Official Synopsis
On the windswept plains of the Hungarian Puszta, female livestock keepers continue generations-old traditions of grazing sheep, cattle, and goats across alkaline grasslands. In this intimate observational documentary, women herders share their daily routines, seasonal struggles, and pride in traditional animal husbandry, demonstrating that pastoral knowledge in Central Europe is sustained just as vigorously by women as by men.
Biography
Filmmaker(s): Nikolett Csányi
Nikolett Csányi is a Hungarian visual anthropologist and ethnographer whose research and documentary films explore rural traditions, gender dynamics, and traditional ecological knowledge among pastoralist communities in Central and Eastern Europe.
Related Academic Publication
Sáfiánné, I. et al..
(2024).
It’s not Merely a Struggle, the Way We Live, it’s Wonderful, too! The Changing Life and Role of Women Herders in the Last 120 Years in Hungary.
Martor: The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology Review
, 29
, 181–204.
https://doi.org/10.57225/martor.2024.29.12
