Bakhtiari migration. "the sheep must live"
Description
This is a visually splendid coverage of the semi-annual Bakhtiari migration which takes about five weeks and covers 200 torturous miles. Half a million people and millions of sheep and goats cross the rugged Zagros mountains in southern Iran twice yearly to move between summer and winter pastures. Persian folk-singer Shushu is featured.
Runtime
51 min
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2008
Database
Alexander Street
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