The end of Planet Fidhle
So here I am again. This is sadly the last programme in the series. After many years, the Fidhle tribe is moving on from its settlement here on the island of Taransay. This is not being spoken about openly in the tribe, but various signs and symbols are evident in their [...]
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The end of Planet Fidhle?
Planet Fidhle (David Attenborough 1 – Taransay 2006)
Planet Fidhle
(David Attenborough 1 – Taransay 2006)
And so here we are among the remote community of Tar-nan-say – a tribe of fidhlers so primitive that they still communicate using carved pieces of wood attached to their chins. We have an example here – (shows a fiddle)
In order to communicate, they scrape lumps of horse hair [...]
Planet Fidhle (David Attenborough 2 – Taransay 2007)
Planet Fidhle
(David Attenborough 2 – Taransay 2007)
So here we are again on the remote island of Taransay with the Tar-an-say Fidhlers.
This year we have observed some of their secret ceremonies.
A-lek is the elder of the stove ceremony. Here he tries to capture the elusive “fire” and does the “ray-king” of the stove, using a long [...]
