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Standing on Sacred Ground, Bullfrog Films presents a Sacred Land Film Project ; produced and directed by Christopher McLeod ; written and co-produced by Jennifer Huang ; a co-production of Pacific Islanders in Communications, Vision Maker Media and Sacred Land Film Project

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Standing on Sacred Ground

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Bullfrog Films presents a Sacred Land Film Project ; produced and directed by Christopher McLeod ; written and co-produced by Jennifer Huang ; a co-production of Pacific Islanders in Communications, Vision Maker Media and Sacred Land Film Project

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"From Ethiopia to Peru, indigenous customs protect biodiversity on sacred lands under pressure from religious conflicts and climate change. In the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia, scientists confirm the benefits of traditional stewardship even as elders witness the decline of spiritual practices that have long protected trees, meadows and mountains. Tensions with evangelical Christians over a sacred meadow erupt into a riot. In the Peruvian Andes, the Q'eros, on a pilgrimage to a revered glacier, are driven from their ritual site by intolerant Catholics. Q'eros potato farmers face a more ominous foe: global warming is melting glaciers, their water source. Andes farmers, scientists and visiting Ethiopians struggle to adapt indigenous agriculture to the changing climate"-- http://standingonsacredground.org/learn-more/synopses (as viewed on April 11, 2014)

Places of connection and spirituality -- Gamo's Masqala fertility ceremony -- Natural law called woga -- Ritual sacrifice -- Orthodox vs. evangelical -- The attack on tradition -- The Christians have come to take Dorbo -- Sacred sites protect biodiversity -- Elders lament -- From Ethiopia to Peru -- Pilgrimage to Qoyllur Rit'i -- Changes in Pachamama -- Climate change and Q'eros potatoes -- Coca ceremony -- The glacier is thinking of disappearing -- Despacho offering interrupted -- The potato park -- Nature flourishes where culture thrives -- CreditsIndividual stories. Gamo highlands of Ethiopia (29 min.) -- Andes of Peru (29 min.)

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