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Keywords:
discovery, Fishing


Producer(s): POINT DU JOUR

Length:  1x12

Format:  One-off

Original version: French

Versions available: French / International

Nationality: France

Year: 1998

Rights: tv worldwide

Support(s):  SD – Digital 4/3 , SD - Beta SP

ETHIOPIA: CHAMO AND THE FORTY FISHERMEN

Director(s): Frederic TONOLLI – Writer(s): Frédéric TONOLLI   Contact Contact   Download Print page

Workou and Tasfaï are fishermen. They are terrified of crocodiles of Lake Chamo. Nevertheless , each morning they set out in their frail rafts made of logs and roped together with creepers. A special delicacy lurks in the lake’s perilous waters : the Nile perch. A fish that can weigh up to 220 pounds and would bring a fortune to the daring fisherman who catches one. That’s all the incentive needed for the men to spend whole days and weeks braving the crocodiles of Lake Chamo, at the foot of the « Mountains of Paradise »
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