• Michael SpiesGypsies on the moveMichael Spies
    Driving his goats yhrough the middle of a truck parking on the highway
    Tents in the dry lowlandsThe stones and bushes of previous generations have been replaced by tires to pen in their animalsThis family has chosen this harsh location (zoom in)Balancing on rocks, with water 50meters belowWinter hay for the animalsHuge herds of goats coming down from the mountains.Total goat traffic jamThe modern way of moving 100 goats! In two layers!Reversed against a pile of sand used as a rampReady to leave?And off ww go!Household and sheep dogs (with red robbon) at the backCriss cross patterns all over the mountains from the grazing goats

    Nomads coming down from the mountains

    November 14, 2022 in Iran ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    These last days, as the winter begins and the first rains and snow fall, you see Nomads and their goats/ sheep everywhere, either moving traditionally by foot and donkey or in the modern way by small van for the family, and by double-level trucks for their goats dogs and donkeys to lower levels where they will spend the winter.
    When they arrive they set up housing in tents or put a tarp over an old stone ruin. It is incredible to see how they live and what a hard life they live. And yet they choose this and seem happy in the process.
    Here some impressions    Read more