Tag: horses

The Camargue: A European ‘Wild West’

.Reading time 8 minutes.

The Camargue, a region in southern France known and loved for its wide open spaces and its wild nature, which extends over an immense area. Sandwiched between the two branches of the Rhône River and the Mediterranean Sea, this land is home to exceptional yet fragile flora and fauna, a shared space where humans, horses, […]

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Carnival in Italy

.Reading time 7 minutes.

As a new year begins, revelers of traditional and colorful festivals turn their attention and excitement to carnival season.  While the ancient origins of carnival celebrations suggest they were timed as New Year’s festivals, the modern-day carnival evolved to be more closely associated with the beginning of the solemn Christian period of Lent.  The Roman Catholic liturgical […]

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In Kyrgyzstan, a Man Without a Horse is just a Pedestrian

.Reading time 12 minutes.

Horses are essential throughout the mountains and steppes of the Central Asia landlocked nation of Kyrgyzstan.  The nomadic lifestyle of many Kyrgyz people requires horses for nearly everything.  Kyrgyz horses are used for transportation, for agricultural purposes, as offers of payment, and simply for companionship in the wide-open spaces and mountains.  The horses of Kyrgyzstan are usually small […]

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