Brahmaputra - Tiziana and Gianni Baldizzone
tales from the river - Tibet-India-Bangladesh
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Tsangpo, Brahmaputra, Jamuna: three names for a single river. Tibet, India, Bangladesh: three nations, one river. Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam: three beliefs, one river.
A mythical spring, born in the ice of one of the most sacred regions in the world. A vast torrent of water, crossing some of the most inhospitable regions on earth during its journey of almost three tousand kilometres. A question which haunted 19th century geographers - the Tsangpo of Tibet and the Brahmaputra of India - one single river or two different ones? Ancient maps show a rather fanciful course of the Brahmaputra, the result of legends and stories brought back by travellers, due to a lack of precise information.
A "Big River" as indicated by its Tibetan name. A mysterious river, full of history. A river which has a thousand things to us about the men who came to search for it and who discovered it. The trials which they endured. The pilgrims who cleanse themselves in its waters. Quarelling gods on its banks. Tribal savages and pioneers of...
A mythical spring, born in the ice of one of the most sacred regions in the world. A vast torrent of water, crossing some of the most inhospitable regions on earth during its journey of almost three tousand kilometres. A question which haunted 19th century geographers - the Tsangpo of Tibet and the Brahmaputra of India - one single river or two different ones? Ancient maps show a rather fanciful course of the Brahmaputra, the result of legends and stories brought back by travellers, due to a lack of precise information.
A "Big River" as indicated by its Tibetan name. A mysterious river, full of history. A river which has a thousand things to us about the men who came to search for it and who discovered it. The trials which they endured. The pilgrims who cleanse themselves in its waters. Quarelling gods on its banks. Tribal savages and pioneers of...
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