Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Bakhtiari Summer and Winter Pasture


From the 1925 movie Grass: A Nation's Battle For Survival by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack

Summer pasture or Sardsir

The Zagros Mountains explode into life with the spring thaw. It is not unusual for a meadow to have snow 12 feet thick and a month later to be bursting with wildflowers and new grass
Primarily Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province and parts of Isfahan province most notably the area around Firiydunshahr/Fereydunshahr County.


 From the Movie Grass: A Nation's Battle Fothe river Karunr Survival I suspect that this is the crossing of the Karon river.The river runs through the Azmny Shymbar or just Shymbar. This area is called the Valley of Sweet Spring.

Winter pasture or Garmsir

In the winter the Bakhtiari need to move their sheep to warmer areas. A surprise frost or snow storm can kill both sheep and shepherds.
Eastern Khuzestan Province primarily in the grasslands around the cities and counties of Izih, Dizful, Andimishk, Masjid Suliyman and Shushtar



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