transhumance

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Definition of transhumance in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of transhumance in English English dictionary

the moving of cattle or other grazing animals to new pastures, often quite distant, according to the change in season

The seasonal movement of people and animals in search of pasture Commonly, winters are spent in snow-free lowlands and summers in the cooler uplands

A type of traditional mountain farming where animals are taken to high pastures for the summer season when the snow has melted and then brought back down again as soon as the weather starts to worsen

One of two variants of pastoralism; part of the population moves seasonally with the herds while the other part remains in home villages

The ancient practice whereby livestock that had been wintered in sheltered valleys were taken in summer to graze on upland or woodland pastures, accompanied by shepherds and cattle herders who lived in "shills, scholes, shiellings" or other similar structures

In days gone by, every year, all the local shepherds would gather to take their sheep to summer pastures in the foothills of the Alps This was known as transhumance Several villages of the Bouches du Rhone have revived the tradition In Saint Remy de Provence the yearly transhumance is the occasion for a grand spectacle, attracting thousands of visitors to watch the sheep and the shepherds Saint Martin de Crau also celebrates the Transhumance with a colorful festival http: //www visitprovence com/jsp_statique/magazine jsp#actu (concerning Transhumance in Salon de Provence)

Farmers have a fixed residence but send herds and flocks (with attendant) to pastures

The practice of moving camp to follow herds of domesticated animals

Hyphenation

trans·hu·mance

Etymology

[ tran(t)s-'hyü-m&n(t)s ] (noun.) circa 1901. French transhumance, ultimately from Latin trans + humus ‘ground’.