Documentary series. In a demanding and emotional journey, Kate Humble travels with the Raute, Nepal's very last nomadic community of just 140 hunter-gatherers.
In this first episode, Kate travels to south west Nepal in search of the country's last community of nomads, the Raute people. Almost all of the Raute population has already settled in Nepal and India - just one group of 140 people remain living as nomads. These hunter-gatherers still move camp every few weeks through the steeply wooded hills and mountains in one of the poorest countries on the planet. Life for this last Raute group is increasingly tough, as they face pressure to settle from Nepal's government and hostility from the farmers on whose land they camp.
The Raute are famously private, and it proves a difficult task for Kate to get to know them. At the beginning they are wary, only engaging with her to ask for money. With perseverance and a rather unlikely rendition of Old MacDonald, Kate is slowly accepted into this tightly knit and proud community. But it's a demanding and emotional journey as she witnesses them move ever further from their ancient traditions and encounters first hand the hostility that the Raute face from mainstream Nepali society. As she helps them move camp twice, bearing heavy loads up punishingly steep hills, she comes face to face - and almost fist to fist - with the conflicts and contradictions facing Nepal's last nomads.
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Unsettled Camp
Duration: 06:13
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kate Humble |
Series Producer | Alexis Girardet |
Director | Alexis Girardet |
Executive Producer | Lucy Carter |
Production Company | Indus Films |
Broadcasts
- Fri 5 Jun 2015 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland & Wales
- Sat 6 Jun 2015 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland & Wales only
- Thu 11 Jun 2015 23:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Thu 11 Jun 2015 23:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland
- Thu 25 Jun 2015 00:20
- Tue 22 Jan 2019 21:00
- Wed 23 Jan 2019 02:55