Theater Vrijburcht Jan Olphert Vaillantlaan 143 1086 XZ Amsterdam (IJburg) Thursday 6 June 2019 At 20.30 hrs We are very honoured to have been given the opportunity to the screening of this very special documentary in Amsterdam. For that, we …
Documentary Tánana at 6 June in Vrijburcht (IJburg Amsterdam) Lees meer ›
What does the landscape look like? Paint with water. Watercolor of the MaakLab (primary school groups 4, 5, 6 & 7). Reading tip: Episode 1. Yahgan-sha
With thirty three neighbours and friends we had a very interesting afternoon with the screening of Tánana and aftertalk in the neighbourhood center De Eester. Tánana: meaning ready to set sail in the Yahgan language, is about the return of …
On Sunday, 25th November 2018 at 2:00 pm, we will exhibit the documentary Tánana – ready to set sail. Buurtcoöperatie De Eester, C. van Eesterenlaan 266, Amsterdam (East). We are very honoured to have been given the opportunity to the …
Sisoi is visiting his grandmother. Not far from grandma’s hut are killer whales (orcas) swimming. Grandma gets up and walks on the beach for a while. “What does grandma do?” Sisoi asks his parents. Gaméla turns her head briskly. Shhh, …
They have collected new stones, found in the far west, called flints, to light the fire. Gaméla, Sisoi and their parents navigate in their canoe along several glaciers. The ice creaks and cracks terrifyingly. They see impressive icebergs. And suddenly… …
After several days of traveling, they see an abandoned hut on the coast. That’s the location they choose. The hut is situated between two huge piles of empty mussel shells. Father and Sisoi pull their canoe very close to it …
(Another story based on the Yahgan mythology about heaven and earth) Gaméla never gets tired of hearing some old stories. Others terrify her. She has only listened to the myth about the older Sun-man once. She will never forget it. …
(A story based on the Yahgan mythology about heaven and earth) Gaméla rubs the sleep from her eyes. She sees her little brother still lying near the fire. Her parents are already awake. “Where are we again?”, she asks herself, …
(Continuation of part 6. The canoe in danger) The icy water still flows inward. Sisoi and Gaméla concentrate on removing the water from the canoe, as the fire may not be extinguished. Their father has finished fishing and now he …
Imagine: six thousand years ago. That’s a way back, isn’t it? Maybe six hundred times your age, or a hundred times that of your grandmother’s. At that time there were already people living in canoes among the numerous islands of …
The Infinite Stories have started! The first episodes talk about Gaméla and her brother Sisoi. They live in canoes on the waters of Tierra del Fuego together with their parents. The life of the family resembles that of the Yahgan, …