Yarsagumbu, l'or de l'Himalaya (movie)
- Production country: France
- Producer: Eric Valli
- Production companies: Kwanza
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 9/29/2011
- Run time: 52 min.
Movie 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.