Branding Camel calves

Abstract

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.