Yohannes The Silversmith (Ethiopia)

Series: World cultures and youth

Duration: 24

Genre: Educational

Creator: Coronet/sunrise films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Yohannes Mengesha wants to be a doctor. He learns the silversmith trade to pay his expenses. He casts his first creation and we follow the process from start to finish., Twelve-year-old Yohannes Mengesha's ambition is to attend university and become a doctor. His parents agree, but his father suggests that he learn a trade to earn money to pay for his education. Yohannes is apprenticed to a master metalsmith. With silver from his mother's amulets, the boy casts his first creation, a beautiful Coptic cross which he sells to a priest at a monastery on Lake Tana.

Complete Record: Yohannes Mengesha wants to be a doctor. He learns the silversmith trade to pay his expenses. He casts his first creation and we follow the process from start to finish., Twelve-year-old Yohannes Mengesha's ambition is to attend university and become a doctor. His parents agree, but his father suggests that he learn a trade to earn money to pay for his education. Yohannes is apprenticed to a master metalsmith. With silver from his mother's amulets, the boy casts his first creation, a beautiful Coptic cross which he sells to a priest at a monastery on Lake Tana. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=647ssC99r1M

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