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Watch on YouTubeAbove the treeline, every resource counts. Firewood is precious, the growing season is short and winter arrives early. Yet the high villages of Nepal are full of warmth, humour and strong traditions. This documentary spends a season with one community to understand how life works so close to the sky.
The rhythm of a high year
- Spring: fields are prepared and animals move to higher pastures.
- Summer: potatoes, barley and buckwheat grow fast in the short warm months.
- Autumn: harvest, festivals and the busiest trekking season.
- Winter: many families move lower; those who stay gather around the fire.
Climate change, migration and tourism are all reshaping these places. The film doesn’t offer easy answers — it simply listens to the people who will decide what comes next.
