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Eric Valli

Yarsagumbu, l'or de l'Himalaya

  • Documentary
RELEASE

2011-09-29

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

52 min

Description

Every spring, tens of thousands of men, women and children leave their villages for a dangerous trek to the high Himalaya to collect Yarsagumbu, a mysterious transmutation between plant and insect. Used in Chinese medicine, it is worth up to 60 000 USD a kilo, more than gold.