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CULa Transhumance à Mollégès 🐑🐐 this morning.
The season of The Transhumance has already started! Nowadays, these are festivals in villages that honour the tradition of the Transhumance, also an English word that we seldom use, when livestock was walked from the plains of Provence to the greener pastures of the Alps during the warmer season. This still happens but the animals are transported now; there are just too many cars on the road.
You’ll be able to see more of these festivals in the Spring.
If you’ve only ever visited les Alpilles in the summer you’d be surprised to see the amount of sheep here during the winter. They roam, and fertilize, olive groves and vineyards. They also feed on the famous fertile grassland of La Crau, of such quality that it’s AOC regulated and is transported thoughout Europe. These grasslands were even used by Romans as a feeding ground for livestock.
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