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Voices from Chowra
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A film commissioned to document the Pig Festival and its role in the life of the Nicobarese community in Chowra. This is a ongoing project.
Client: ANTRI/AAJVS/DTW
Direction/Camera: Anirban Dutta Gupta
Format: HD PAL (Canon C300)
Date: 2014 (Ongoing)
The Pig Festival or Panhua Note celebrated by the Nicobarese community on Chowra island is a important event in the calendar of the Island. It highlights the unique cooperation and collaboration culture of this community in one of the remotest and smallest island in the Andaman & Nicobar chain. This film intends to explore and understand the story behind the Pig Festival. This is a ongoing project.

Coastline

Portrait of Chowra Islander

Agamid lizard

Coastline

Sunset

Beach

Nyi Hupul

Listening to the interview

Listening to the interview

Chowra

Canoe on the coast

Nighttime interview

Selfie with David Foster

From top of the lighthouse

Coast

Coastline panorama

Timelapse

Manish, David and Ebenezer

Dead tree roots

Beach destroyed by tsunami

Coconut grove

Sign

Village Panorama

The main ground with church
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