Au début des années 80, la Jordanie et l'UNESCO ont expulsé les membres de la tribu B'doul de la cité antique de Petra, et l’ont déclarée patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO. La réalisatrice Marie-Claire Thouault nous invite dans l'intimité des B'doul de Petra, une tribu qu'elle connaît depuis des années. Un regard dans les coulisses de ce que signifie vivre dans l’un des endroits les plus visités au monde.
Extrait du documentaire : “Les Bédouins de Pétra : entre passé simple et présent imparfait” Réalisation : Marie-Claire Thouault Production : Plan Large Production & Aligal Production
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The first time I visited Petra,
I woke up a Bedouin by mistake.
wrapped in a blanket,
Who has spent the night at the beautiful star
On a natural terrace of the site.
He proposes to be my guide.
through the old city.
That same evening, he invited me to his tribe.
the tribe of the Bedouins.
Since then, I've been going back every year.
With them,
at foot or on the back of the ass,
I'm going down the steep paths
at the foot of the mountains.
Thanks to them,
I guess the silent sculptures
Adossées aux parois. This is the first time.
I share their seasons,
Their homes, their deserts.
These seasons nomads,
These houses carved in the rock,
This desert,
Where time and space blend.
I always thought Petra was an abandoned city.
The Bedouins told me
that they all dwelt in these caves,
Until they are chased away.
It was only 30 years ago.
Every time I go on a voyage, I find Bessma.
I'm adopting with her.
the rhythm of the Bedouin life,
Where the day is consecrated
au ravitaillement en bois, or to the supply of fuel by wood,
in food and water.
Let him sleep.
Come on, Ramel. I'm going to get you.
It's 7 o'clock in the morning.
He's in the middle of sleeping.
Put some water in it, mon garçon.
I don't need water.
Put him on the water.
I don't need the water.
He's still asleep.
Before, people fought.
They were fighting, they were fighting,
And they fought.
It's better than today.
On met de l'eau sur le chemin, I was at the water's edge.
on met de la poudre, or
on the fact du bois,
On the se battait, on the se battait,
I'm not going to fight.
On the vit mieux.
The gens are gone.
They're gone.
They're not happy.
They're off.
Le cher Salama, chef des Bedoules, is at the origin of this film.
I listened to him tell me for hours the story of his tribe.
For me, he accepted to testify, which he had always refused until then.
Le cher explained that Petra was perfectly suited to their semi-nomadic way of life.
Especially since the Bedouins, supplemented their income in German.
The hotel is a tourist accommodation.
But at the beginning of the 80s,
An event comes to upset their lives.
Jordan has applied to UNESCO
The classification of the site as a World Heritage Site.
The genesis of the classified world heritage,
It's the convention of 1972.
on the heritage of humanity,
cultural and natural heritage,
which has been adopted by the Member States of UNESCO
to serve as international standards
allowing to protect the material sites
which are considered as having a value
for the whole of humanity.
This event is considered as a good action
by UNESCO and by the government.
To protect the monuments,
Should I chase the men?
The village of El Bedoul was abandoned in 1984.
au nord de Petra, and
It is located on the edge of the UNESCO protected park.
But the Bedouins prefer to call him Oum Saïkhoun.
the name of the hill on which it is situated.
Reassured by the terms of the counterparty,
The first families leave their troglodyte
poured into the houses of Oum Saikhhoun.
The Court of Justice
The UNESCO may inscribe Petra on the World Heritage list.
The site passes through the hands of the Bedouins.
to the one on the hill where it is situated.
But the future of the Bedouins is complicated.
It's for this reason that Salman, he,
Always inhabiting the carved caves of Petra.
Salman is never very far from the site,
But sometimes it takes me several days to find him.
I questioned the cousins, the neighbors.
I see him at last near the source.
With his wife and five children.
Subtitle by Société Radio-Canada