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  • Sable cow<br />
Camp #6<br />
Exotic Game Breeders / Eden Farm<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
South Africa
    20130428_Sable cow_25_©Pete Oxford.jpg
  • Buffalo cow (Semenya)<br />
Exotic Game Breeders / Eden Farm<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
South Africa
    20130428_Buffalo cow_77_©Pete Oxford.jpg
  • Buffalo cow (Semenya)<br />
Exotic Game Breeders / Eden Farm<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
South Africa
    20130428_Buffalo cow_33_©Pete Oxford.jpg
  • Sable cow (Hippotragus niger)<br />
Camp #2<br />
Exotic Game Breeders / Eden Farm<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
South Africa
    20130428_Sable cow_313_©Pete Oxford.jpg
  • Buffalo cow (Semenya)<br />
Exotic Game Breeders / Eden Farm<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
South Africa
    20130428_Buffalo cow_95_©Pete Oxford.jpg
  • Brazilian Cow with leather eye-shield - used to prevent the cow moving away too quickly<br />
Caatinga Habitat<br />
Bahia State, NE BRAZIL.  South America
    D1X_2292_Cow.jpg
  • Brazilian Cow with leather eye-shield - used to prevent the cow moving away too quickly<br />
Caatinga Habitat<br />
Bahia State, NE BRAZIL.  South America
    D1X_2290_Cow.jpg
  • Wedding cow<br />
Agra<br />
Uttar Pradesh,  India
    20141113_Wedding_cow_7.jpg
  • Cow<br />
Brahmaputra River Car Ferry launch site<br />
Assam<br />
North East India<br />
UNESCO World Heritage Site
    20141031_Cow_8.jpg
  • Local Quichua Indians milking her cow<br />
near Chimborazo<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20171114_Quichua_Indian_milking_cow_...tif
  • Indian milking cow<br />
Maria Chimbo<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_milking_cow_101.tif
  • Boy leading cow<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Boy_leading_cow_129.tif
  • Boy leading cow<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Boy_leading_cow_124.tif
  • Boy leading cow<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Boy_leading_cow_119.tif
  • Boy leading cow<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Boy_leading_cow_121.tif
  • Buffalo cow (Semenya)<br />
Exotic Game Breeders / Eden Farm<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
South Africa
    20130428_Buffalo cow_139_©Pete Oxfor...jpg
  • Cow with nose plate<br />
to stop nursing from mother<br />
Eastern Mongolia<br />
Mongolia
    105473_Cow-with_nose_plate.jpg
  • Slaughtering Cow<br />
Kwaimata Village<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3626 Slaughtering Cow.jpg
  • Slaughtering Cow<br />
Kwaimata Village<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3637 Slaughtering Cow.jpg
  • Slaughtering Cow<br />
Kwaimata Village<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3627 Slaughtering Cow.jpg
  • Local Quichua Indians milking her cow<br />
near Chimborazo<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20171114_Quichua_Indian_milking_cow_...tif
  • Indian milking cow<br />
Augustina Lata & Maria Chimbo<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_milking_cow_112.tif
  • Indian milking cow<br />
Maria Chimbo<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_milking_cow_94.tif
  • Indian milking cow<br />
Maria Chimbo<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_milking_cow_90.tif
  • Indian milking cow<br />
Maria Chimbo<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_milking_cow_73.tif
  • Indian milking cow<br />
Augustina Lata & Maria Chimbo<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_milking_cow_80.tif
  • Slaughtering Cow<br />
Kwaimata Village<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3644 Slaughtering Cow.jpg
  • Indian milking cow<br />
Augustina Lata & Maria Chimbo<br />
Calpi animal market<br />
Parish of Riobamba, Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160820_Indian_milking_cow_81.tif
  • Cow<br />
Surama Village<br />
Rainforest<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
    1SU3 Cow.jpg
  • Brazilian Cow with leather eye-shield - used to prevent the cow moving away too quickly<br />
Caatinga Habitat<br />
Bahia State, NE BRAZIL.  South America
    D1X_2322_Cowboy.jpg
  • Amerindian Children covered in cow blood after slaughtering cow.<br />
Katoka Amerindian Village<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3714 Amerindian.jpg
  • Amerindian Children covered in cow blood after slaughtering cow.<br />
Katoka Amerindian Village<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3527 Amerindian.jpg
  • Amerindian Children covered in cow blood after slaughtering cow.<br />
Katoka Amerindian Village<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3527 Amerindian.jpg
  • Plastic recycling illegal<br />
Bali Island<br />
West Nusa Tenggara <br />
Lesser Sunda Islands<br />
Indonesia<br />
Illegal plastic recycling where cow owners pay grazing rights to let their cows forage in the garbage. Deforested mangrove
    20161109_Plastic_recycling_illegal_2...jpg
  • Plastic recycling illegal<br />
Bali Island<br />
West Nusa Tenggara <br />
Lesser Sunda Islands<br />
Indonesia<br />
Illegal plastic recycling where cow owners pay grazing rights to let their cows forage in the garbage. Deforested mangrove
    20161109_Plastic_recycling_illegal_1...tif
  • Plastic recycling illegal<br />
Bali Island<br />
West Nusa Tenggara <br />
Lesser Sunda Islands<br />
Indonesia<br />
Illegal plastic recycling where cow owners pay grazing rights to let their cows forage in the garbage. Deforested mangrove
    20161109_Plastic_recycling_illegal_2...jpg
  • Plastic recycling illegal<br />
Bali Island<br />
West Nusa Tenggara <br />
Lesser Sunda Islands<br />
Indonesia<br />
Illegal plastic recycling where cow owners pay grazing rights to let their cows forage in the garbage. Deforested mangrove
    20161109_Plastic_recycling_illegal_2...jpg
  • Plastic recycling illegal<br />
Bali Island<br />
West Nusa Tenggara <br />
Lesser Sunda Islands<br />
Indonesia<br />
Illegal plastic recycling where cow owners pay grazing rights to let their cows forage in the garbage. Deforested mangrove
    20161109_Plastic_recycling_illegal_2...jpg
  • Mising holding calf while cow is milked<br />
Mising Tribe (Mishing or Miri Tribe)<br />
Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River<br />
Largest river island in India<br />
Assam,  ne India
    20141023_Mising_holding_calf_2.jpg
  • Local man & zebu<br />
South Madagascar<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181103_Local_man_&_zebu_225.tif
  • Watusi cattle<br />
Private game ranch<br />
Great Karoo<br />
SOUTH AFRICA
    20130929_Watusi cattle_125.jpg
  • Watusi cattle<br />
Private game ranch<br />
Great Karoo<br />
SOUTH AFRICA
    20130926_Watusi cattle_267.jpg
  • Traditional Zebu (ox) cart. Antandroy couple - wearing the local hats typical of the region. Spiny forest area of southern MADAGASCAR<br />
 2005
    1163732.jpg
  • Cattle<br />
Savanna <br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151209_Cattle_120.jpg
  • Leather making<br />
Scraping cowhide to make leather<br />
Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world<br />
Cyril Andrews
    20151208_Leather_making_404.jpg
  • Leather making<br />
Scraping cowhide to make leather<br />
Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world<br />
Cyril Andrews
    20151208_Leather_making_394.jpg
  • Leather making<br />
Scraping cowhide to make leather<br />
Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world<br />
Cyril Andrews
    20151208_Leather_making_462.jpg
  • Cattle<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151208_Cattle_244.jpg
  • Dadanawa Ranch & boy<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world<br />
Gareth Jones
    20151208_Dadanawa_Ranch_&_boy_374.jpg
  • Dadanawa Ranch & boy<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world<br />
Gareth Jones
    20151208_Dadanawa_Ranch_&_boy_380.jpg
  • Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world
    20151208_Dadanawa_Ranch_420.jpg
  • Cattle<br />
Savanna <br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151207_Cattle_53.jpg
  • Cattle<br />
Savanna <br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151207_Cattle_58.jpg
  • Pantanal cowboy 'Boiadeiro' in the Central Pantanal - showing hollowed out bulls horn and used for drinking 'mate'. These mate horns and spoons go everywhere with them. They wear hard-wearing leather chaps over jeans or even shorts. Boots or bare foot depending on the season or where they are working. Many carry guns as there are cattle thiefs who attempt to steal the cattle as the fazendas are large. The 'boiadeiros' often decorate their clothing and horses and tack with pieces of metal.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America
    23437_Matte_horn.jpg
  • Vaquero (Cowboy) on horseback<br />
Bina Hill<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY1684 Vaquero on horseback.jpg
  • Local Quichua Indian<br />
near Chimborazo<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20171114_Local_Quichua_Indian_358.tif
  • Local Quichua Indian<br />
near Chimborazo<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20171114_Local_Quichua_Indian_162.tif
  • Local Quichua Indian<br />
near Chimborazo<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20171114_Local_Quichua_Indian_171.tif
  • Local man & zebu<br />
South Madagascar<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181103_Local_man_&_zebu_216.tif
  • Watusi cattle<br />
Private game ranch<br />
Great Karoo<br />
SOUTH AFRICA
    20130929_Watusi cattle_159.jpg
  • Sable Bull (Mr Bojangles) & females<br />
Camp #2<br />
Exotic Game Breeders / Eden Farm<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
South Africa
    20130428_Sable Bull (Mr Bojangles)_1...jpg
  • Sable Bull (Malchulu)<br />
Camp #1<br />
Exotic Game Breeders / Eden Farm<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
South Africa
    20130428_Sable bull - Malchulu_143_©...jpg
  • Sable Bull (Malchulu)<br />
Camp #1<br />
Exotic Game Breeders / Eden Farm<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
South Africa
    20130428_Sable bull - Malchulu_136_©...jpg
  • Sable Bull (Malchulu)<br />
Camp #1<br />
Exotic Game Breeders / Eden Farm<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
South Africa
    20130428_Sable bull - Malchulu_117_©...jpg
  • Zach Montes<br />
Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world
    20151209_Zach_Montes_72.jpg
  • Skulls Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world
    20151208_Skulls_Dadanawa_Ranch_410.jpg
  • Kitchen<br />
Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world
    20151208_Kitchen_Dadanawa_Ranch_443.jpg
  • Leather making<br />
Scraping cowhide to make leather<br />
Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world<br />
Cyril Andrews
    20151208_Leather_making_388.jpg
  • Leather making<br />
Scraping cowhide to make leather<br />
Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world<br />
Cyril Andrews
    20151208_Leather_making_473.jpg
  • Leather making<br />
Scraping cowhide to make leather<br />
Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world<br />
Cyril Andrews
    20151208_Leather_making_474.jpg
  • Leather making<br />
Scraping cowhide to make leather<br />
Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world<br />
Cyril Andrews
    20151208_Leather_making_477.jpg
  • Cattle trails<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151208_Cattle_trails_312.jpg
  • Cattle trails<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151208_Cattle_trails_361.jpg
  • Dadanawa Ranch & boy<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world<br />
Gareth Jones
    20151208_Dadanawa_Ranch_&_boy_376.jpg
  • Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world
    20151208_Dadanawa_Ranch_384.jpg
  • Cattle<br />
Savanna <br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Cattle_567.jpg
  • Cattle<br />
Savanna <br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Cattle_567.tif
  • Vaquero (Cowboy) on horseback<br />
Bina Hill<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY1744 Vaquero on horseback.jpg
  • Local Quichua Indian<br />
near Chimborazo<br />
Ecuador, South America
    20171114_Local_Quichua_Indian_188.tif
  • Sable Bull (Malchulu)<br />
Camp #1<br />
Exotic Game Breeders / Eden Farm<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
South Africa
    20130428_Sable bull - Malchulu_150_©...jpg
  • Cattle<br />
Savanna <br />
Rurununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151209_Cattle_115.jpg
  • Leather making<br />
Scraping cowhide to make leather<br />
Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world<br />
Cyril Andrews
    20151208_Leather_making_390.jpg
  • Dadanawa Ranch & boy<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world<br />
Gareth Jones
    20151208_Dadanawa_Ranch_&_boy_377.jpg
  • Dadanawa Ranch<br />
Cattle Ranch<br />
Savanna <br />
South Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Once the largest private ranch in the world
    20151208_Dadanawa_Ranch_386.jpg
  • Cattle under mosquito nets for protection again malaria. The smoke is used to drive any mosquitos out from under the net before they close it up for the night<br />
Mising Tribe (Mishing or Miri Tribe)<br />
Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River<br />
Largest river island in India<br />
Assam,  ne India
    20141022_Smoking_out_mosquitos_11.jpg
  • Calves<br />
Calpi Market<br />
Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20161224_Calves_22.jpg
  • Beach & Atlantic Ocean<br />
East coast<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151218_Beach_&_Atlantic_Ocean_658.jpg
  • Cattle under mosquito nets for protection again malaria. The smoke is used to drive any mosquitos out from under the net before they close it up for the night<br />
Mising Tribe (Mishing or Miri Tribe)<br />
Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River<br />
Largest river island in India<br />
Assam,  ne India
    20141022_Smoking_out_mosquitos_20.jpg
  • Cattle under mosquito nets for protection again malaria. The smoke is used to drive any mosquitos out from under the net before they close it up for the night<br />
Mising Tribe (Mishing or Miri Tribe)<br />
Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River<br />
Largest river island in India<br />
Assam,  ne India
    20141022_Smoking_out_mosquitos_1.jpg
  • Cattle under mosquito nets for protection again malaria. The smoke is used to drive any mosquitos out from under the net before they close it up for the night<br />
Mising Tribe (Mishing or Miri Tribe)<br />
Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River<br />
Largest river island in India<br />
Assam,  ne India
    20141022_Smoking_out_mosquitos_27.jpg
  • Cattle under mosquito nets for protection again malaria. The smoke is used to drive any mosquitos out from under the net before they close it up for the night<br />
Mising Tribe (Mishing or Miri Tribe)<br />
Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River<br />
Largest river island in India<br />
Assam,  ne India
    20141022_Smoking_out_mosquitos_7.jpg
  • Calves<br />
Calpi Market<br />
Chimborazo Province<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20161224_Calves_25.jpg
  • Cattle under mosquito nets for protection again malaria<br />
Mising Tribe (Mishing or Miri Tribe)<br />
Majuli Island, Brahmaputra River<br />
Largest river island in India<br />
Assam,  ne India
    20141023_Cattle_under_mosquito_nets_...jpg
  • Woman collecting dung. Camel and cow dung are collected and dried to be used for cooking fires. Pushkar camel and livestock fair which takes place in the Hindu month of Kartik (October / November) ten days after Diwali (Festival of Lights). Pushkar has always been the the region's main market for herdsman and farmers buying and selling camels, horses, indigenous breeds of cattle and even elephants. Over the years this annual trading event has increased in volume to become one of the largest in Asia. Temporary tents and campsites suddenly appear to accomodate the thousands of pilgrims, villagers and tourists. Entertainers and contests abound and a festive funfair atmosphere prevails over Pushkar during the Mela's 2 week duration. Thousands of men come first with their camels, horses and cattle and camp on the dunes to transact business. 3 days before the full moon the women arrive beautifully attired. The town of Pushkar is one of the holiest centers of Hinduism and houses one of the few Brahma Temples in India. It is one of the 5 essential pilgrimage centers which a Hindu must visit in his lifetime along with Badrinath, Puri, Rameshwaram and Dwarka. The 12 day fair culminates in a religious Hindu pilgrimage and reaches a crescendo on the night of the full moon (Purnima) when pilgrims take a dip in the holy lake.  <br />
Pushkar, Rajasthan. INDIA
    IND1840_Woman_collecting_dung.tif
  • Woman collecting dung. Camel and cow dung are collected and dried to be used for cooking fires. Pushkar camel and livestock fair which takes place in the Hindu month of Kartik (October / November) ten days after Diwali (Festival of Lights). Pushkar has always been the the region's main market for herdsman and farmers buying and selling camels, horses, indigenous breeds of cattle and even elephants. Over the years this annual trading event has increased in volume to become one of the largest in Asia. Temporary tents and campsites suddenly appear to accomodate the thousands of pilgrims, villagers and tourists. Entertainers and contests abound and a festive funfair atmosphere prevails over Pushkar during the Mela's 2 week duration. Thousands of men come first with their camels, horses and cattle and camp on the dunes to transact business. 3 days before the full moon the women arrive beautifully attired. The town of Pushkar is one of the holiest centers of Hinduism and houses one of the few Brahma Temples in India. It is one of the 5 essential pilgrimage centers which a Hindu must visit in his lifetime along with Badrinath, Puri, Rameshwaram and Dwarka. The 12 day fair culminates in a religious Hindu pilgrimage and reaches a crescendo on the night of the full moon (Purnima) when pilgrims take a dip in the holy lake.  <br />
Pushkar, Rajasthan. INDIA
    IND1780_Woman_collecting_dung.tif
  • Woman collecting dung. Camel and cow dung are collected and dried to be used for cooking fires. Pushkar camel and livestock fair which takes place in the Hindu month of Kartik (October / November) ten days after Diwali (Festival of Lights). Pushkar has always been the the region's main market for herdsman and farmers buying and selling camels, horses, indigenous breeds of cattle and even elephants. Over the years this annual trading event has increased in volume to become one of the largest in Asia. Temporary tents and campsites suddenly appear to accomodate the thousands of pilgrims, villagers and tourists. Entertainers and contests abound and a festive funfair atmosphere prevails over Pushkar during the Mela's 2 week duration. Thousands of men come first with their camels, horses and cattle and camp on the dunes to transact business. 3 days before the full moon the women arrive beautifully attired. The town of Pushkar is one of the holiest centers of Hinduism and houses one of the few Brahma Temples in India. It is one of the 5 essential pilgrimage centers which a Hindu must visit in his lifetime along with Badrinath, Puri, Rameshwaram and Dwarka. The 12 day fair culminates in a religious Hindu pilgrimage and reaches a crescendo on the night of the full moon (Purnima) when pilgrims take a dip in the holy lake.  <br />
Pushkar, Rajasthan. INDIA
    IND1318_Woman_collecting_dung.tif
  • Woman collecting cow dung to be used for cooking fuel with The Fort which stands 76 meters above the town of Jaisalmer and is enclosed by a 9km wall in the back ground. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
    IND3068_Fort_in_Jaisalmer.tif
  • Woman collecting cow dung to be used for cooking fuel with The Fort which stands 76 meters above the town of Jaisalmer and is enclosed by a 9km wall in the back ground. Rajasthan, INDIA<br />
Founded in 1156 Jaisalmer grew to be a major staging post on the trade route across the forbidding Thar desert from India to the west. It is known as the Golden City as the fort and town's buildings are built from the local yellow sandstone. The bustling narrow streets are lined with tradesmen selling their wares. Many of the smalll shops are occupied by descendents of the original owners. There are many exceptional Havelis (mansions of rich merchants - exquistely carved) both in the fort and the old walled town.
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  • Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
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  • Woman collecting dung. Camel and cow dung are collected and dried to be used for cooking fires. Pushkar camel and livestock fair which takes place in the Hindu month of Kartik (October / November) ten days after Diwali (Festival of Lights). Pushkar has always been the the region's main market for herdsman and farmers buying and selling camels, horses, indigenous breeds of cattle and even elephants. Over the years this annual trading event has increased in volume to become one of the largest in Asia. Temporary tents and campsites suddenly appear to accomodate the thousands of pilgrims, villagers and tourists. Entertainers and contests abound and a festive funfair atmosphere prevails over Pushkar during the Mela's 2 week duration. Thousands of men come first with their camels, horses and cattle and camp on the dunes to transact business. 3 days before the full moon the women arrive beautifully attired. The town of Pushkar is one of the holiest centers of Hinduism and houses one of the few Brahma Temples in India. It is one of the 5 essential pilgrimage centers which a Hindu must visit in his lifetime along with Badrinath, Puri, Rameshwaram and Dwarka. The 12 day fair culminates in a religious Hindu pilgrimage and reaches a crescendo on the night of the full moon (Purnima) when pilgrims take a dip in the holy lake.  <br />
Pushkar, Rajasthan. INDIA
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