Andean Nomads
In the Neuquen province, over the Andes mountains and in the limit with the chilean border, hundreds of nomads families keep alive the ancient practice of transhumance. The water decrease due to climate change accelerates the journey that they have to start before the first snowfalls.
A passing rain in Neuquen, Argentina, March 2022.
Marta Argentina Claleo shears her sheeps near Santo Domingo town, Zapala, Neuquén, March 2022.
The head of a goat hangs on a wall in Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
1- Demetrio Miyape jumps a wire fence as he prepares to load his animals to a truck in their way to his winter home during the transhumance, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
The figure of Gauchito Gil can be seen on the strap of Demetrio Miyape's wide-brimmed hat during the transhumance in Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
The hand of an old transhumant woman, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
7- Marta Argentina Claleo eats in front of campfire and next to her husband the night before start the transhumance, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
Celia Miyape prepares the diner during the sunset in Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
A transhumant with his horse in Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
Demetrio Miyape waits in a refuge for the truck to load his animals during the transhumance, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
Consuelo Miniez Aratia, 57, lights the embers at her summer ranch in Alto Neuquén, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
Transhumants move the cattle during the transhumance in Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
A transhumant man walks during the sunset in Neuquén, Argentina, march 2022.
Mayra Miyape, Demetrio and Celia’s daughter, surrounds the animals in a fence to spend the night the day before the transhumant, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
A man holds a horse for load into a truck for the transhumance, Neuquén, March 2022.
Celia Miyape travels with a baby goat that cannot walk during the transhumance, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
Sheep wait to get off the truck after arrived to the field where they will spend the winter in Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
A goat jump out of the truck once arrived to the winter camp, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
Rosendo Rodríguez smokes a cigarette during the sunset as he waits for the next morning to start the load of animals into trucks, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022.
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