Through his
Vanishing Cultures Project photographer
Taylor Weidman documents threatened ways of life. Regular readers of The Big Picture will recognize his distinctive work from his previous entry here on the
Mustang region of Nepal. Weidman writes of the threatened nomadic culture in Mongolia: "Mongolian pastoral herders make up one of the world's largest remaining nomadic cultures. For millennia they have lived on the steppes, grazing their livestock on the lush grasslands. But today, their traditional way of life is at risk on multiple fronts. Alongside a rapidly changing economic landscape, climate change and desertification are also threatening nomadic life, killing both herds and grazing land. Due to severe winters and poor pasture, many thousands of herders have traded in their centuries-old way of life for employment in mining towns and urban areas. The ger (yurt) camps that ring the capital city Ulaanbaatar house a permanent population of displaced nomads. There, they live without running water or a tangible use for the skills and crafts that were practiced on the steppes. The younger generation is no longer learning these essential aspects of their nomadic heritage." --
Lane Turner (
29 photos total)
첫댓글 이 모든 사진와 글도 보면서 몽골에 갔다온 느낌이네요. 감사합니다 *_* !
^^ 늘 건강하세요.
잘지네시죠
언제나 늘 건강 하시고 계사년에는 몽랑님 바라시는 모든소원이 꼭이루어 지시길 두손 모읍니다
몽골도 추위가 많이 풀렸습니다.
청호님께도 건강과 행복이 늘 함께 하기를 빕니다.^^
여러가지 생각을 하게 하는 사진들이네요....