In the Language of Cowbells / Straw Coffin

Movie
TitleKolompok nyelvén - Gyékénykoporsó
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Release dateNov 5, 2015
GenreDocumentary
DirectorDezső Zsigmond
Production countryHungary
Run time26 min.

The fields of Eastern Hungary were once grazed by large herds of cows. However, the chime of cowbells turned into the sound of funeral bells, as these large herds disappeared from small villages. Bálint Balla, one of the last of the local cow farmers, bid farewell to his herd then made a coffin for himself out of rushes and willow branches.

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