Slicing bamboo for daily use - Loktak Lake
WildFilmsIndia
2014-08-12
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Manipur, all rivers and rivulets, except for handful converge and meet at Loktak Lake. Like faithful, on pilgrimage; they run the length of the coarse mountain beds, collecting along the way- sediments and fertile soil before laying it at the altar of the largest freshwater lake in Northeast. It is on this bed that a diverse range of aquatic plants and animals thrive without reservation.
From a guest house on a small island, the lake looked tranquil and serene but there were too many small island dispersed across the vast expanse of water. These many small islands protruding out of water like many hummocks are not hummock but floating masses of vegetation; created by an accrual of organic garbage and biomass with soil particles that have been thickened into a solid form called Phumdis. It is on these Phumdis that huts floated comfortably on the lake and are tossed around with the wind. On the other extreme, it is on these, that the world's only floating National park exists.
On the fringes of Loktak Lake is the world's only floating National Park, the Keibul Lam Jao National Park. It is home to the Manipur Eld's Deer (Cervus eldi eldi), or Sangai also called the Dancing Deer, which has been listed as an endangered species by International Union for Consevation of Nature. This park which was initially declared as a Sanctuary in 1966 was subsequently declared as a National Park in 1977. This national park is always worth a visit because of Sangai, which was once thought to be extinct and for which the park was made. These animals make this little paradise complete with their delicate gait as they pompously negotiate their way along the floating wetlands.
Source :- mapsofindia.com
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at rupindang @ gmail . com and [email protected].
From a guest house on a small island, the lake looked tranquil and serene but there were too many small island dispersed across the vast expanse of water. These many small islands protruding out of water like many hummocks are not hummock but floating masses of vegetation; created by an accrual of organic garbage and biomass with soil particles that have been thickened into a solid form called Phumdis. It is on these Phumdis that huts floated comfortably on the lake and are tossed around with the wind. On the other extreme, it is on these, that the world's only floating National park exists.
On the fringes of Loktak Lake is the world's only floating National Park, the Keibul Lam Jao National Park. It is home to the Manipur Eld's Deer (Cervus eldi eldi), or Sangai also called the Dancing Deer, which has been listed as an endangered species by International Union for Consevation of Nature. This park which was initially declared as a Sanctuary in 1966 was subsequently declared as a National Park in 1977. This national park is always worth a visit because of Sangai, which was once thought to be extinct and for which the park was made. These animals make this little paradise complete with their delicate gait as they pompously negotiate their way along the floating wetlands.
Source :- mapsofindia.com
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at rupindang @ gmail . com and [email protected].
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