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    <title>&quot;Transhumants&quot; (by Diego Vivanco)</title>
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      <title>Pastores y ganado cruzan el Maestrazgo hacia el Mediterr&#195;&#161;neo. A finales de noviembre el riguroso clima de la zona obliga a buscar tierras mas c&#195;&#161;lidas, as&#195;&#173; que los pastores realizan una trashumancia de cinco d&#195;&#173;as para llevar al ganado a mejores pastos invernales. La marcha da comienzo una vez confirmada la salud de las reses y si el clima permite o no seguir pastando en la monta&#195;&#177;a. - Shepherds and cattle cross the Maestrazgo region and head towards the Mediterranean. It is the end of November and the harsh weather in the area forces shepherds to complete a five-day transhumance to take the cattle to warmer land. The journey to the lowlands commences as soon as the cows' good health is confirmed and the weather does not permit any more grazing in the mountains.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053764/Spanish_transhumance_01_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pastores y ganado cruzan el Maestrazgo hacia el Mediterr&#195;&#161;neo. A finales de noviembre el riguroso clima de la zona obliga a buscar tierras mas c&#195;&#161;lidas, as&#195;&#173; que los pastores realizan una trashumancia de cinco d&#195;&#173;as para llevar al ganado a mejores pastos invernales. La marcha da comienzo una vez confirmada la salud de las reses y si el clima permite o no seguir pastando en la monta&#195;&#177;a. - Shepherds and cattle cross the Maestrazgo region and head towards the Mediterranean. It is the end of November and the harsh weather in the area forces shepherds to complete a five-day transhumance to take the cattle to warmer land. The journey to the lowlands commences as soon as the cows' good health is confirmed and the weather does not permit any more grazing in the mountains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053764'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053764/Spanish_transhumance_01_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pastores y ganado cruzan el Maestrazgo hacia el Mediterr&#195;&#161;neo. A finales de noviembre el riguroso clima de la zona obliga a buscar tierras mas c&#195;&#161;lidas, as&#195;&#173; que los pastores realizan una trashumancia de cinco d&#195;&#173;as para llevar al ganado a mejores pastos invernales. La marcha da comienzo una vez confirmada la salud de las reses y si el clima permite o no seguir pastando en la monta&#195;&#177;a. - Shepherds and cattle cross the Maestrazgo region and head towards the Mediterranean. It is the end of November and the harsh weather in the area forces shepherds to complete a five-day transhumance to take the cattle to warmer land. The journey to the lowlands commences as soon as the cows' good health is confirmed and the weather does not permit any more grazing in the mountains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053764'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>Noventa y una cabezas de ganado toman parte en la traves&#195;&#173;a. Todas son vacas avile&#195;&#177;as adquiridas en diferentes puntos de Espa&#195;&#177;a, y realizan una trashumancia de cinco d&#195;&#173;as de duraci&#195;&#179;n desde Fortanete en Arag&#195;&#179;n, donde los pastos de esta zona apenas existen por motivo de las fuernes nevadas y heladas, hasta Amposta, junto al delta del Ebro en Catalu&#195;&#177;a. - Ninety-one cattle take part in the journey. They are all Avile&#195;&#177;a cows purchased in various parts of Spain, and they take part in a five-day transhumance that begins in Fortanete in the region of Arag&#195;&#179;n, where there is a lack of winter pastures owing to frost and snow, and ends in Amposta, at the Ebro river delta in Catalonia. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053779/Spanish_transhumance_02_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Noventa y una cabezas de ganado toman parte en la traves&#195;&#173;a. Todas son vacas avile&#195;&#177;as adquiridas en diferentes puntos de Espa&#195;&#177;a, y realizan una trashumancia de cinco d&#195;&#173;as de duraci&#195;&#179;n desde Fortanete en Arag&#195;&#179;n, donde los pastos de esta zona apenas existen por motivo de las fuernes nevadas y heladas, hasta Amposta, junto al delta del Ebro en Catalu&#195;&#177;a. - Ninety-one cattle take part in the journey. They are all Avile&#195;&#177;a cows purchased in various parts of Spain, and they take part in a five-day transhumance that begins in Fortanete in the region of Arag&#195;&#179;n, where there is a lack of winter pastures owing to frost and snow, and ends in Amposta, at the Ebro river delta in Catalonia. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053779/Spanish_transhumance_02_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Noventa y una cabezas de ganado toman parte en la traves&#195;&#173;a. Todas son vacas avile&#195;&#177;as adquiridas en diferentes puntos de Espa&#195;&#177;a, y realizan una trashumancia de cinco d&#195;&#173;as de duraci&#195;&#179;n desde Fortanete en Arag&#195;&#179;n, donde los pastos de esta zona apenas existen por motivo de las fuernes nevadas y heladas, hasta Amposta, junto al delta del Ebro en Catalu&#195;&#177;a. - Ninety-one cattle take part in the journey. They are all Avile&#195;&#177;a cows purchased in various parts of Spain, and they take part in a five-day transhumance that begins in Fortanete in the region of Arag&#195;&#179;n, where there is a lack of winter pastures owing to frost and snow, and ends in Amposta, at the Ebro river delta in Catalonia. 
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      <title>Un jinete cabalga entre los pinares buscando vacas extraviadas. Los pinares est&#195;&#161;n a muy poca distancia del punto de partida, una finca a 2000 metros de altitud en Fortanete, pueblo hist&#195;&#179;ricamente trashumante ubicado en el coraz&#195;&#179;n del Maestrazgo, en Teruel, y que poco a poco ha visto como sus m&#195;&#161;s de treinta pastores trashumantes han ido abandonado su profesi&#195;&#179;n. - A horseman rides in a pine forest, on alert in case an animal gets lost. These large pine forests are not far away from the journey's starting point, a farm at 2,000 metres altitude in Fortanete, a village with an ancient transhumant past and located in the heart of the Maestrazgo county in Teruel, which has slowly borne witness to how its more than thirty transhumant shepherds have abandoned their occupation.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053788/Spanish_transhumance_03_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un jinete cabalga entre los pinares buscando vacas extraviadas. Los pinares est&#195;&#161;n a muy poca distancia del punto de partida, una finca a 2000 metros de altitud en Fortanete, pueblo hist&#195;&#179;ricamente trashumante ubicado en el coraz&#195;&#179;n del Maestrazgo, en Teruel, y que poco a poco ha visto como sus m&#195;&#161;s de treinta pastores trashumantes han ido abandonado su profesi&#195;&#179;n. - A horseman rides in a pine forest, on alert in case an animal gets lost. These large pine forests are not far away from the journey's starting point, a farm at 2,000 metres altitude in Fortanete, a village with an ancient transhumant past and located in the heart of the Maestrazgo county in Teruel, which has slowly borne witness to how its more than thirty transhumant shepherds have abandoned their occupation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053788'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053788/Spanish_transhumance_03_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un jinete cabalga entre los pinares buscando vacas extraviadas. Los pinares est&#195;&#161;n a muy poca distancia del punto de partida, una finca a 2000 metros de altitud en Fortanete, pueblo hist&#195;&#179;ricamente trashumante ubicado en el coraz&#195;&#179;n del Maestrazgo, en Teruel, y que poco a poco ha visto como sus m&#195;&#161;s de treinta pastores trashumantes han ido abandonado su profesi&#195;&#179;n. - A horseman rides in a pine forest, on alert in case an animal gets lost. These large pine forests are not far away from the journey's starting point, a farm at 2,000 metres altitude in Fortanete, a village with an ancient transhumant past and located in the heart of the Maestrazgo county in Teruel, which has slowly borne witness to how its more than thirty transhumant shepherds have abandoned their occupation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053788'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>Una pareja trashumante se toma un minuto de respiro para fumar un cigarrillo. El trabajo del pastor es ingrato, duro y en ocasiones mon&#195;&#179;tono, pero los trashumantes siguen haci&#195;&#169;ndolo por tradici&#195;&#179;n, porque est&#195;&#161; en su sangre, y porque creen en las ventajas que conlleva la trashumancia. - A transhumant couple take a minute's respite to smoke a cigarette. The work of a shepherd can be thankless, tough and sometimes monotonous, but transhumants keep doing it because it is in their blood and tradition and they genuinely believe in the advantages that transhumance brings. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053821/Spanish_transhumance_04_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una pareja trashumante se toma un minuto de respiro para fumar un cigarrillo. El trabajo del pastor es ingrato, duro y en ocasiones mon&#195;&#179;tono, pero los trashumantes siguen haci&#195;&#169;ndolo por tradici&#195;&#179;n, porque est&#195;&#161; en su sangre, y porque creen en las ventajas que conlleva la trashumancia. - A transhumant couple take a minute's respite to smoke a cigarette. The work of a shepherd can be thankless, tough and sometimes monotonous, but transhumants keep doing it because it is in their blood and tradition and they genuinely believe in the advantages that transhumance brings. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053821/Spanish_transhumance_04_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una pareja trashumante se toma un minuto de respiro para fumar un cigarrillo. El trabajo del pastor es ingrato, duro y en ocasiones mon&#195;&#179;tono, pero los trashumantes siguen haci&#195;&#169;ndolo por tradici&#195;&#179;n, porque est&#195;&#161; en su sangre, y porque creen en las ventajas que conlleva la trashumancia. - A transhumant couple take a minute's respite to smoke a cigarette. The work of a shepherd can be thankless, tough and sometimes monotonous, but transhumants keep doing it because it is in their blood and tradition and they genuinely believe in the advantages that transhumance brings. 
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      <title>Pascual a lomos de su caballo, vigila atento que las vacas no se desvien de la ruta ya que la p&#195;&#169;rdida de una puede hacer dificultosa su recuperaci&#195;&#179;n entre la arboleda. Los jinetes cabalgan con destreza, sin embargo es necesaria la presencia de pastores a pie para custodiar el reba&#195;&#177;o con varas y piedras, m&#195;&#169;todo de control m&#195;&#161;s eficaz en un terreno complicado. - Pascual keeps watch on the cows on horseback to ensure that the animals do not wander off the trail and into the pine forest, aware that a lost animal would be very difficult to recover. The horsemen are skillful riders, but nevertheless shepherds on foot are also required to watch over and guide the herd using rods and stones, as this is a more efficient method of control in more difficult terrain.
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053839/Spanish_transhumance_05_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pascual a lomos de su caballo, vigila atento que las vacas no se desvien de la ruta ya que la p&#195;&#169;rdida de una puede hacer dificultosa su recuperaci&#195;&#179;n entre la arboleda. Los jinetes cabalgan con destreza, sin embargo es necesaria la presencia de pastores a pie para custodiar el reba&#195;&#177;o con varas y piedras, m&#195;&#169;todo de control m&#195;&#161;s eficaz en un terreno complicado. - Pascual keeps watch on the cows on horseback to ensure that the animals do not wander off the trail and into the pine forest, aware that a lost animal would be very difficult to recover. The horsemen are skillful riders, but nevertheless shepherds on foot are also required to watch over and guide the herd using rods and stones, as this is a more efficient method of control in more difficult terrain.
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053839/Spanish_transhumance_05_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pascual a lomos de su caballo, vigila atento que las vacas no se desvien de la ruta ya que la p&#195;&#169;rdida de una puede hacer dificultosa su recuperaci&#195;&#179;n entre la arboleda. Los jinetes cabalgan con destreza, sin embargo es necesaria la presencia de pastores a pie para custodiar el reba&#195;&#177;o con varas y piedras, m&#195;&#169;todo de control m&#195;&#161;s eficaz en un terreno complicado. - Pascual keeps watch on the cows on horseback to ensure that the animals do not wander off the trail and into the pine forest, aware that a lost animal would be very difficult to recover. The horsemen are skillful riders, but nevertheless shepherds on foot are also required to watch over and guide the herd using rods and stones, as this is a more efficient method of control in more difficult terrain.
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      <title>La &#195;&#186;nica mujer que realiza  la trashumancia al completo, en su caso a lomos de su caballo, se resguarda del fr&#195;&#173;o al calor de la lumbre en el campamento. Este a&#195;&#177;o el clima ha sido ben&#195;&#169;volo durante buena parte del recorrido, sin llegar a nevar en cotas altas y con temperaturas diurnas agradables, a pesar de las noches fr&#195;&#173;as e inc&#195;&#179;modas. - The only woman taking part in the whole journey protects herself from the cold in the warmth of the campsite. The weather has been kind this year for most parts of the trip. It has not snowed at high altitude and the group has enjoyed pleasant daytime temperatures despite the cold and uncomfortable nights. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053845/Spanish_transhumance_06_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La &#195;&#186;nica mujer que realiza  la trashumancia al completo, en su caso a lomos de su caballo, se resguarda del fr&#195;&#173;o al calor de la lumbre en el campamento. Este a&#195;&#177;o el clima ha sido ben&#195;&#169;volo durante buena parte del recorrido, sin llegar a nevar en cotas altas y con temperaturas diurnas agradables, a pesar de las noches fr&#195;&#173;as e inc&#195;&#179;modas. - The only woman taking part in the whole journey protects herself from the cold in the warmth of the campsite. The weather has been kind this year for most parts of the trip. It has not snowed at high altitude and the group has enjoyed pleasant daytime temperatures despite the cold and uncomfortable nights. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053845/Spanish_transhumance_06_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La &#195;&#186;nica mujer que realiza  la trashumancia al completo, en su caso a lomos de su caballo, se resguarda del fr&#195;&#173;o al calor de la lumbre en el campamento. Este a&#195;&#177;o el clima ha sido ben&#195;&#169;volo durante buena parte del recorrido, sin llegar a nevar en cotas altas y con temperaturas diurnas agradables, a pesar de las noches fr&#195;&#173;as e inc&#195;&#179;modas. - The only woman taking part in the whole journey protects herself from the cold in the warmth of the campsite. The weather has been kind this year for most parts of the trip. It has not snowed at high altitude and the group has enjoyed pleasant daytime temperatures despite the cold and uncomfortable nights. 
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      <title>Enric prepara su caballo. Es un caballo joven, apto para la traves&#195;&#173;a plagada de barrancos y desniveles que necesitan de un diestro jinete que mantenga el control en los momentos en que el animal se pone nervioso frente a una pendiente, la aspereza del terreno o el encuentro con otros animales. - Enric prepares his horse. It is a young animal, suitable for a journey plagued with gullies and irregular terrain that requires a skillful rider to keep calm when the horse becomes nervous down a slope, on rough terrain or faced by other animals.
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053848/Spanish_transhumance_08_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enric prepara su caballo. Es un caballo joven, apto para la traves&#195;&#173;a plagada de barrancos y desniveles que necesitan de un diestro jinete que mantenga el control en los momentos en que el animal se pone nervioso frente a una pendiente, la aspereza del terreno o el encuentro con otros animales. - Enric prepares his horse. It is a young animal, suitable for a journey plagued with gullies and irregular terrain that requires a skillful rider to keep calm when the horse becomes nervous down a slope, on rough terrain or faced by other animals.
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053848/Spanish_transhumance_08_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enric prepara su caballo. Es un caballo joven, apto para la traves&#195;&#173;a plagada de barrancos y desniveles que necesitan de un diestro jinete que mantenga el control en los momentos en que el animal se pone nervioso frente a una pendiente, la aspereza del terreno o el encuentro con otros animales. - Enric prepares his horse. It is a young animal, suitable for a journey plagued with gullies and irregular terrain that requires a skillful rider to keep calm when the horse becomes nervous down a slope, on rough terrain or faced by other animals.
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      <media:credit role="author">Diego Vivanco</media:credit>
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      <title>Las vacas mansas ponen rumbo a su destino con las primeras horas de luz. Las vacas m&#195;&#161;s veteranas que ya han realizado el trayecto, conocen el camino y saben que van a mejores pastos por lo que toman la iniciativa y marcan el paso. Este a&#195;&#177;o las vacas han sido m&#195;&#161;s lentas porque existe un alto n&#195;&#186;mero de becerros y porque los animales han tenido m&#195;&#161;s pasto en la monta&#195;&#177;a, por lo que su peso era mayor de lo habitual.  - The tame cows head to their destination as the first rays of light break through. The animals that have taken this journey before recognise the route and set the pace, aware that they are heading to better pastures. This year the cows are moving at a slower pace owing to the high number of calves in the herd and their larger bulk, a result of the excellent pastures in the mountains.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053851/Spanish_transhumance_09_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las vacas mansas ponen rumbo a su destino con las primeras horas de luz. Las vacas m&#195;&#161;s veteranas que ya han realizado el trayecto, conocen el camino y saben que van a mejores pastos por lo que toman la iniciativa y marcan el paso. Este a&#195;&#177;o las vacas han sido m&#195;&#161;s lentas porque existe un alto n&#195;&#186;mero de becerros y porque los animales han tenido m&#195;&#161;s pasto en la monta&#195;&#177;a, por lo que su peso era mayor de lo habitual.  - The tame cows head to their destination as the first rays of light break through. The animals that have taken this journey before recognise the route and set the pace, aware that they are heading to better pastures. This year the cows are moving at a slower pace owing to the high number of calves in the herd and their larger bulk, a result of the excellent pastures in the mountains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053851'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053851/Spanish_transhumance_09_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las vacas mansas ponen rumbo a su destino con las primeras horas de luz. Las vacas m&#195;&#161;s veteranas que ya han realizado el trayecto, conocen el camino y saben que van a mejores pastos por lo que toman la iniciativa y marcan el paso. Este a&#195;&#177;o las vacas han sido m&#195;&#161;s lentas porque existe un alto n&#195;&#186;mero de becerros y porque los animales han tenido m&#195;&#161;s pasto en la monta&#195;&#177;a, por lo que su peso era mayor de lo habitual.  - The tame cows head to their destination as the first rays of light break through. The animals that have taken this journey before recognise the route and set the pace, aware that they are heading to better pastures. This year the cows are moving at a slower pace owing to the high number of calves in the herd and their larger bulk, a result of the excellent pastures in the mountains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053851'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>El sol comienza a asomar en una nueva etapa del trayecto. Los pastores madrugan para  partir temprano y aprovechar el fresco del amanecer, especialmente en verano cuando aquel calienta con m&#195;&#161;s fuerza. Las rocas y el asfalto abrasan a las vacas, y los pastores tambi&#195;&#169;n sufren debido a la falta de sombras y las altas temperaturas. - The sun comes up as another stage of the journey begins. The shepherds get up early so they can head off as soon as possible and make the most of the morning chill, especially in summer, when the sun's heat is stronger. The rocks and asphalt scorch the cows' hoofs and the shepherds also suffer from the high temperatures and lack of shade.
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053854/Spanish_transhumance_10_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El sol comienza a asomar en una nueva etapa del trayecto. Los pastores madrugan para  partir temprano y aprovechar el fresco del amanecer, especialmente en verano cuando aquel calienta con m&#195;&#161;s fuerza. Las rocas y el asfalto abrasan a las vacas, y los pastores tambi&#195;&#169;n sufren debido a la falta de sombras y las altas temperaturas. - The sun comes up as another stage of the journey begins. The shepherds get up early so they can head off as soon as possible and make the most of the morning chill, especially in summer, when the sun's heat is stronger. The rocks and asphalt scorch the cows' hoofs and the shepherds also suffer from the high temperatures and lack of shade.
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053854/Spanish_transhumance_10_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2848" width="4288"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053854/Spanish_transhumance_10_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El sol comienza a asomar en una nueva etapa del trayecto. Los pastores madrugan para  partir temprano y aprovechar el fresco del amanecer, especialmente en verano cuando aquel calienta con m&#195;&#161;s fuerza. Las rocas y el asfalto abrasan a las vacas, y los pastores tambi&#195;&#169;n sufren debido a la falta de sombras y las altas temperaturas. - The sun comes up as another stage of the journey begins. The shepherds get up early so they can head off as soon as possible and make the most of the morning chill, especially in summer, when the sun's heat is stronger. The rocks and asphalt scorch the cows' hoofs and the shepherds also suffer from the high temperatures and lack of shade.
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      <title>Las vacas avanzan lentamente por un camino secundario en la provincia de Castell&#195;&#179;n. La trashumancia, que sucede en noviembre y junio de cada a&#195;&#177;o, transcurre por pinares, monte mediterr&#195;&#161;neo, puertos de monta&#195;&#177;a, barrancos, cultivos de naranjos, encinas, almendros y olivos, pueblos, caminos aslfaltados y tramos de carretera nacional. - The cows advance slowly along a minor road in the province of Castell&#195;&#179;n. The transhumance takes place twice a year (in November and June) and moves along pine forests, Mediterranean woodlands and scrub, mountain passes, gullies, orange groves, holm oaks, almond trees, olive trees, villages, asphalted roads and sections of Spanish A-roads.
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053857/Spanish_transhumance_11_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las vacas avanzan lentamente por un camino secundario en la provincia de Castell&#195;&#179;n. La trashumancia, que sucede en noviembre y junio de cada a&#195;&#177;o, transcurre por pinares, monte mediterr&#195;&#161;neo, puertos de monta&#195;&#177;a, barrancos, cultivos de naranjos, encinas, almendros y olivos, pueblos, caminos aslfaltados y tramos de carretera nacional. - The cows advance slowly along a minor road in the province of Castell&#195;&#179;n. The transhumance takes place twice a year (in November and June) and moves along pine forests, Mediterranean woodlands and scrub, mountain passes, gullies, orange groves, holm oaks, almond trees, olive trees, villages, asphalted roads and sections of Spanish A-roads.
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053857/Spanish_transhumance_11_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2848" width="4288"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053857/Spanish_transhumance_11_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las vacas avanzan lentamente por un camino secundario en la provincia de Castell&#195;&#179;n. La trashumancia, que sucede en noviembre y junio de cada a&#195;&#177;o, transcurre por pinares, monte mediterr&#195;&#161;neo, puertos de monta&#195;&#177;a, barrancos, cultivos de naranjos, encinas, almendros y olivos, pueblos, caminos aslfaltados y tramos de carretera nacional. - The cows advance slowly along a minor road in the province of Castell&#195;&#179;n. The transhumance takes place twice a year (in November and June) and moves along pine forests, Mediterranean woodlands and scrub, mountain passes, gullies, orange groves, holm oaks, almond trees, olive trees, villages, asphalted roads and sections of Spanish A-roads.
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      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053857/Spanish_transhumance_11_large.jpg"/>
      <media:credit role="author">Diego Vivanco</media:credit>
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      <title>Un alano espa&#195;&#177;ol sigue el avance del ganado entre almendros. Dos j&#195;&#179;venes alanos est&#195;&#161;n acompa&#195;&#177;ando al grupo en diversas partes del trayectos, inici&#195;&#161;ndose as&#195;&#173; en el control del ganado y poder ser utilizados en pr&#195;&#179;ximas trashumancias.  Su caracter&#195;&#173;stica principal es su fuerte mordida, que mantiene por largo tiempo de manera fija a vacas, toros y jabal&#195;&#173;es. - The alano espa&#195;&#177;ol dog follows the cows as they move between almond trees. Two young alanos will be used in cattle herding in future transhumances and are accompanying the group for various stages of the journey to start the learning process. Its main characteristic is its strong bite, which it uses to grip on to cows, bulls and boars. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053860/Spanish_transhumance_12_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un alano espa&#195;&#177;ol sigue el avance del ganado entre almendros. Dos j&#195;&#179;venes alanos est&#195;&#161;n acompa&#195;&#177;ando al grupo en diversas partes del trayectos, inici&#195;&#161;ndose as&#195;&#173; en el control del ganado y poder ser utilizados en pr&#195;&#179;ximas trashumancias.  Su caracter&#195;&#173;stica principal es su fuerte mordida, que mantiene por largo tiempo de manera fija a vacas, toros y jabal&#195;&#173;es. - The alano espa&#195;&#177;ol dog follows the cows as they move between almond trees. Two young alanos will be used in cattle herding in future transhumances and are accompanying the group for various stages of the journey to start the learning process. Its main characteristic is its strong bite, which it uses to grip on to cows, bulls and boars. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053860/Spanish_transhumance_12_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2848" width="4288"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053860/Spanish_transhumance_12_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un alano espa&#195;&#177;ol sigue el avance del ganado entre almendros. Dos j&#195;&#179;venes alanos est&#195;&#161;n acompa&#195;&#177;ando al grupo en diversas partes del trayectos, inici&#195;&#161;ndose as&#195;&#173; en el control del ganado y poder ser utilizados en pr&#195;&#179;ximas trashumancias.  Su caracter&#195;&#173;stica principal es su fuerte mordida, que mantiene por largo tiempo de manera fija a vacas, toros y jabal&#195;&#173;es. - The alano espa&#195;&#177;ol dog follows the cows as they move between almond trees. Two young alanos will be used in cattle herding in future transhumances and are accompanying the group for various stages of the journey to start the learning process. Its main characteristic is its strong bite, which it uses to grip on to cows, bulls and boars. 
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      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053860/Spanish_transhumance_12_large.jpg"/>
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      <title>La manada recorre el r&#195;&#173;o Seco o Rambla de Cervera durante unos kilometros. Este barranco, convertido en r&#195;&#173;o de piedras en la &#195;&#169;poca seca, forma parte de la red de veredas que conforman la Ca&#195;&#177;ada Real, definida en Espa&#195;&#177;a oficialmente por el rey Alfonso X en 1273  con la creaci&#195;&#179;n del consejo de la Mesta, inspir&#195;&#161;ndose en las regulaciones del ligallo general de pastores de Arag&#195;&#179;n. - The herd travels along the R&#195;&#173;o Seco (dry river) or Rambla de Cervera. This gully, transformed into a river of stones in the dry season, forms part of the droveway network which constitute the Ca&#195;&#177;ada Real, officially created in Spain by King Alfonso X in 1273, together with the Mesta, a sheep holders' association inspired by the Aragonese league of shepherds. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053863/Spanish_transhumance_13_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La manada recorre el r&#195;&#173;o Seco o Rambla de Cervera durante unos kilometros. Este barranco, convertido en r&#195;&#173;o de piedras en la &#195;&#169;poca seca, forma parte de la red de veredas que conforman la Ca&#195;&#177;ada Real, definida en Espa&#195;&#177;a oficialmente por el rey Alfonso X en 1273  con la creaci&#195;&#179;n del consejo de la Mesta, inspir&#195;&#161;ndose en las regulaciones del ligallo general de pastores de Arag&#195;&#179;n. - The herd travels along the R&#195;&#173;o Seco (dry river) or Rambla de Cervera. This gully, transformed into a river of stones in the dry season, forms part of the droveway network which constitute the Ca&#195;&#177;ada Real, officially created in Spain by King Alfonso X in 1273, together with the Mesta, a sheep holders' association inspired by the Aragonese league of shepherds. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053863</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053863/Spanish_transhumance_13_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2848" width="4288"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053863/Spanish_transhumance_13_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La manada recorre el r&#195;&#173;o Seco o Rambla de Cervera durante unos kilometros. Este barranco, convertido en r&#195;&#173;o de piedras en la &#195;&#169;poca seca, forma parte de la red de veredas que conforman la Ca&#195;&#177;ada Real, definida en Espa&#195;&#177;a oficialmente por el rey Alfonso X en 1273  con la creaci&#195;&#179;n del consejo de la Mesta, inspir&#195;&#161;ndose en las regulaciones del ligallo general de pastores de Arag&#195;&#179;n. - The herd travels along the R&#195;&#173;o Seco (dry river) or Rambla de Cervera. This gully, transformed into a river of stones in the dry season, forms part of the droveway network which constitute the Ca&#195;&#177;ada Real, officially created in Spain by King Alfonso X in 1273, together with the Mesta, a sheep holders' association inspired by the Aragonese league of shepherds. 
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      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053863/Spanish_transhumance_13_large.jpg"/>
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      <title>El grupo se detiene para comer durante unos minutos antes de reanudar la marcha. El 
ritmo en el que avanzan las vacas determina si los trashumantes hacen parada para comer un men&#195;&#186; en el que no falta rancho, platos y productos t&#195;&#173;picos catalanes como el arr&#195;&#179;s, col i fesols, la butifarra, embutido, queso y vino. - The group stops to eat for a few minutes before resuming the journey. The cows' pace will determine if the shepherds stop to enjoy a communal meal, which usually includes typical catalan dishes such as rice with beans and cabbage, cold meat, sausages, cheese and wine. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053866/Spanish_transhumance_14_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El grupo se detiene para comer durante unos minutos antes de reanudar la marcha. El 
ritmo en el que avanzan las vacas determina si los trashumantes hacen parada para comer un men&#195;&#186; en el que no falta rancho, platos y productos t&#195;&#173;picos catalanes como el arr&#195;&#179;s, col i fesols, la butifarra, embutido, queso y vino. - The group stops to eat for a few minutes before resuming the journey. The cows' pace will determine if the shepherds stop to enjoy a communal meal, which usually includes typical catalan dishes such as rice with beans and cabbage, cold meat, sausages, cheese and wine. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053866</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053866/Spanish_transhumance_14_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2842" width="4266"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053866/Spanish_transhumance_14_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El grupo se detiene para comer durante unos minutos antes de reanudar la marcha. El 
ritmo en el que avanzan las vacas determina si los trashumantes hacen parada para comer un men&#195;&#186; en el que no falta rancho, platos y productos t&#195;&#173;picos catalanes como el arr&#195;&#179;s, col i fesols, la butifarra, embutido, queso y vino. - The group stops to eat for a few minutes before resuming the journey. The cows' pace will determine if the shepherds stop to enjoy a communal meal, which usually includes typical catalan dishes such as rice with beans and cabbage, cold meat, sausages, cheese and wine. 
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      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053866/Spanish_transhumance_14_large.jpg"/>
      <media:credit role="author">Diego Vivanco</media:credit>
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      <title>Uno de los caballos bebe de un abrevadero de la ruta. Las ca&#195;&#177;adas a&#195;&#186;n mantienen vestigios y elementos de la actividad trashumante, como chozas, corrales, puentes contaderos de ganado, abrevaderos, descansaderos y se&#195;&#177;alizaciones. En algunos casos las autoridades se encargan del mantenimiento de las mismas, aunque los pastores denuncian su abandono y contin&#195;&#186;an reclamando una mejora de las v&#195;&#173;as pecuarias. - One of the horses drinks from a trough present in the route. The droveways still contain traces and elements of transhumant activity, such as huts, pens, livestock bridges, troughs, holding pens and signposts. In some cases authorities look after the trails, but shepherds still denounce neglect and continue to demand an improvement in droveway maintenance.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053869/Spanish_transhumance_15_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uno de los caballos bebe de un abrevadero de la ruta. Las ca&#195;&#177;adas a&#195;&#186;n mantienen vestigios y elementos de la actividad trashumante, como chozas, corrales, puentes contaderos de ganado, abrevaderos, descansaderos y se&#195;&#177;alizaciones. En algunos casos las autoridades se encargan del mantenimiento de las mismas, aunque los pastores denuncian su abandono y contin&#195;&#186;an reclamando una mejora de las v&#195;&#173;as pecuarias. - One of the horses drinks from a trough present in the route. The droveways still contain traces and elements of transhumant activity, such as huts, pens, livestock bridges, troughs, holding pens and signposts. In some cases authorities look after the trails, but shepherds still denounce neglect and continue to demand an improvement in droveway maintenance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053869'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053869/Spanish_transhumance_15_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2848" width="4288"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053869/Spanish_transhumance_15_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uno de los caballos bebe de un abrevadero de la ruta. Las ca&#195;&#177;adas a&#195;&#186;n mantienen vestigios y elementos de la actividad trashumante, como chozas, corrales, puentes contaderos de ganado, abrevaderos, descansaderos y se&#195;&#177;alizaciones. En algunos casos las autoridades se encargan del mantenimiento de las mismas, aunque los pastores denuncian su abandono y contin&#195;&#186;an reclamando una mejora de las v&#195;&#173;as pecuarias. - One of the horses drinks from a trough present in the route. The droveways still contain traces and elements of transhumant activity, such as huts, pens, livestock bridges, troughs, holding pens and signposts. In some cases authorities look after the trails, but shepherds still denounce neglect and continue to demand an improvement in droveway maintenance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053869'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>Uno de los jinetes persigue a un grupo de vacas para que vuelvan con el resto del grupo. Los pastores apuran hasta el &#195;&#186;ltimo momento la luz del sol y no es raro terminar las jornadas en noche cerrada para completar la ruta diaria que previamente ha sido planificada. - One of the riders chases a group of cows to lead them back into the herd. The shepherds make the most of the last rays of sunlight and it is common to finish the day's journey in the dead of night in order to keep to the route that has been initially planned out. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053872/Spanish_transhumance_16_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uno de los jinetes persigue a un grupo de vacas para que vuelvan con el resto del grupo. Los pastores apuran hasta el &#195;&#186;ltimo momento la luz del sol y no es raro terminar las jornadas en noche cerrada para completar la ruta diaria que previamente ha sido planificada. - One of the riders chases a group of cows to lead them back into the herd. The shepherds make the most of the last rays of sunlight and it is common to finish the day's journey in the dead of night in order to keep to the route that has been initially planned out. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053872/Spanish_transhumance_16_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2848" width="4288"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053872/Spanish_transhumance_16_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uno de los jinetes persigue a un grupo de vacas para que vuelvan con el resto del grupo. Los pastores apuran hasta el &#195;&#186;ltimo momento la luz del sol y no es raro terminar las jornadas en noche cerrada para completar la ruta diaria que previamente ha sido planificada. - One of the riders chases a group of cows to lead them back into the herd. The shepherds make the most of the last rays of sunlight and it is common to finish the day's journey in the dead of night in order to keep to the route that has been initially planned out. 
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      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053872/Spanish_transhumance_16_large.jpg"/>
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      <title>El caf&#195;&#169; se hace mientras un pastor prepara el ponche. La cena, el caf&#195;&#169; y el ponche, preparado con licor, az&#195;&#186;car y romero cortado a  lo largo del camino, calientan los cuerpos de los pastores en la noches cuando la temperatura ha descencido varios grados.   - Coffee is brewing while a shepherd prepares punch. As temperature descends at night, shepherds warm up their bodies with dinner, coffee and punch made with liqour, sugar and fresh rosemary grabbed along the journey. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053875/Spanish_transhumance_17_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El caf&#195;&#169; se hace mientras un pastor prepara el ponche. La cena, el caf&#195;&#169; y el ponche, preparado con licor, az&#195;&#186;car y romero cortado a  lo largo del camino, calientan los cuerpos de los pastores en la noches cuando la temperatura ha descencido varios grados.   - Coffee is brewing while a shepherd prepares punch. As temperature descends at night, shepherds warm up their bodies with dinner, coffee and punch made with liqour, sugar and fresh rosemary grabbed along the journey. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053875/Spanish_transhumance_17_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El caf&#195;&#169; se hace mientras un pastor prepara el ponche. La cena, el caf&#195;&#169; y el ponche, preparado con licor, az&#195;&#186;car y romero cortado a  lo largo del camino, calientan los cuerpos de los pastores en la noches cuando la temperatura ha descencido varios grados.   - Coffee is brewing while a shepherd prepares punch. As temperature descends at night, shepherds warm up their bodies with dinner, coffee and punch made with liqour, sugar and fresh rosemary grabbed along the journey. 
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      <title>Uno de los pastores se abriga con una manta tras despertarse de madrugada. Los pastores duermen en tiendas de campa&#195;&#177;a, en alg&#195;&#186;n veh&#195;&#173;culo de apoyo o al raso, como en el caso de Jos&#195;&#169; Juan, mientras que las vacas unas veces son reunidas en corrales facilitados y preparados para su uso por gobiernos locales en las veredas y otras, acotadas por un pastor el&#195;&#169;ctrico. - A shepherd keeps himself warm with a blanket after waking up in the early hours of the morning. The shepherds sleep in tents, in vehicles or, like Jos&#195;&#169; Juan, in the open, whereas the cows are kept in pens maintained by local governments along the route, or are enclosed by an electric fence.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053878/Spanish_transhumance_18_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uno de los pastores se abriga con una manta tras despertarse de madrugada. Los pastores duermen en tiendas de campa&#195;&#177;a, en alg&#195;&#186;n veh&#195;&#173;culo de apoyo o al raso, como en el caso de Jos&#195;&#169; Juan, mientras que las vacas unas veces son reunidas en corrales facilitados y preparados para su uso por gobiernos locales en las veredas y otras, acotadas por un pastor el&#195;&#169;ctrico. - A shepherd keeps himself warm with a blanket after waking up in the early hours of the morning. The shepherds sleep in tents, in vehicles or, like Jos&#195;&#169; Juan, in the open, whereas the cows are kept in pens maintained by local governments along the route, or are enclosed by an electric fence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053878'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053878</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053878/Spanish_transhumance_18_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2848" width="4288"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053878/Spanish_transhumance_18_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uno de los pastores se abriga con una manta tras despertarse de madrugada. Los pastores duermen en tiendas de campa&#195;&#177;a, en alg&#195;&#186;n veh&#195;&#173;culo de apoyo o al raso, como en el caso de Jos&#195;&#169; Juan, mientras que las vacas unas veces son reunidas en corrales facilitados y preparados para su uso por gobiernos locales en las veredas y otras, acotadas por un pastor el&#195;&#169;ctrico. - A shepherd keeps himself warm with a blanket after waking up in the early hours of the morning. The shepherds sleep in tents, in vehicles or, like Jos&#195;&#169; Juan, in the open, whereas the cows are kept in pens maintained by local governments along the route, or are enclosed by an electric fence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053878'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>El d&#195;&#173;a amanece triste en La Llacua, una pedan&#195;&#173;a casi abandonada donde los pastores han pasado la noche. Muchas ca&#195;&#177;adas atraviesan poblaciones que no respetan su trazado causando problemas en el movimiento del ganado. Otras poblaciones est&#195;&#161;n hist&#195;&#179;ricamente ligadas al tr&#195;&#161;nsito de ganado y respetan el paso del ganado y la labor de los pastores. - A gloomy day breaks in La Llacua, a semi-deserted hamlet where the transhumants have spent the night. Droveways cross towns and villages, many of which have grown over the trails without observing the droveways' original route, causing problems in livestock movement. Other settlements have strong historical links with stockbreeding and respect the passing of herds and shepherds.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053881/Spanish_transhumance_19_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El d&#195;&#173;a amanece triste en La Llacua, una pedan&#195;&#173;a casi abandonada donde los pastores han pasado la noche. Muchas ca&#195;&#177;adas atraviesan poblaciones que no respetan su trazado causando problemas en el movimiento del ganado. Otras poblaciones est&#195;&#161;n hist&#195;&#179;ricamente ligadas al tr&#195;&#161;nsito de ganado y respetan el paso del ganado y la labor de los pastores. - A gloomy day breaks in La Llacua, a semi-deserted hamlet where the transhumants have spent the night. Droveways cross towns and villages, many of which have grown over the trails without observing the droveways' original route, causing problems in livestock movement. Other settlements have strong historical links with stockbreeding and respect the passing of herds and shepherds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053881'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053881/Spanish_transhumance_19_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El d&#195;&#173;a amanece triste en La Llacua, una pedan&#195;&#173;a casi abandonada donde los pastores han pasado la noche. Muchas ca&#195;&#177;adas atraviesan poblaciones que no respetan su trazado causando problemas en el movimiento del ganado. Otras poblaciones est&#195;&#161;n hist&#195;&#179;ricamente ligadas al tr&#195;&#161;nsito de ganado y respetan el paso del ganado y la labor de los pastores. - A gloomy day breaks in La Llacua, a semi-deserted hamlet where the transhumants have spent the night. Droveways cross towns and villages, many of which have grown over the trails without observing the droveways' original route, causing problems in livestock movement. Other settlements have strong historical links with stockbreeding and respect the passing of herds and shepherds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053881'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>Pascual es de las pocas personas, junto a sus compa&#195;&#177;eros trashumantes ,que contin&#195;&#186;an con la pr&#195;&#161;ctica de esta tradici&#195;&#179;n milenaria. Con el sentimiento de ser los &#195;&#186;ltimos depositarios de una cultura y una forma de ser que desaparece, consideran la trashumancia como un hecho cultural de gran importancia e inter&#195;&#169;s y un modelo de gesti&#195;&#179;n de territorio en consonancia con el paisaje y el medioambiente. - Pascual is one of the few people, together with his transhuming friends, who continues to practice this millenial tradition. With the feeling of being the last depositaries of a disappearing culture and way of being, they consider transhumance a reality of great interest and importance and a model land management method, in tune with the landscape and the environment. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053908/Spanish_transhumance_20_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pascual es de las pocas personas, junto a sus compa&#195;&#177;eros trashumantes ,que contin&#195;&#186;an con la pr&#195;&#161;ctica de esta tradici&#195;&#179;n milenaria. Con el sentimiento de ser los &#195;&#186;ltimos depositarios de una cultura y una forma de ser que desaparece, consideran la trashumancia como un hecho cultural de gran importancia e inter&#195;&#169;s y un modelo de gesti&#195;&#179;n de territorio en consonancia con el paisaje y el medioambiente. - Pascual is one of the few people, together with his transhuming friends, who continues to practice this millenial tradition. With the feeling of being the last depositaries of a disappearing culture and way of being, they consider transhumance a reality of great interest and importance and a model land management method, in tune with the landscape and the environment. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053908/Spanish_transhumance_20_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2848" width="4288"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053908/Spanish_transhumance_20_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pascual es de las pocas personas, junto a sus compa&#195;&#177;eros trashumantes ,que contin&#195;&#186;an con la pr&#195;&#161;ctica de esta tradici&#195;&#179;n milenaria. Con el sentimiento de ser los &#195;&#186;ltimos depositarios de una cultura y una forma de ser que desaparece, consideran la trashumancia como un hecho cultural de gran importancia e inter&#195;&#169;s y un modelo de gesti&#195;&#179;n de territorio en consonancia con el paisaje y el medioambiente. - Pascual is one of the few people, together with his transhuming friends, who continues to practice this millenial tradition. With the feeling of being the last depositaries of a disappearing culture and way of being, they consider transhumance a reality of great interest and importance and a model land management method, in tune with the landscape and the environment. 
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      <title>El pastor impide que el ganado se desv&#195;&#173;e de su ruta. La ca&#195;&#177;ada real debe tener 90 varas castellanas (72,22 metros) de anchura. Son trazados de largo recorrido, regulados y protegidos para el uso de pastores, por lo que el ganado tiene derecho frente a aquello que no respete su trazado y uso oficial: carreteras, edificios, etc. -  The shepherd stops the herd from wandering off the droveway. A Spanish droveway, or Ca&#195;&#177;ada Real, must have a width of ninety Castilian varas (72,22 metres), and is a route that covers long distances. They are protected and regulated by law in order to be used by shepherds, therefore livestock have rights over everything that does not respect the trail's official use:  roads, farms, buildings, etc.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053915/Spanish_transhumance_21_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El pastor impide que el ganado se desv&#195;&#173;e de su ruta. La ca&#195;&#177;ada real debe tener 90 varas castellanas (72,22 metros) de anchura. Son trazados de largo recorrido, regulados y protegidos para el uso de pastores, por lo que el ganado tiene derecho frente a aquello que no respete su trazado y uso oficial: carreteras, edificios, etc. -  The shepherd stops the herd from wandering off the droveway. A Spanish droveway, or Ca&#195;&#177;ada Real, must have a width of ninety Castilian varas (72,22 metres), and is a route that covers long distances. They are protected and regulated by law in order to be used by shepherds, therefore livestock have rights over everything that does not respect the trail's official use:  roads, farms, buildings, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053915'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <guid>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053915</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053915</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053915/Spanish_transhumance_21_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2848" width="4288"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053915/Spanish_transhumance_21_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El pastor impide que el ganado se desv&#195;&#173;e de su ruta. La ca&#195;&#177;ada real debe tener 90 varas castellanas (72,22 metros) de anchura. Son trazados de largo recorrido, regulados y protegidos para el uso de pastores, por lo que el ganado tiene derecho frente a aquello que no respete su trazado y uso oficial: carreteras, edificios, etc. -  The shepherd stops the herd from wandering off the droveway. A Spanish droveway, or Ca&#195;&#177;ada Real, must have a width of ninety Castilian varas (72,22 metres), and is a route that covers long distances. They are protected and regulated by law in order to be used by shepherds, therefore livestock have rights over everything that does not respect the trail's official use:  roads, farms, buildings, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053915'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053915/Spanish_transhumance_21_large.jpg"/>
      <media:credit role="author">Diego Vivanco</media:credit>
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      <title>Juanito, el conductor del cami&#195;&#179;n de apoyo, espera durante una fr&#195;&#173;a ma&#195;&#177;ana el paso de las vacas para poder controlar los tiempos programados. Se encarga de llevar el material necesario para la realizaci&#195;&#179;n de la trashumancia: enseres de cocina y alimentos, botiquines, etc. La trashumancia la realizan tres pastores a pie y cuatro a caballo. - It's a cold morning and Juanito, the driver of the back-up truck, is waiting for the cows to walk by in the scheduled time. Juanito is responsible for carrying all the gear needed in the transhumance: kitchen supplies, food, first aid kits, and so on. Seven shepherds take part in the transhumance, three on foot and four on horseback.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053920/Spanish_transhumance_22_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Juanito, el conductor del cami&#195;&#179;n de apoyo, espera durante una fr&#195;&#173;a ma&#195;&#177;ana el paso de las vacas para poder controlar los tiempos programados. Se encarga de llevar el material necesario para la realizaci&#195;&#179;n de la trashumancia: enseres de cocina y alimentos, botiquines, etc. La trashumancia la realizan tres pastores a pie y cuatro a caballo. - It's a cold morning and Juanito, the driver of the back-up truck, is waiting for the cows to walk by in the scheduled time. Juanito is responsible for carrying all the gear needed in the transhumance: kitchen supplies, food, first aid kits, and so on. Seven shepherds take part in the transhumance, three on foot and four on horseback.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053920'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053920/Spanish_transhumance_22_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2848" width="4288"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053920/Spanish_transhumance_22_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Juanito, el conductor del cami&#195;&#179;n de apoyo, espera durante una fr&#195;&#173;a ma&#195;&#177;ana el paso de las vacas para poder controlar los tiempos programados. Se encarga de llevar el material necesario para la realizaci&#195;&#179;n de la trashumancia: enseres de cocina y alimentos, botiquines, etc. La trashumancia la realizan tres pastores a pie y cuatro a caballo. - It's a cold morning and Juanito, the driver of the back-up truck, is waiting for the cows to walk by in the scheduled time. Juanito is responsible for carrying all the gear needed in the transhumance: kitchen supplies, food, first aid kits, and so on. Seven shepherds take part in the transhumance, three on foot and four on horseback.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053920'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053920/Spanish_transhumance_22_large.jpg"/>
      <media:credit role="author">Diego Vivanco</media:credit>
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      <title>Los animales se refrescan en una charca y aprovechan para beber y disfrutar de unos minutos de descanso. Las rocas, piedras y, en mayor medida, el asfalto causan estragos entre los animales. Las pezu&#195;&#177;as de las vacas est&#195;&#161;n erosionadas y algunas llegan a sangrar. El encuentro de una balsa es para todos una bendici&#195;&#179;n que mitiga los efectos adversos del terreno. - The animals cool down in a pool, and use the opportunity to drink and rest. The rocks and stones, and to a greater extent tarmac, cause serious problems for the cows. The hoofs become eroded and some cows have started to bleed. Bumping into a pond has been a blessing and has helped to mitigate the effects of the land on the animals. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053971/Spanish_transhumance_23_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los animales se refrescan en una charca y aprovechan para beber y disfrutar de unos minutos de descanso. Las rocas, piedras y, en mayor medida, el asfalto causan estragos entre los animales. Las pezu&#195;&#177;as de las vacas est&#195;&#161;n erosionadas y algunas llegan a sangrar. El encuentro de una balsa es para todos una bendici&#195;&#179;n que mitiga los efectos adversos del terreno. - The animals cool down in a pool, and use the opportunity to drink and rest. The rocks and stones, and to a greater extent tarmac, cause serious problems for the cows. The hoofs become eroded and some cows have started to bleed. Bumping into a pond has been a blessing and has helped to mitigate the effects of the land on the animals. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053971/Spanish_transhumance_23_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2848" width="4288"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053971/Spanish_transhumance_23_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los animales se refrescan en una charca y aprovechan para beber y disfrutar de unos minutos de descanso. Las rocas, piedras y, en mayor medida, el asfalto causan estragos entre los animales. Las pezu&#195;&#177;as de las vacas est&#195;&#161;n erosionadas y algunas llegan a sangrar. El encuentro de una balsa es para todos una bendici&#195;&#179;n que mitiga los efectos adversos del terreno. - The animals cool down in a pool, and use the opportunity to drink and rest. The rocks and stones, and to a greater extent tarmac, cause serious problems for the cows. The hoofs become eroded and some cows have started to bleed. Bumping into a pond has been a blessing and has helped to mitigate the effects of the land on the animals. 
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      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053971/Spanish_transhumance_23_large.jpg"/>
      <media:credit role="author">Diego Vivanco</media:credit>
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      <title>Las vacas pastan bajo la atenta mirada de un jinete. La trashumancia juega un papel importante en el mantenimiento de la biodiversidad. Los animales transportan semillas ayudando a la dispersi&#195;&#179;n de especies, mantienen limpios los caminos, ayudan al desarrollo sostenible, frenan la erosi&#195;&#179;n y sacan provecho de un espacio virgen nunca cultivado ni maltratado por pesticidas o herbicidas. - Cows graze under the watchful eye of one of the horse riders. Transhumance plays a vital role in the maintenance of biodiversity. Animals help in the dispersion of species by carrying seeds, they keep the trails clean, they contribute to sustainable development, stop soil erosion, and also take advantage of the fact that the droveways are natural spaces unspoiled by farming, pesticides or herbicides.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053974/Spanish_transhumance_24_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las vacas pastan bajo la atenta mirada de un jinete. La trashumancia juega un papel importante en el mantenimiento de la biodiversidad. Los animales transportan semillas ayudando a la dispersi&#195;&#179;n de especies, mantienen limpios los caminos, ayudan al desarrollo sostenible, frenan la erosi&#195;&#179;n y sacan provecho de un espacio virgen nunca cultivado ni maltratado por pesticidas o herbicidas. - Cows graze under the watchful eye of one of the horse riders. Transhumance plays a vital role in the maintenance of biodiversity. Animals help in the dispersion of species by carrying seeds, they keep the trails clean, they contribute to sustainable development, stop soil erosion, and also take advantage of the fact that the droveways are natural spaces unspoiled by farming, pesticides or herbicides.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053974'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053974</link>
      <media:content url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053974/Spanish_transhumance_24_large.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="2592" width="3872"/>
      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053974/Spanish_transhumance_24_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las vacas pastan bajo la atenta mirada de un jinete. La trashumancia juega un papel importante en el mantenimiento de la biodiversidad. Los animales transportan semillas ayudando a la dispersi&#195;&#179;n de especies, mantienen limpios los caminos, ayudan al desarrollo sostenible, frenan la erosi&#195;&#179;n y sacan provecho de un espacio virgen nunca cultivado ni maltratado por pesticidas o herbicidas. - Cows graze under the watchful eye of one of the horse riders. Transhumance plays a vital role in the maintenance of biodiversity. Animals help in the dispersion of species by carrying seeds, they keep the trails clean, they contribute to sustainable development, stop soil erosion, and also take advantage of the fact that the droveways are natural spaces unspoiled by farming, pesticides or herbicides.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053974'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053974/Spanish_transhumance_24_large.jpg"/>
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      <title>La noche cae sobre el jinete. Tras horas montado a lomos de su caballo, el cansancio tambi&#195;&#169;n hace mella y el deseo de completar la etapa crece. - Night falls on the horseman. After hours of riding, tiredness sets in and the desire to complete the day's stage grows. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053980/Spanish_transhumance_25_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La noche cae sobre el jinete. Tras horas montado a lomos de su caballo, el cansancio tambi&#195;&#169;n hace mella y el deseo de completar la etapa crece. - Night falls on the horseman. After hours of riding, tiredness sets in and the desire to complete the day's stage grows. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053980/Spanish_transhumance_25_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La noche cae sobre el jinete. Tras horas montado a lomos de su caballo, el cansancio tambi&#195;&#169;n hace mella y el deseo de completar la etapa crece. - Night falls on the horseman. After hours of riding, tiredness sets in and the desire to complete the day's stage grows. 
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      <title>Pascual fuma un cigarrillo despu&#195;&#169;s de cenar. La trashumancia tiene como destino la finca de &#195;&#169;ste, donde las vacas pasar&#195;&#161;n unas semanas hasta ser reubicadas en otra finca de la localidad de Amposta. All&#195;&#173; se quedar&#195;&#161;n hasta principios de verano, momento en el que el calor indicar&#195;&#161; la necesidad de retornar a las monta&#195;&#177;as del Maestrazgo turolense. - Pascual takes a drag on his cigarette after dinner. The trip's final destination is his country estate, where the cows will stay for a few weeks before being taken to another farm in the town of Amposta. The animals will stay there until the beginning of summer, when the hot weather will indicate the need to return to the mountains in the Maestrazgo region. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053983/Spanish_transhumance_26_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pascual fuma un cigarrillo despu&#195;&#169;s de cenar. La trashumancia tiene como destino la finca de &#195;&#169;ste, donde las vacas pasar&#195;&#161;n unas semanas hasta ser reubicadas en otra finca de la localidad de Amposta. All&#195;&#173; se quedar&#195;&#161;n hasta principios de verano, momento en el que el calor indicar&#195;&#161; la necesidad de retornar a las monta&#195;&#177;as del Maestrazgo turolense. - Pascual takes a drag on his cigarette after dinner. The trip's final destination is his country estate, where the cows will stay for a few weeks before being taken to another farm in the town of Amposta. The animals will stay there until the beginning of summer, when the hot weather will indicate the need to return to the mountains in the Maestrazgo region. 
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053983/Spanish_transhumance_26_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pascual fuma un cigarrillo despu&#195;&#169;s de cenar. La trashumancia tiene como destino la finca de &#195;&#169;ste, donde las vacas pasar&#195;&#161;n unas semanas hasta ser reubicadas en otra finca de la localidad de Amposta. All&#195;&#173; se quedar&#195;&#161;n hasta principios de verano, momento en el que el calor indicar&#195;&#161; la necesidad de retornar a las monta&#195;&#177;as del Maestrazgo turolense. - Pascual takes a drag on his cigarette after dinner. The trip's final destination is his country estate, where the cows will stay for a few weeks before being taken to another farm in the town of Amposta. The animals will stay there until the beginning of summer, when the hot weather will indicate the need to return to the mountains in the Maestrazgo region. 
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      <title>Uno de los caballos se gira hacia el este para observar la salida del sol. Los pastores tienen como compa&#195;&#177;&#195;&#173;a los perros y los caballos, aut&#195;&#169;nticos guardianes del ganado. - A horse turns to the east to watch the sunrise. Shepherds enjoy the company of dogs and horses, the true guardians of the herd. 
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053986/Spanish_transhumance_27_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uno de los caballos se gira hacia el este para observar la salida del sol. Los pastores tienen como compa&#195;&#177;&#195;&#173;a los perros y los caballos, aut&#195;&#169;nticos guardianes del ganado. - A horse turns to the east to watch the sunrise. Shepherds enjoy the company of dogs and horses, the true guardians of the herd. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053986/Spanish_transhumance_27_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uno de los caballos se gira hacia el este para observar la salida del sol. Los pastores tienen como compa&#195;&#177;&#195;&#173;a los perros y los caballos, aut&#195;&#169;nticos guardianes del ganado. - A horse turns to the east to watch the sunrise. Shepherds enjoy the company of dogs and horses, the true guardians of the herd. 
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      <title>Las vacas avanzan a ritmo lento a medida que van pasando los d&#195;&#173;as. La red espa&#195;&#177;ola de v&#195;&#173;as pecuarias cuadruplica la ferrovial; siglos atr&#195;&#161;s, la trashumancia convirti&#195;&#179; a Espa&#195;&#177;a  en el pa&#195;&#173;s m&#195;&#161;s poderoso del mundo en parte gracias al comercio de la lana de oveja merina que transistaba las ca&#195;&#177;adas. Pero el futuro de esta tradici&#195;&#179;n es incierto y se le auguran pocos a&#195;&#177;os de supervivencia.  - The cows advance slowly as the days go by. The Spanish network of droveways is four times larger than its rail network; centuries ago transhumance transformed Spain into the most powerful nation in the world partly due to the trading of Merino sheep wool, which travelled along these droveways. Yet the tradition's future is uncertain and many predict that it will not survive long.</title>
      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053992/Spanish_transhumance_28_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las vacas avanzan a ritmo lento a medida que van pasando los d&#195;&#173;as. La red espa&#195;&#177;ola de v&#195;&#173;as pecuarias cuadruplica la ferrovial; siglos atr&#195;&#161;s, la trashumancia convirti&#195;&#179; a Espa&#195;&#177;a  en el pa&#195;&#173;s m&#195;&#161;s poderoso del mundo en parte gracias al comercio de la lana de oveja merina que transistaba las ca&#195;&#177;adas. Pero el futuro de esta tradici&#195;&#179;n es incierto y se le auguran pocos a&#195;&#177;os de supervivencia.  - The cows advance slowly as the days go by. The Spanish network of droveways is four times larger than its rail network; centuries ago transhumance transformed Spain into the most powerful nation in the world partly due to the trading of Merino sheep wool, which travelled along these droveways. Yet the tradition's future is uncertain and many predict that it will not survive long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053992'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053992/Spanish_transhumance_28_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Las vacas avanzan a ritmo lento a medida que van pasando los d&#195;&#173;as. La red espa&#195;&#177;ola de v&#195;&#173;as pecuarias cuadruplica la ferrovial; siglos atr&#195;&#161;s, la trashumancia convirti&#195;&#179; a Espa&#195;&#177;a  en el pa&#195;&#173;s m&#195;&#161;s poderoso del mundo en parte gracias al comercio de la lana de oveja merina que transistaba las ca&#195;&#177;adas. Pero el futuro de esta tradici&#195;&#179;n es incierto y se le auguran pocos a&#195;&#177;os de supervivencia.  - The cows advance slowly as the days go by. The Spanish network of droveways is four times larger than its rail network; centuries ago transhumance transformed Spain into the most powerful nation in the world partly due to the trading of Merino sheep wool, which travelled along these droveways. Yet the tradition's future is uncertain and many predict that it will not survive long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1053992'&gt;view full-size image&lt;/a&gt;</media:text>
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      <title>Dos j&#195;&#179;venes jinetes observan desde lo alto el paso del ganado por uno de los m&#195;&#186;ltiples barrancos que se atraviesan en el viaje. La dureza de la actividad y su diferencia frente a los actuales modos de vida, ha provocado el abandono y la falta de inter&#195;&#169;s de las generaciones m&#195;&#161;s j&#195;&#179;venes, poniendo en riesgo el futuro trashumante. - Two young horsemen observe from a high point the passing of the herd through one of the many gullies that appear in the journey. The harshness of this activity and its contrast with current lifestyles has led to its abandonment and lack of interest from younger generations, putting at risk the future of transhumance.
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      <description>&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053998/Spanish_transhumance_29_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dos j&#195;&#179;venes jinetes observan desde lo alto el paso del ganado por uno de los m&#195;&#186;ltiples barrancos que se atraviesan en el viaje. La dureza de la actividad y su diferencia frente a los actuales modos de vida, ha provocado el abandono y la falta de inter&#195;&#169;s de las generaciones m&#195;&#161;s j&#195;&#179;venes, poniendo en riesgo el futuro trashumante. - Two young horsemen observe from a high point the passing of the herd through one of the many gullies that appear in the journey. The harshness of this activity and its contrast with current lifestyles has led to its abandonment and lack of interest from younger generations, putting at risk the future of transhumance.
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <media:text type="html">&lt;img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053998/Spanish_transhumance_29_small.jpg' /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dos j&#195;&#179;venes jinetes observan desde lo alto el paso del ganado por uno de los m&#195;&#186;ltiples barrancos que se atraviesan en el viaje. La dureza de la actividad y su diferencia frente a los actuales modos de vida, ha provocado el abandono y la falta de inter&#195;&#169;s de las generaciones m&#195;&#161;s j&#195;&#179;venes, poniendo en riesgo el futuro trashumante. - Two young horsemen observe from a high point the passing of the herd through one of the many gullies that appear in the journey. The harshness of this activity and its contrast with current lifestyles has led to its abandonment and lack of interest from younger generations, putting at risk the future of transhumance.
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      <media:thumbnail url="http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1053998/Spanish_transhumance_29_large.jpg"/>
      <media:credit role="author">Diego Vivanco</media:credit>
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