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Honey Hunters of Nepal
Book by Valli, Eric, Summers, Diane
104 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1988
About the author
Eric Valli
22 books4 followersÉric Valli is a French photographer and film director.
Valli specializes in mountain scenery and is an expert on the Himalaya Mountains. In 1999 he directed the adventure film Caravan about survival in the Himalayas starring Thinle Lhondup, which became the first Nepalese film to be nominated for a Best Foreign Film Award at the Oscars.
Valli has also shot a documentary with Diane Summers on the honey hunters of Nepal documenting honey hunting by the Gurung tribesmen of west-central Nepal. In it, they enter the jungle in search of wild honey where they use indigenous tools under precarious conditions to collect honey.
Valli has received three World Press Awards for his work Chasseurs de Miel (1988), Chasseurs des Ténèbres (1991) and Les enfants de la poussière (1991).
Valli specializes in mountain scenery and is an expert on the Himalaya Mountains. In 1999 he directed the adventure film Caravan about survival in the Himalayas starring Thinle Lhondup, which became the first Nepalese film to be nominated for a Best Foreign Film Award at the Oscars.
Valli has also shot a documentary with Diane Summers on the honey hunters of Nepal documenting honey hunting by the Gurung tribesmen of west-central Nepal. In it, they enter the jungle in search of wild honey where they use indigenous tools under precarious conditions to collect honey.
Valli has received three World Press Awards for his work Chasseurs de Miel (1988), Chasseurs des Ténèbres (1991) and Les enfants de la poussière (1991).
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April 13, 2013
Beloved picture book from my country. I don't think the tribe exists anymore.
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