Out come the wolves
Broadcasted
on Monday, January 14 at 11:30 pm and Sunday, January 23 at 8:00 pm on Radio Grenouille
and the whole week on the Radia network: http://www.radia.fm
and the whole week on the Radia network: http://www.radia.fm
Out
come the wolves
is the second sound piece of Nicolas Perret and Cédric Anglaret’s
project The
four seasons of Paanjärvi
in which, since 2009, they focus on the soundscape of the small
russian village of Paanajärvi. Isolated in the thick primary forest
of oriental Karelia, Paanajärvi seems
fallen out of the time. Its inhabitants, the last custodians of the
disappearing Karelian culture, live a tough life that is strongly
bond to the nature surrounding them.
Winters
are harsh in Paanajärvi. At this latitude, the sun doesn’t show
much and temperatures remain way below the
freezing-point
for
many months. As winter progresses food gets rare for the wolves. Out
of the forest they approach the village at night to attack dogs, that
the villagers try to protect by all means. As long as dogs are
barking the wolves are still far; once they are silent they are near.
In the winter of 2012, twenty-three
dogs were eaten by
wolves
in Paanajärvi.
Following
Out
come the wolves
a
6 minutes addition sheds light on the man
who eats dogs.
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