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05.07.2008
COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTARY ON MT. AGRı IN PRODUCTION
ERSAN TEMÄ°ZEL
The National Association of Nature and Cultural Documentaries (DogaBel)
is preparing to shoot the most comprehensive documentary film to date
about Mount Agrı, also known as Mount Ararat..
Director Dr. Serkan Yılmaz said their first aim in shooting
documentaries and taking photographs was to help preserve nature and
biological diversity. Noting that their documentaries shed light on
projects aimed at preserving and improving the condition of natural
areas, Yılmaz said their most current project will reveal Agrı in all
its aspects. At the end of the project, he added, a book of photographs
of the mountain will be published alongside the documentary.
Yılmaz said Agrı was considered a blessed place by all three
Abrahamic religions and that many people believe Noah's Ark came to
rest on the top of the mountain when the great flood ended. Remarking
that no comprehensive documentary has so far been made on the mountain,
even though it is very well known across the world, Yılmaz said:
"The mountain's biological diversity is not known adequately, even
though it is visible from Iran, Nakhchivan and Armenia. In contrast
to what most people think, Mt. Ararat is not a single peak; there
is the Great Agrı Mountain, with a height of 5,137 meters, and the
Small Agrı Mountain, with a height of 3,896 meters. So DogaBel's
documentary and photography book will be the first of its kind."
The documentary, sponsored by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry
and Igdır Governorship, will finish in July 2009, Yılmaz said, adding
that Agrı is home to many animals whose names are not even known by
most people. "For instance, the nocturnal, semi-aquatic rodent coypu,
native to South America -- and particularly Chile -- also lives on
Mount Agrı. We have finished the segment of the documentary on this
rodent, which is called 'water monkey' in Turkish."
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05.07.2008
COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTARY ON MT. AGRı IN PRODUCTION
ERSAN TEMÄ°ZEL
The National Association of Nature and Cultural Documentaries (DogaBel)
is preparing to shoot the most comprehensive documentary film to date
about Mount Agrı, also known as Mount Ararat..
Director Dr. Serkan Yılmaz said their first aim in shooting
documentaries and taking photographs was to help preserve nature and
biological diversity. Noting that their documentaries shed light on
projects aimed at preserving and improving the condition of natural
areas, Yılmaz said their most current project will reveal Agrı in all
its aspects. At the end of the project, he added, a book of photographs
of the mountain will be published alongside the documentary.
Yılmaz said Agrı was considered a blessed place by all three
Abrahamic religions and that many people believe Noah's Ark came to
rest on the top of the mountain when the great flood ended. Remarking
that no comprehensive documentary has so far been made on the mountain,
even though it is very well known across the world, Yılmaz said:
"The mountain's biological diversity is not known adequately, even
though it is visible from Iran, Nakhchivan and Armenia. In contrast
to what most people think, Mt. Ararat is not a single peak; there
is the Great Agrı Mountain, with a height of 5,137 meters, and the
Small Agrı Mountain, with a height of 3,896 meters. So DogaBel's
documentary and photography book will be the first of its kind."
The documentary, sponsored by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry
and Igdır Governorship, will finish in July 2009, Yılmaz said, adding
that Agrı is home to many animals whose names are not even known by
most people. "For instance, the nocturnal, semi-aquatic rodent coypu,
native to South America -- and particularly Chile -- also lives on
Mount Agrı. We have finished the segment of the documentary on this
rodent, which is called 'water monkey' in Turkish."
--Boundary_(ID_0z77uLuDmKFIzExIC8k d5A)--