A Hareri woman proudly shows us her
nicely decorated house
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This
is our third time visiting Harer, appointed by UNESCO to produce a promotional documentary of this fascinating
medieval city! We travel to Harer with a crew of 4, our camera man his assistant, the guide
and our driver!
Choosing the road route (see map below) with a four wheel drive had its advantages, being able to have all our filming equipment handy and to film on the way easily the rich surroundings the beautiful landscape this route has to offer! Other reasons were to explore other famous sites in the vicinity. |
The Arthur Rimbaud house nicely restored and
today serving as a
museum and as youth club center.
The interior of the beautifully restored Arthur
Rimbaud house !
Arts and handcraft classes are a frequent event
in Rimbaud house
for local women.
Our equipment was consisting of 2 SONY DVCAMs, a DSR 300AP and a DSR170P one Mafroto heavy duty tripod and a SONY portable one which was very handy to use occasionally on top of our 4wheel car! A portable DSR V10P editing DVCAM recorder was used to view and edit every day's filming in order to keep track of all subjects in our script!
The National Museum in Harar
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Filming the interior of a typical
Hareri house!
Filming the dancers in
front of Rimbaud house!
Interviewing the hyena man !
Above the Harar brewery, a visit is a must! This very modern and up to day well equipped brewery with an output of a 250.000 bottles a day makes the best beer in the region!
An interview with the 'Hyena man' ! Read all about it on the 'Part 2' of our expedition to Harer!
Starting our expedition to Harar from Addis Abeba we passed through Nazaret and the famous Awash train station where Wilfred Thessinger started his Awash exploration in 1935. After a while, we followed a very scenic route through the Ahmar mountains and at Kolumbi we reached an altitude of about 3.250 meters!
All pictures above are published with the kind permission of all persons participating.
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