Transhumance is the seasonal movement of people and herds of sheep or cattle, usually between valley areas (with a milder climate for the winter period) and mountains with grassy meadows (for the summer season). The tradition of transhumance, thousands of years old, is an important shepherding practice.
VIEW MORE DETAILSA young shepherd watching the sheep in the Brasov village of Holbav, December 2015. Photo: Vlad Dumitrescu (Brașov) – F-DE 2019 archiveIn the foggy clearing / Sheep breeding in Bârsei Land, August 2013. Photo: Jolanta Flach (Polonia) – From the F-DE 2021 archiveThe herds descend in the Retezat Mountains, 2017. Photo: Kerekes Péter Pál (Târgu Mureș) – From the F-DE 2021 archiveMorning milking / At a cowshed in Aldea, Harghita County, Odorhei County, September 2017. Photo:Kinda Botond (Odorheiu Secuiesc) – From the F-DE 2020 archiveShepherd in love / During the “Sheep Measurement” in Mera, Cluj, 2016. The measurement is a spring pastoral practice, in which flock owners compete. Photo: Kucsera Jeno (Târgu Mureș) – From the F-DE 2020 archiveBorn shepherd / Son of a shepherd from Sânzieni, Covasna county, 2021. Photo: Nagy Botond (Târgu Mureș) – From the F-DE archiveSheep counting / Every evening, the sheep are counted upon returning to the fold in Scaiuș, Caraș-Severin county, 2014. Photo: Flavian Săvescu (Reșița) – From the F-DE 2019 archiveA hard road to follow / Sheep breeding near the village of Soceni in Caraș-Severin, December 2018. Photo: Flavian Săvescu (Reșița) – From the F-DE 2020 archiveThe sheep road/ The road to the sheepfold for the night, in the village of Castrele Traiane, Dolj county, October 2015. Photo: Flavian Săvescu (Reșița) – From the F-DE 2020 archiveShepherds’ love / Shepherding in Şușag, Alba county, 2020 Photo:Vasile Sârb (Alba-Iulia) – From the F-DE archive Transhumance în Alba / Located on the Sebeșului Valley, between the Șureanu Mountains and the Cindrel Mountains, Șușag is considered an old settlement of shepherds, their existence being marked, like their ancestors, by two essential moments: the ascent of the sheep to the summer alpine grazing at the end of May and their descent in the fall.Sheepfold / Leaving the sheep for grazing on an August morning, in the village of Zărnești in Brașov county. Photo: Vlad Dumitrescu (Brașov)– From the F-DE 2022 archiveCrossing/ Flock of sheep crossing a dry streambed in Rugineşti (Harghita), June 2012. Balázs Ödön (Odorheiu Secuiesc)–The „Szabó Tamás” Trophy, F-DE 2012 National Contest
