22 october 2017 popular folk celebration on the streets of Madrid takes place on the center of the city, shepherdess and shepherds of autnomous comunidad of Madrid. Transhumance is a type of nomadism or pastoralism, a seasonal movement of people with their livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. In montane regions (vertical transhumance), it implies movement between higher pastures in summer and lower valleys in winter. Herders have a permanent home, typically in is historically widespread throughout much of Spain particularly in the regions of Castile, Leon an


22 october 2017 popular folk celebration on the streets of Madrid takes place on the center of the city, shepherdess and shepherds of autnomous comunidad of Madrid. Transhumance is a type of nomadism or pastoralism, a seasonal movement of people with their livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. In montane regions (vertical transhumance), it implies movement between higher pastures in summer and lower valleys in winter. Herders have a permanent home, typically in is historically widespread throughout much of Spain particularly in the regions of Castile, Leon and Extremadura, where nomadic cattle and sheep herders travel long distances in search of greener pastures in summer and warmer climatic conditions in winter.


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