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Talom| 27mins
Director: Ismaiel Ramazani | Producer: Ismaiel Ramazani
Focus Years: 2011 | Country: Iran, (IR)
Subject Tags: belief, creativity, culture, iran, livelihood, religion
Quality Tags: Optimistic, Slow, Activating, Harmonizing
Synopsis:
The documentary tells the story of a ceremony, which is hold in the villages of Shahrod. When the rain ceases to fall for a long time, the children of Khankhodi and Hasan Abad village will make a doll out of colorful clothes. The doll, named Talom, will be moved from house to house while the children chant prayers for the rain. The children will be offered flour at each house, which will later be used for making bread loaves. A marble is hidden in one of the bread loaves. When the bread loaves are distributed among the children, the child that gets the marble will be assigned the task of praying for rain in privacy.
Talom | 27mins

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