Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2023
URL: ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01964
Description: Each year, in spring and autumn, herders organise the movement, or transhumance, of thousands of animals along traditional pastoral paths. They move on foot or horseback, leading with their dogs and sometimes accompanied by their families. An ancestral practice, transhumance entails social practices and rituals related to the care, breeding and training of animals and the management of natural resources. Transmitted informally within families and communities, the practice strengthens cultural identity and ties between families, communities and territories while counteracting the effects of rural depopulation.
Country(ies): Albania; Andorra; Austria; Croatia; France; Greece; Italy; Luxembourg; Romania; Spain
© Elton Baxhaku; Ötztal TV; Marko Peji?; Morana Kasapovi? HRT, Zagreb; Les Okonographes; Eclectic; MedINA/Medieranean Consortium for Nature and Culture; Nicola Lanese; Lorenzo Scaraggi; Ministry of Culture of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg; Vicente Izidoro; Jiménez Pérez; Catalina Gomez; Navarra Televisión; Francisco J. Montoro García; Alfonso San Miguel-Ayanz; 24 PFILM
Duration: 00:21:20 - Support: Electronic transmission (0196400042)