The herdsmen and his yak, Tibet 2014

Tibetan nomads herd yaks, sheep and horses. Herding the livestock is done mostly by men and older children. In the summer, the yaks are milked before they are taken to be grazed and again when they come in for the night. Each nomad family has specific areas designated by the government where they can graze their animals. The government also regulates when and where they move. They move 2 or 3 times per year. Most nomads now are only semi-nomadic. They live in their yak wool tents for 6 to 8 months each year and live in small mud-brick homes the rest of the year. Nomad children are now required to go to school for at least 9 years. These nomad students usually live in boarding schools which are often quite far from where their families live. Nomad numbers continue to decrease each year as more and more of them are being resettled into villages and towns.
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Taken in: 中國 / 四川省 / 甘孜藏族自治州 (show map)

Taken on: August 5, 2014

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Tibet བོད

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Tibetan Plateauབོད་མཐོ་སྒང་bötogang

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Eastern Tibet

Tawu རྟའུ། county

yak herder གཡག་པ yakpa

herd of yaks གཡག་སྡེ་ yakdé

Herdsmen. Shepherds ཕྱུགས་རྫི་

Dzo hybrid of a yak མཛོ་ mdzo

domesticated yak

Yak གཡག་ g.yag

high pasture lands འབྲོག

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Camera:	Nikon D3
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
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