That. Coal was discovered in Margherita, a little further, 402 00:36:23,367 --> 00:36:25,566 and they built a railway. 403 00:36:26,126 --> 00:36:28,306 They used elephants, 404 00:36:28,477 --> 00:36:32,319 so one came back one evening with oil on your feet, 405 00:36:32,816 --> 00:36:35,669 and thus oil was discovered here. 406 00:36:36,277 --> 00:36:38,681 I understand. Yes, everything fits. 407 00:36:39,234 --> 00:36:43,780 When the Canadian drilling started the engineers were so excited, 408 00:36:43,905 --> 00:36:48,119 that they used to say, "Dig, boy (dig guys)!" because the springs were dug manually 409 00:36:48,244 --> 00:36:50,929 and thus the name Digboi was born. 410 00:36:51,413 --> 00:36:55,904 It's true or deep an entrenched legend? -Legend! 411 00:36:56,403 --> 00:37:00,228 This is excellent. - It's a BOC gas station. 412 00:37:00,833 --> 00:37:03,507 BOC? -That. Burma Oil Company. 413 00:37:04,356 --> 00:37:06,979 Hot and difficult morning at the station in Digboi. 414 00:37:07,468 --> 00:37:11,615 Thanks to both coal and oil, The railway here is more than 100 g. 415 00:37:12,097 --> 00:37:15,437 'Morning. one to Dibrugarh please. 416 00:37:18,855 --> 00:37:23,164 Thanks. 18 rupees. Very cheap. 417 00:37:24,172 --> 00:37:28,464 18 rupees. That's about... About 25 pence. 418 00:37:40,853 --> 00:37:42,952 I apologize. 419 00:37:48,505 --> 00:37:50,877 Mine is next select the city of Dibrugah 420 00:37:51,392 --> 00:37:53,610 in the fertile valley of the Brahmaputra. 421 00:37:53,818 --> 00:37:57,772 Here is 1823. �kot Robert Bruce discovered the wild hyacinth plants. 422 00:37:58,325 --> 00:38:03,030 Half of India's rice is cultivated in the manicured gardens of Assam. 423 00:38:09,167 --> 00:38:12,748 This is the first place in the world where elephants are trained for work. 424 00:38:13,255 --> 00:38:15,982 They have much less work today. 425 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:22,798 Elephant chasers, called mahouts, face a loss of income, 426 00:38:23,277 --> 00:38:26,554 and their elephants with an uncertain future. 427 00:38:38,007 --> 00:38:41,285 Manosh Jalan Owner is a planta�e who loves elephants 428 00:38:41,797 --> 00:38:45,215 and claims that they are best helped can see his property. 429 00:38:48,552 --> 00:38:53,368 What now, when the mind is remembered less and there is no demand for elephants? 430 00:38:53,913 --> 00:38:57,288 Can I find a job? or do they lose their jobs? 431 00:38:57,881 --> 00:39:00,392 Elephants work and various other jobs. 432 00:39:01,309 --> 00:39:05,879 They eat bamboo. They don't have to drag logs. 433 00:39:07,172 --> 00:39:10,907 Do elephants like to work? Do they adapt to discipline? 434 00:39:11,418 --> 00:39:14,783 Yes, they are very helpful. - Service? 435 00:39:15,302 --> 00:39:17,460 Very helpful. 436 00:39:22,148 --> 00:39:25,190 Sometimes it works as if they were disobedient! 437 00:39:25,894 --> 00:39:31,682 As with all wild animals, there is always an element of uncertainty. 438 00:39:33,807 --> 00:39:36,004 Can you do anything? 439 00:39:36,578 --> 00:39:39,877 Of the twenty words which use to control the elephant, 440 00:39:40,399 --> 00:39:42,822 is one valid from them when they are disobedient? 441 00:39:43,368 --> 00:39:46,017 No, none. Just pray 442 00:39:46,587 --> 00:39:50,744 and hope you will survive and the elephant stops by itself. 443 00:39:54,124 --> 00:39:57,556 When I got used to it, that's it I forgot that I was on an elephant. 444 00:39:58,039 --> 00:40:01,131 It's more like I'm on to the gently rocking ship. 445 00:40:05,328 --> 00:40:07,814 �aj is today in Assam is more than a way of life. 446 00:40:08,236 --> 00:40:10,744 It is completely traditional. 447 00:40:11,201 --> 00:40:14,221 Occasional employment comes from the same family. 448 00:40:14,673 --> 00:40:17,890 Generally, from one families work husband and wife 449 00:40:18,376 --> 00:40:22,255 and if they retire, he gets the job child and the tradition continues. 450 00:40:22,803 --> 00:40:26,489 Do you expect that your son or daughter do this business? 451 00:40:26,907 --> 00:40:29,932 I think so he will not be able to escape. 452 00:40:33,935 --> 00:40:35,972 Very nice. Okay... 453 00:40:39,075 --> 00:40:43,177 After two hours swings, I'm glad to dismount. 454 00:40:43,679 --> 00:40:45,912 There is no elegant way to do this! 455 00:40:49,890 --> 00:40:52,584 This is obviously a relief for the elephant as well. 456 00:41:00,128 --> 00:41:02,881 We are still very close to the Himalayas. 457 00:41:03,409 --> 00:41:07,526 Does that make Assam strong different from the rest of India? 458 00:41:07,961 --> 00:41:10,721 If you observe Northeast India as a whole, 459 00:41:11,252 --> 00:41:16,857 about 98% of its borders it is with foreign countries. 460 00:41:17,265 --> 00:41:22,002 It is associated with India with only 2%. -That. With a narrow belt... 461 00:41:22,451 --> 00:41:24,465 So they are all... 462 00:41:25,276 --> 00:41:30,581 All borders are north-eastern the provinces are international. 463 00:41:31,065 --> 00:41:36,383 We have Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh�, Tibet and so on. 464 00:41:36,919 --> 00:41:42,967 The Himalayas separate the two huge countries - China and India. 465 00:41:43,390 --> 00:41:45,994 You think that among them can there be understanding? 466 00:41:46,462 --> 00:41:49,678 Mountains are not an obstacle, but look. 467 00:41:51,376 --> 00:41:57,463 Views are different here in Assam where Hong Kong is closer than Delhi 468 00:41:57,912 --> 00:42:01,906 and China is seen as less of a threat, and more as an opportunity for trade. 469 00:42:04,718 --> 00:42:08,615 Brahmaputra, which springs thousands of kilometers away in Tibet, 470 00:42:09,112 --> 00:42:13,751 It flows from the Himalayas, creates fertile corridor dividing Assam. 471 00:42:15,462 --> 00:42:19,727 Crowded, folded scaffolding, they start from closed docks. 472 00:42:20,344 --> 00:42:22,447 Nothing is permanent. 473 00:42:22,718 --> 00:42:25,843 Brahmaputra is mighty river, right? -That. 474 00:42:26,321 --> 00:42:29,495 This is just a small one arm of the Brahmaputra. -This? 475 00:42:29,731 --> 00:42:32,043 That. There are more backwaters. - A small backwater? 476 00:42:32,377 --> 00:42:35,221 That. One small backwater. - The distance is certainly 800 meters. 477 00:42:35,628 --> 00:42:39,433 It is in some places Four, five kilometers wide. 478 00:42:39,902 --> 00:42:42,145 Where does the name Brahmaputra come from? 479 00:42:42,632 --> 00:42:46,032 Brahmaputra means Brahma's son. Brahma is the creator. 480 00:42:46,465 --> 00:42:49,804 This is the only male river in India. 481 00:42:50,411 --> 00:42:54,737 He looks calm and quiet now, but he is during the monsoon it is completely different. 482 00:42:55,294 --> 00:42:59,115 I was lucky to sail Brahmaputra with Maan Baruja, 483 00:42:59,557 --> 00:43:02,655 At the age of twenty mobile encyclopedia. 484 00:43:02,855 --> 00:43:05,953 Tell me something about Majuli, the island we are going to. 485 00:43:06,262 --> 00:43:10,863 The main thing on the island is big number of monasteries dedicated to Vi�nu 486 00:43:11,210 --> 00:43:13,374 which we call hatra or satra. 487 00:43:13,811 --> 00:43:17,200 They are important for Assam because they are 400 years old 488 00:43:17,664 --> 00:43:21,082 and represent institutions art, culture, dance... 489 00:43:21,519 --> 00:43:24,061 Monks who do not marry live there. 490 00:43:26,199 --> 00:43:28,881 Majuli is the biggest river island in the world. 491 00:43:29,318 --> 00:43:32,767 With its 650 square meters kilometers of flat, fertile mud. 492 00:43:34,047 --> 00:43:36,540 The arrival of the saint from 16th century, Ankadiva, 493 00:43:36,950 --> 00:43:40,055 He left it here and significant religious traces. 494 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:46,337 This monastery dedicated Vi�nu is known for music and dance. 495 00:43:59,535 --> 00:44:01,813 Extremely fluid movements. 496 00:44:02,002 --> 00:44:04,965 What time is it is it necessary to learn something like this? 497 00:44:05,233 --> 00:44:07,773 At least five years. - At least five years. 498 00:44:08,084 --> 00:44:11,285 At least five years since day when someone comes here? 499 00:44:43,855 --> 00:44:48,742 At five or six years old boys a laborious and painful process begins 500 00:44:49,285 --> 00:44:52,562 Lessons sixty-four classical dance poses. 501 00:45:00,052 --> 00:45:04,511 I have 5 minutes to adopt classic Assamese drum-car. 502 00:45:05,167 --> 00:45:09,875 My teacher Dulal has 41 years. He has been here for 35 years. 503 00:45:10,610 --> 00:45:15,118 This is called beuan. Beuan means left side. 504 00:45:15,637 --> 00:45:17,914 At the beginning you have three sounds. 505 00:45:18,565 --> 00:45:22,905 It's the first round... Down, down... 506 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:26,818 Here are two more different ones sound. See? - I can get them. 507 00:45:27,226 --> 00:45:31,532 This is the one. THIS. This. - This one seems to work for me. 508 00:45:32,017 --> 00:45:36,447 You will easily breathe here and that will be it. 509 00:45:37,314 --> 00:45:39,673 All right? - Go on. 510 00:45:40,175 --> 00:45:42,406 I can't even get sound. 511 00:45:42,808 --> 00:45:45,527 All right. Good... 512 00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,938 Now you play. - I already have a concert? 513 00:46:23,137 --> 00:46:25,198 It has that resonance… 514 00:46:30,434 --> 00:46:32,469 See... 515 00:46:48,133 --> 00:46:51,245 Just... simple I have no coordination. 516 00:46:51,652 --> 00:46:55,632 �that they give you with Six years? Like this, just a little one? 517 00:46:56,021 --> 00:46:59,373 No, the same one. -Really? Same size? -That. 518 00:47:05,075 --> 00:47:07,864 This is my entire repertoire. 519 00:47:09,406 --> 00:47:12,527 There is none in Satra electricity or running water. 520 00:47:12,993 --> 00:47:16,738 Vegetarian food preparation using proven methods. 521 00:47:18,940 --> 00:47:22,635 Daily life here is completely pre-industrial. 522 00:47:32,853 --> 00:47:35,923 They are monks accepted a strict vow of the same 523 00:47:36,364 --> 00:47:39,980 Even the simplest tasks followed by basic ritual washing. 524 00:48:00,323 --> 00:48:02,775 Wash your hands and the floor. 525 00:48:03,228 --> 00:48:08,064 It is very important, right? That with �isto�? 526 00:48:08,606 --> 00:48:13,317 That. - Because I am unclean, and you are washed. 527 00:48:13,711 --> 00:48:18,046 That's why you must not touch nothing wrong with me. 528 00:48:18,545 --> 00:48:22,977 And if you touch me now, you will have to wash again, right? 529 00:48:23,491 --> 00:48:25,576 Yes, yes... 530 00:48:26,192 --> 00:48:32,242 How long have you lived in the monastery? - In this monastery, nine years. 531 00:48:32,677 --> 00:48:35,860 Nine years. And Lilaram? - Sixteen, seventeen years old. 532 00:48:36,238 --> 00:48:40,259 So, he was yours lead�. He helped you. -That. 533 00:48:40,702 --> 00:48:44,691 I am very happy here. And there are other monks I meet. 534 00:48:45,255 --> 00:48:49,776 Other monks... love, kisses. -Lots of love? 535 00:48:50,180 --> 00:48:52,217 That. - Kisses? 536 00:48:52,679 --> 00:48:56,865 Do you think you will stay? here for the rest of my life? 537 00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:00,654 Yes, I think so. - How old are you now? 538 00:49:01,102 --> 00:49:04,938 I'm seventeen now. - And you think you will stay here? 539 00:49:05,408 --> 00:49:09,822 Yes, I think I will stay. -Really? - I really mean it. 540 00:49:10,228 --> 00:49:12,988 Can you get married and stay in the monastery? 541 00:49:13,553 --> 00:49:18,841 If I get married, I'm leaving here. There is no marriage in the monastery. 542 00:49:19,110 --> 00:49:21,397 No, no. You must live celibately. 543 00:49:21,615 --> 00:49:24,642 There is no sex, we are monks. - No sex here. 544 00:49:26,834 --> 00:49:29,059 There is a woman on the island of Majula... 545 00:49:29,485 --> 00:49:32,444 and some are included in quite bizarre actions. 546 00:49:33,537 --> 00:49:38,091 These ladies are fishing, but not by conventional methods. 547 00:49:38,576 --> 00:49:41,479 When they catch fish in your wicked jugs, 548 00:49:41,905 --> 00:49:44,446 insert them through your cleavage. 549 00:49:52,573 --> 00:49:55,613 I always said yes he can see more on the bike. 550 00:50:02,747 --> 00:50:06,584 The next day in the morning they start preparations for a rare event. 551 00:50:07,068 --> 00:50:10,173 The monks agreed show us a clip from Rasa Lila, 552 00:50:10,629 --> 00:50:14,080 story that under normal conditions performed once a year. 553 00:50:15,616 --> 00:50:20,161 Details of makeup and costumes they must be as precise as the execution. 554 00:50:25,387 --> 00:50:28,547 Most will monks to play milkmaids. 555 00:50:32,947 --> 00:50:35,990 These two obviously they are not ordinary transvestites. 556 00:50:55,586 --> 00:50:59,221 One of my hosts at In yesterday's show, she plays Kri�na. 557 00:51:02,478 --> 00:51:06,441 Cri�na is Vi�nu u somewhat seductive incarnation. 558 00:51:06,959 --> 00:51:10,995 When it appears, all milkmaids fall hopelessly in love with him. 559 00:52:02,710 --> 00:52:06,172 This is a monastery a truly exceptional place. 560 00:52:06,845 --> 00:52:10,900 Partly because of this overgrown the atmosphere of an Oxbridge college. 561 00:52:11,405 --> 00:52:14,304 They really create works of great skill and beauty. 562 00:52:14,819 --> 00:52:19,168 And the people are very pleasant. Equally we are interested in them as they are in us. 563 00:52:19,701 --> 00:52:24,243 In addition, this is an oasis of peace on this confused journey. 564 00:52:24,892 --> 00:52:28,222 This really slows down the pace of life. 565 00:52:29,093 --> 00:52:31,819 I think he likes it let go for a while. 566 00:52:46,538 --> 00:52:50,230 The next day, Maan offers to take me to Kaziranga National Park, 567 00:52:50,742 --> 00:52:53,831 where he grew up and where his father still lives. 568 00:52:54,632 --> 00:52:58,356 Majuli certainly has a profound impact. 569 00:52:58,845 --> 00:53:00,886 It calms us down. - It's very quiet. 570 00:53:01,366 --> 00:53:03,630 Very calm, no rush. 571 00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:08,885 And now let's go to Kaziranga, is that right? Is it very different? 572 00:53:09,388 --> 00:53:13,347 It was created by drifts Brahmaputra, alluvial deposits. 573 00:53:13,831 --> 00:53:17,590 A hundred years of protection led is to restore grass fields 574 00:53:17,867 --> 00:53:21,653 and now we have the largest population one-horned rhinoceros in the world, 575 00:53:22,374 --> 00:53:24,913 wild aquatic buffalo and swamp deer. 576 00:53:25,493 --> 00:53:29,203 How come you are grown up in Kaziranga? 577 00:53:29,910 --> 00:53:33,400 It's always my father's interested in nature protection 578 00:53:33,855 --> 00:53:36,505 so he started a small project in Kaziranga. 579 00:53:36,630 --> 00:53:38,630 It is very unconventional 580 00:53:38,953 --> 00:53:42,418 so he thought he could give it to me better education than school. 581 00:53:44,554 --> 00:53:46,943 It worked for him. - I don't know. 582 00:53:47,541 --> 00:53:53,076 Is there something you don't know? Maybe middle age Petula Clark. 583 00:53:54,795 --> 00:53:57,452 See? I found it immediately. 584 00:53:59,386 --> 00:54:03,797 Upon arrival in Kaziranga, we find gold on the first safari. 585 00:54:04,279 --> 00:54:08,444 The long-horned rhinoceros, which saved this park from extinction. 586 00:54:09,010 --> 00:54:11,800 First close encounter with a rhinoceros. 587 00:54:16,606 --> 00:54:21,330 Manju, your son was ours a real source of information and knowledge 588 00:54:21,928 --> 00:54:24,251 on this trip so far. 589 00:54:24,779 --> 00:54:26,884 What kind of education does he have? 590 00:54:27,414 --> 00:54:29,943 If he went to school, it would waste a lot of time. 591 00:54:30,477 --> 00:54:33,970 It is about two in school hours, which can also be done at home. 592 00:54:34,483 --> 00:54:39,401 But the journey to school and back continues Six hours for those two hours of study. 593 00:54:40,637 --> 00:54:44,156 Maan's father Manju runs the best hotel in Kaziranga, 594 00:54:44,621 --> 00:54:47,742 but it's the sixties was a radical Marxist. 595 00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:51,910 when you are young think: Change the world. 596 00:54:53,109 --> 00:54:56,650 Every young man wants revolution, to change the world. 597 00:54:57,383 --> 00:55:01,380 After some time, he got married and says: I'm going to change my wife. 598 00:55:02,639 --> 00:55:05,502 Then you start thinking: I'm going to change my son. 599 00:55:05,834 --> 00:55:08,518 And finally think: I'm going to change myself. 600 00:55:08,817 --> 00:55:12,426 My wife and son don't listen to me so I can change myself. 601 00:55:15,448 --> 00:55:18,508 Manju has changed, since communist to �guardian of nature 602 00:55:19,010 --> 00:55:22,399 which organizes the elephant festival, Whose second year is this? 603 00:55:25,507 --> 00:55:28,852 The organizers hope that it will remove prejudices about elephants, 604 00:55:29,328 --> 00:55:32,760 which many see as destructive a threat to their lives. 605 00:55:48,544 --> 00:55:52,676 The message is that people don't need it to see elephants as enemies 606 00:55:53,174 --> 00:55:56,417 than as a being which we are obliged to protect. 607 00:55:57,010 --> 00:56:00,307 Who can hate An animal that plays football? 608 00:56:15,069 --> 00:56:18,200 Elephants are not natural football players, we have to admit that. 609 00:56:21,661 --> 00:56:23,912 This is more like chaos in rugby. 610 00:56:40,464 --> 00:56:44,017 And just in case there is doubts about who is stronger, 611 00:56:44,593 --> 00:56:49,255 elephant fights tourists, trainers, local politicians 612 00:56:49,739 --> 00:56:52,406 and the entire organizing committee. 613 00:56:52,889 --> 00:56:56,140 With applause and the disgruntled thunder of the elephant, 614 00:56:56,592 --> 00:56:59,575 He pulls us all out of the arena. 615 00:57:02,862 --> 00:57:05,760 Weak! I think it's weakening! - Yes, that's right! 616 00:57:12,749 --> 00:57:15,684 And at the end of the day, when all points are finished, 617 00:57:15,835 --> 00:57:18,383 I have a rare opportunity get close to the elephants, 618 00:57:18,508 --> 00:57:21,048 but not in our way, but on their terms. 619 00:57:21,173 --> 00:57:25,389 They have some sweat glands, so must be cooled. That is very important. 620 00:57:26,081 --> 00:57:29,202 How many times do they have to go in the water during the day? 621 00:57:29,637 --> 00:57:33,010 At least once. - I'm not sure about this. 622 00:57:34,375 --> 00:57:38,682 Underwater tusks. Good tusks. 623 00:57:40,381 --> 00:57:44,583 Don't they need soap or something? That's right... 624 00:57:46,861 --> 00:57:50,381 It takes a lot washing, right? So... 625 00:57:52,123 --> 00:57:54,712 This one here has fifty five years. -How much? 626 00:57:55,641 --> 00:57:58,493 Fifty five. -Fifty five? Then he is younger than me. 627 00:58:00,896 --> 00:58:05,349 This is rare and wonderful a chance to make an elephant happy. 628 00:58:06,033 --> 00:58:09,765 Who knows, maybe he will in the next one I want to be a TV host. 629 00:58:10,318 --> 00:58:12,893 It was very nice to wash you. 630 00:58:14,237 --> 00:58:16,370 Does he feel better? 631 00:58:19,598 --> 00:58:21,832 Understand it as if. 632 00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:24,966 In the next episode of the Himalayas. 633 00:58:25,419 --> 00:58:28,676 I am in the kingdom Bhutan and I'm looking for hidden valleys, 634 00:58:29,178 --> 00:58:31,612 by the height of the poet, 635 00:58:32,098 --> 00:58:36,991 I pray for safety and watch a dance like I've never seen before. 636 00:58:37,616 --> 00:58:42,532 I'm looking at pictures the size of houses and Bhutanese-style archery. 637 00:58:43,248 --> 00:58:45,556 I am crossing the border of Bangladesh, 638 00:58:46,152 --> 00:58:48,558 I'm running into Dhaka traffic, 639 00:58:49,044 --> 00:58:53,812 I meet friends on the scaffolding and I follow the rivers until they reach the sea. 640 00:58:54,402 --> 00:58:57,151 Himalaya - the best way to get high. 641 00:58:57,351 --> 00:59:02,799 Processing: ZKARLOV 642 00:59:05,799 --> 00:59:09,799 Taken from www.titlovi.com 643 00:59:10,305 --> 01:00:10,286 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/48eec Help other users choose the best subtitles