Branding Camel calves
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Bulag, Uradyn E.
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For herders, springtime is the most important and busiest season in a year. It is a lambing season, and a time when people need to brand new born animals and shear the hair of old ones. In this video, Pervei with his son Namrul and two other herders give a demonstration of the spring work of shearing and branding one-year-old camel calves. The shearing and branding are usually done in late spring but before summer so that the branded skin does not rot. This spring, Purvei has branded 4 one-year-old calves. One white calf was double branded by tying a colourful piece of cloth at the ear.
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Lambing season, shear animal hair, hot brand
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Kalmyk Cultural Heritage Documentation Project, University of Cambridge
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Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin