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reindeer herd, Kamchatka

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Title

reindeer herd, Kamchatka

Contributor

Brigitte Pakendorf

Country

Russian Federation

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Unspecified

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image/jpeg

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https://hdl.handle.net/1839/00-0000-0000-0018-F374-8

Description

Photos taken in a Kamchatkan reindeer herd: A) travelling to the herd from Anavgai: 1-6) photos showing the journey to the reindeer herd by horseback, with a lunch stop and an overnight stop B) pictures from the first, old camp: 7) a view of the old camp (note the overgrazed tundra at left) 8-9) driving the herd to camp for lunch break 10-11) reindeer herd circling in place (to ward off insects) 12-14) herd grazing in tundra after lunch 15-16) herder watching his reindeer (on foot and not on reindeer back, as is the practice among Yakutian Evens) C) moving to a new camp: 17) taking down the yurt in the old camp 18) moving to a new camp 19) at the new camping place 20) the fire, heart of the new yurt 21) preparing a pole for the new yurt 22) setting up a new yurt (temporary, because of the rain) 23) new temporary yurt 24) new camp 25) the reindeer herd, which was accompanied by one herder and moved while grazing, has arrived at the new camp 26-28) dinner: chopping raw intestines (nalakcha), soup, roast meat (after slaughtering a reindeer) 29-31) setting up the yurt again more carefully 32) getting ready to return to village

Description

Photos taken in a Kamchatkan reindeer herd:
A) travelling to the herd from Anavgai:
1-6) photos showing the journey to the reindeer herd by horseback, with a lunch stop and an overnight stop

B) pictures from the first, old camp:
7) a view of the old camp (note the overgrazed tundra at left)
8-9) driving the herd to camp for lunch break
10-11) reindeer herd circling in place (to ward off insects)
12-14) herd grazing in tundra after lunch
15-16) herder watching his reindeer (on foot and not on reindeer back, as is the practice among Yakutian Evens)

C) moving to a new camp:
17) taking down the yurt in the old camp
18) moving to a new camp
19) at the new camping place
20) the fire, heart of the new yurt
21) preparing a pole for the new yurt
22) setting up a new yurt (temporary, because of the rain)
23) new temporary yurt
24) new camp
25) the reindeer herd, which was accompanied by one herder and moved while grazing, has arrived at the new camp
26-28) dinner: chopping raw intestines (nalakcha), soup, roast meat (after slaughtering a reindeer)
29-31) setting up the yurt again more carefully
32) getting ready to return to village

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