Transhumance

Transhumance can also be an international manifestation of lucid peasants who resist the dictates of the administration.

Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock along migratory routes in the Mediterranean and in the Alps, was recognized as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

Transhumance is used with animals like sheep and cows, and even with bees.

There are rites of spring in the mountains, and this week I followed the transhumance, the annual movement of cattle, from their lower valley winter quarters up to the higher pastures.