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  • A roadside stall selling blackberries gathered from the wild in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Foraging for wild food is an important part of the subsistence farmers way of life and they know where to find different items in the fields and forests around the village.
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  • A jar of pickled chillies and an enamel bowl and spoons on a wall of a basic stone built sheepfold at the Urdele Pass in a remote area of the Carpathian Mountains, Romania
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  • A skinned sheep hangs on a pole outside a basic stone built sheepfold on the Urdele Pass in the remote Carpathian Mountains, Romania. The shepherds spend the summer months living up in the mountains with the sheep moving when fresh grazing areas are needed.
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  • Portrait of Costica, a shepherd with his dog at his sheepfold on the Urdele pass in the remote Carpathian Mountains. He is wearing a traditional sheepskin cloak particular to shepherds in that region.
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  • A sieve and an enamel ladle hang on the kitchen wall of an interior of a sheepfold in the remote Carpathian Mountains, Romania
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  • Slices of traditional cake on a plate in a peasant farmer's kitchen in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania
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  • A roadside stall selling mushrooms gathered from the forests in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Foraging for wild food is an important part of the subsistence farmers way of life and they know where to find different items in the fields and forests around the village.
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  • Portrait of a shepherd in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. His shepherd's hat and cloak, a handwoven checked woollen blanket are particular to the Brasov region. 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.
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  • A peasant farmer feeds chickens outside her summer home in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer hand milking a cow into a plastic blue bucket in the Romanian Carpathians, Romania
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer feeds young ducks and chickens by hand at her smallholding in the Romanian Carpathians
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  • A selection of homemade perserved vegetables ready for the winter months, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • A pair of hand knitted woollen mittens hanging on a wall at a sheepfold in Lunca Ilvei, Romania
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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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  • Charcoal burners sit outside their home where they stay during the summer to make charcoal, Viscri, Romania
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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 Romanian woman wearing a headskarf holds a sheep's fleece after shearing, Poiana Sibiului, 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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's wife stirring sheep's milk in a cauldron over the fire to make cheese at a sheepfold, Romania. Whereas in many 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 cauldron of sheep's milk for making cheese to make cheese at a sheepfold, Romania. Whereas in many 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 woollen sock or caltuni often worn with peasant sandals (opinci) by women in remote villages in rural Maramures. Traditionally subsistence farmers In Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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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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  • 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 wife at a stana/sheepfold in Dealui Daii, Romania
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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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  • Portrait of Romanian peasant farmers returning from the fields with sacks of potatoes balanced on a bicycle in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania
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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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  • A farrier shoes a peasant farmer's horse, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Horse and carts are still an important form of transport in remote villages in the Carpathian Mountains.
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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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  • Shepherd hand milking a sheep at a sheepfold in the Carpathian Mountains. 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. 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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  • 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 roadside stall selling locally made cheese, sausage and fruit juices on the Rucar pass in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Some of the actual produce on this roadside stall is replaced by wooden replicas so they won't spoil in the sun.
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  • Snowy winter landscape view of Magura village in the remote Carpathian Mountains, Romania
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  • A farrier shoes a peasant farmer's horse, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Horse and carts are still an important form of transport in remote villages in the Carpathian Mountains.
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  • Typical pastoral landscape of the Maramures region near the village of Botiza, Romania. In the Romanian Carpathians, the agricultural landscape consists of a diverse mixture of small fields, meadows and orchards situated around villages, interspersed with forest and woodlands.
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  • Winter agricultural landscape close by to the village of Botiza, Maramures, Romania. In the Romanian Carpathians, the agricultural landscape consists of a diverse mixture of small fields, meadows and orchards situated around villages, interspersed with forest and woodlands.
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  • A view of the village of Botiza and surrounding agricultural landscape, Maramures, Romania. In the Romanian Carpathians, the agricultural landscape consists of a diverse mixture of small fields, meadows and orchards situated around villages, interspersed with forest and woodlands.
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  • A typical strip farming landscape in Botiza, Maramures, Romania. In the Romanian Carpathians, the agricultural landscape consists of a diverse mixture of small fields, meadows and orchards situated around villages, interspersed with forest and woodlands.
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  • View of Botiza village, Maramures, Romania. In the Romanian Carpathians, the agricultural landscape consists of a diverse mixture of small fields, meadows and orchards situated around villages, interspersed with forest and woodlands.
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  • The agricultural landscape around the village of Botiza, Maramures, Romania. In the Romanian Carpathians, the agricultural landscape consists of a diverse mixture of small fields, meadows and orchards situated around villages, interspersed with forest and woodlands.
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  • A sheet metal Jesus crucifix a popular local copy from an historical Rutherian church outside an abandoned industrial building on the outskirts of Jaworki, on 20th September 2019, <br />
near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. The village of a thriving Rutherian community was once in nearby Biala Woda where over 100 farms were located - the remains of which are still seen. A wooden cross with a figure of Christ cut from sheet metal survived the culture. Similar crosses and chapels can be found in the colloquial language of White Water  in the Romanian, Ukrainian or Eastern Slovakia Carpathians. 
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  • A sheet metal Jesus crucifix a popular local copy from an historical Rutherian church near Jaworki, on 20th September 2019, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. The village of a thriving Rutherian community was once here in Biala Woda where over 100 farms were located - the remains of which are still seen. A wooden cross with a figure of Christ cut from sheet metal survived the culture. Similar crosses and chapels can be found in the colloquial language of White Water  in the Romanian, Ukrainian or Eastern Slovakia Carpathians. 
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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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  • Shepherds make cheese in a wooden bucket whilst smoking a cigarette, Lunca Ilvei, Romania
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  • Freshly made mamaliga in a sheepfold in Lunca Ilvei, 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 makes mamaliga whilst smoking a cigarette at a sheepfold in Lunca Ilvei, 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 china cup and an enamel saucepan hang on a piece of vinyl wallpaper in the kitchen of a sheepfold in 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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  • Two pairs of sheep clippers hang on a green kitchen wall at a sheepfold in 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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  • A jar of pickled gherkins prepared for the winter by a peasant farmer, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • Vegetable seedlings for sale on the ground at Bogdan Voda market, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • Silvia Afrim, a Romanian peasant farmer sells her bunches of spring onions at Bogdan Voda local market, Maramures, Romania.  90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • Marin Morosan, a Romanian peasant farmer buys vegetable seedlings at Bogdan Voda local market, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • Elderly Romanian peasant farmers hand shear a sheep, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. Traditionally subsistence farmers in Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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  • A newborn lamb lies on a woollen rug next to a shepherd's wife 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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  • Measurement of the Milk Festival, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. After the sheep have been milked, the shepherds’ wives cook up a huge cauldron of soup for the villagers using several whole sheep and if you are lucky you’ll get a sheep’s skull in your bowl.
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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 jar of preserved pears from the orchard prepared for the winter by a peasant farmer, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • Peasant farmer Ioana Dragus holds a handful of hen's eggs at her smallholding in Oncesti, Maramures, Romania
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  • A peasant farmer holds organically grown parsnips for sale at the market in Sighetu Marmatiei, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • Traditional hand rollered wall in a peasant farmer's home, Maramures, Romania. These patterns are now often replaced by washable emulsion paint.
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  • A jar of fruit perserve (jam) prepared for the winter by a peasant farmer, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • A jar of pickled peppers prepared for the winter by a peasant farmer, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • A jar of preserved vegetables prepared for the winter by a peasant farmer, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • A jar of lettuce preserved in salt prepared for the winter by a peasant farmer, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • Traditional hand rollered wall in a peasant farmer's home, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. These patterns are now often replaced by washable emulsion paint.
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  • Portrait of a Romanian peasant farmer holding organically grown onions at her smallholding, Sarbi, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • A jar of preserved vegetables prepared for the winter by a peasant farmer, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • A jar of pickled peppers prepared for the winter by a peasant farmer, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • A roadside stall selling jars of honey, Vadu Izei, Maramures, Romania
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer wearing traditional footwear (opinci) worn with woollen felt foot wraps (obiele) at Ocna Sugatag market, Maramures, Romania
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer selling apples from her orchard at Ocna Sugatag market, Maramures, Romania
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer sells home distilled horinca (plum brandy) at Ocna Sugatag market, Maramures, Romania. She is wearing a striped apron (zadie) made of a single width of woven wool with horizontal blue and black stripes, traditional footwear (opinci) worn with felt foot wraps (obiele) and a fleecy jacket (guba). Traditionally subsistence farmers In Maramures raise their own sheep to provide wool for knitting and weaving clothing.
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  • Winter agricultural landscape in the village of Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • An elderly Romanian peasant farmer weaves a basket made from dried maize stems, Chendu, Romania
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  • Margareta Babeti, a Romanian peasant farmer holds honeycomb from the beehives in her garden, Bunesti, Romania
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer holds a handful of walnuts, Viscri, Saxon Transylvania, Romania.
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  • Portrait of Mihai Vlad, a shepherd in Soars village, Saxon Transylvania, Romania. His shepherds cloak, a handwoven checked woollen blanket is particular to this area. 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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  • Maria Streulea, a Romanian peasant farmer, crochets the edge to a handwoven bag, the design typical to the Saxon Transylvania region, Saliste, Romania
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer wearing a traditional striped apron (zadie), made of a single width of woven wool, holds a string of organically grown beans, Botiza, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • A Romanian man sits outside his wooden home with a string of beans hanging above his head, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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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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  • 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 Romanian peasant farmer weeds her organic vegetable garden with a hoe, Sarbi, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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  • A Romanian peasant farmer carries a basket of grass he has collected to feed his animals with, Desesti, Maramures, Romania.
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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 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 Romanian peasant farmer prepares lettuce grown in her garden, Maramures, Romania. 90% of vegetable production is grown in small household plots and mainly used for self-consumption and for sale on local markets.
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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 peasant farmer holds a chicken, Botiza, Maramures, Romania.
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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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  • An elderly subsistence farmer carries a basket full of nettles for making soup and a sickle in the churchyard in Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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  • A peasant farmer picks up a piglet at Bogdan Voda market, Maramures, Romania.
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  • Shepherd Simion Dobrin wears a sheepskin cloak and holds 'coaja', a locally made sheep's milk cheese wrapped in birch bark, Valea Urdii, Romania
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  • Romanian peasant Ioana Ungur holds freshly baked bread she has made in her outdoor bread oven, Botiza, Maramures, Romania
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