Shearing Yaks - Tajik

Explains that the yak herds who stay high in the mountains where it is cool are brought down to the village for shearing. Shows them being sheared with scissors. Describes what happens to the yak's hair after shearing.

More in Mountain Peoples of Central Asia Series

  1. Weaving Cloth - Pushtu
  2. Pottery Making - Tajik 1972
  3. Shearing Yaks - Tajik 1972
  4. Threshing Wheat 1972

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