LIGHTMEDIATION » mongols http://www.lightmediation.net/blog Agence de Reportages Photographiques Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:25:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Tsaatan, the reindeer people http://www.lightmediation.net/blog/index.php/2007/01/26/tsaatan-the-reindeer-people/ http://www.lightmediation.net/blog/index.php/2007/01/26/tsaatan-the-reindeer-people/#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:08:13 +0000 Pierre Ristic http://www.lightmediation.net/blog/?p=88 The call them the Man-reindeers. The tribe of lives since 4000 years, in one of the most moved back areas of septentrional Mongolia, in perfect symbiosis with its reindeers. Their survival depends entirely on their herd: the meat and the milk of reindeer, represent almost the only products of which they are nourished.
The skin is used to manufacture shoes and cover-chiefs, wood crossed directly on the animal in life, very appreciated by the Chinese pharmacopeia like aphrodisiac, are used during exchanges to get the essential products like rice, the flour, the tea and salt. But the people of are disappearing… The Australian photographer Donna Todd shared during many weeks their life out of time.

Complete feature in english: Reportage complet en francais:

]]> http://www.lightmediation.net/blog/index.php/2007/01/26/tsaatan-the-reindeer-people/feed/ 0