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Qudad reinventing a tradition
Title
Qudad [electronic resource] : reinventing a tradition / Anonymous Productions presents ; a film by Caterina Borelli ; directed and produced by Caterina Borelli.
Published
Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, c2003.
Physical Description
1 streaming video (ca. 58 min.)
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Notes
Dates vary on container & disc label (2004, 2005).
History of the building and its preservation published in the book: The 'Amiriya in Rada by Selma al-Radi. Oxford University Press, 1997.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
In English and Arabic with English subtitles.
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Summary
The conservation team of one of the most important monuments in Yemen, the 16th century ?Amiriya Madrasa in Rada, chose to revive the practice of mixing and applying qudad since it covers most of the surface of the building. In doing so, they not only used the same techniques as originally used in the construction, but also trained a new generation of masons. This film portrays the qudad work at the Àmiriya as narrated by the workers themselves.
Variant and related titles
Ethnographic video online.
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Original
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English; Arabic
Added to Catalog
June 15, 2010
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Anonymous Productions.
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