tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623483294594610881.post3271967315907841201..comments2024-03-21T21:39:26.324-07:00Comments on A Canadian in Abu Dhabi, UAE: It does not take two months; more like two hours, for a camel to cure depressionAnn Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794550687631644019noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623483294594610881.post-71800202891527102392009-02-01T13:21:00.000-08:002009-02-01T13:21:00.000-08:00baby camels look so cutebaby camels look so cuteWhy nothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03696250850424466408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623483294594610881.post-9312021046349849192009-01-04T04:37:00.000-08:002009-01-04T04:37:00.000-08:00I don't know about camels curing depression but I ...I don't know about camels curing depression but I did find this review of a movie, apparently about a depressed camel ;-)<BR/>Set in the Gobi desert of Mongolia, The Story of the Weeping Camel is a truly fascinating and special documentary. The filmmakers selected a single family unit to focus their filming on, choosing a family who own and tend 60 camels and 300+ goats and sheep. The family spans four generations, from great-grandfather all the way down to little toddler.<BR/>The film shows the family's day-to-day life in the isolated desert, tending to the animals, cooking, cleaning, and so on. They lead a fairly simple life and the focus of their recent lives is the pregnancy of one of their camels. After struggling to give birth, the mother rejects the baby camel, and two of the family's sons are sent to the nearest town to bring back a musician, needed to lead a ritual which will bring mother and baby camel back together.<BR/>The scenes of the birth of the baby camel, and even more so the ritual to help the camel suffering post-natal depression and her poor baby, are truly amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com