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  • A shepherd wearing a sheepskin cloak with a flock of sheep and lambs at a sheepfold, Lunca Ilvei, Romania. Each flock of around 500 sheep is based at a stana or sheepfold, a very basic hut in a clearing with a strunga or milking enclosure of hurdles which is moved every few weeks in good weather or weekly in bad.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • Portrait of a shepherd and his flock of sheep in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Whereas in most countries sheep are reared for wool and meat, in Romania these are seen as by-products and the real purpose of the flock is to produce branza or cheese.
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  • A shepherd gives a villager her share of the cheese at the Measurement of the Milk festival, Ieud, Maramures, Romania. The Measurement of the Milk festivals take place at the beginning of May, when the shepherds bring the flocks, which have spend a few days grazing in the hills, to meet the villagers at a clearing where the measurement will take place.  The sheep are milked by their owners, and the yield of each family’s animals measured to determine the quota of cheese that they will receive during that season.
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  • A Brokpa family prepares to migrate to their summer pastures with their 'zhomo' (male yak and female cow cross), Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • Shepherds relaxing with a bottle of horinca at a sheepfold, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Each flock of around 500 sheep is based at a stana or sheepfold, a very basic hut in a clearing with a strunga or milking enclosure of hurdles which is moved every few weeks in good weather or weekly in bad.
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  • A Romanian peasant wearing a flowery apron holds a bucket of sheep's milk for making cheese at the Measurement of the Milk Festival, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. The Measurement of the Milk festivals take place at the beginning of May, when the shepherds bring the flocks, which have spend a few days grazing in the hills, to meet the villagers at a clearing where the measurement will take place.  The sheep are milked by their owners, and the yield of each family’s animals measured to determine the quota of cheese that they will receive during that season.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • A flock of sheep and the view from the Carbunele Pass towards Coasta Benghii and the Latorita Valley. Around 2000 metres or 6560 feet above sea level.
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  • A Brokpa family prepares to migrate to their summer pastures with their 'zhomo' (male yak and female cow cross), Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs.
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  • A Brokpa man prepares to migrate to the summer pastures with his 'zhomo' (male yak and female cow cross), Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs.
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  • A Brokpa family enjoys lunch whilst preparing to migrate to their summer pastures with their 'zhomo' (male yak and female cow cross), Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • A shepherd lies on a fleece in front of his 'busca'. In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • Portrait of a shepherd wearing plastic leggings and a traditional shepherd's hat in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Shepherd’s hats are totally handmade. The interior should be white and it should hold water so that the shepherd can use it to collect water from streams to wash in when he’s up in the mountains. Whereas in most countries sheep are reared for wool and meat, in Romania these are seen as by-products and the real purpose of the flock is to produce branza or cheese.
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  • Shepherds eat 'mamaliga' at the sheepfold in Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Shepherds live on ‘urda’ a kind of cottage cheese made from whey together with 'mamaliga' or maize mush, made by cooking maize flour with water in a cauldron until it can be turned out into a board as a solid block and sliced like bread.
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  • A shepherd cuts sheep's cheese at the Measurement of the Milk festival, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. The Measurement of the Milk festivals take place at the beginning of May, when the shepherds bring the flocks, which have spend a few days grazing in the hills, to meet the villagers at a clearing where the measurement will take place.  The sheep are milked by their owners, and the yield of each family’s animals measured to determine the quota of cheese that they will receive during that season.
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  • A Brokpa family prepares to migrate to their summer pastures with their 'zhomo' (male yak and female cow cross), Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs.
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  • A Brokpa family drinks tea whilst preparing to migrate to their summer pastures with their 'zhomo' (male yak and female cow cross), Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • A shepherd makes cheese from sheep's milk at the Measurement of the Milk festival, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. The Measurement of the Milk festivals take place at the beginning of May, when the shepherds bring the flocks, which have spend a few days grazing in the hills, to meet the villagers at a clearing where the measurement will take place.  The sheep are milked by their owners, and the yield of each family’s animals measured to determine the quota of cheese that they will receive during that season.
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  • A shepherd hand milks a sheep at the Measurement of the Milk Festival, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. The Measurement of the Milk festivals take place at the beginning of May, when the shepherds bring the flocks, which have spend a few days grazing in the hills, to meet the villagers at a clearing where the measurement will take place.  The sheep are milked by their owners, and the yield of each family’s animals measured to determine the quota of cheese that they will receive during that season.
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  • The village priest blesses the shepherds at the Measurement of the Milk Festival, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. The Measurement of the Milk festivals take place at the beginning of May, when the shepherds bring the flocks, which have spend a few days grazing in the hills, to meet the villagers at a clearing where the measurement will take place.  The sheep are milked by their owners, and the yield of each family’s animals measured to determine the quota of cheese that they will receive during that season.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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  • A shepherd wearing a sheepskin cloak carries a lamb at a sheepfold in the Carpathian mountains, Romania
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  • A shepherd makes cheese from sheep's milk at the Measurement of the Milk festival, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. The Measurement of the Milk festivals take place at the beginning of May, when the shepherds bring the flocks, which have spend a few days grazing in the hills, to meet the villagers at a clearing where the measurement will take place.  The sheep are milked by their owners, and the yield of each family’s animals measured to determine the quota of cheese that they will receive during that season.
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  • A shepherd separates the curd from the whey whilst making cheese from sheep's milk at the Measurement of the Milk festival, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • A shepherd hand milks a cow at a Measurement of the Milk festival, Ieud, Maramures, Romania. In addition to the flocks of sheep based at each sheepfold, the shepherds usually keep a few cows for milking.
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  • A Brokpa family drinks tea whilst preparing to migrate to their summer pastures with their 'zhomo' (male yak and female cow cross), Merak, Eastern Bhutan. The Brokpa, the semi-nomads of the villages of Merak and Sakteng are said to have migrated to Bhutan a few centuries ago from the Tshona region of Southern Tibet. Thriving on rearing yaks and sheep, the Brokpas have maintained many of their unique traditions and customs.
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  • In the lower valleys in Saxon Transylvania shepherds often sleep in ‘busca’, individual portable sleeping compartments whilst looking after the sheep in the summer months.
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