October 6, 2024 12:10 pm
October 6, 2024 12:10 pm

Animal Shed Moving to Warm Place (Beshi)

Myagdi, 4 Ashoj (Sep 20): Animal sheds are moving to warm place from cold mountainous area of Myagdi and Mustang. The herds at the foot of the mountains for grazing have started to descend towards to Beshi as it gets colder. Around the last week of Chaitra, the herds of sheep, goats, cattle, horses and chauri which had gone up towards the cold mountainous area, started descend towards to Beshi. After Adhauli, the cattle will move down on its own. The animals are about to be moved down the shed while feeding grass in the pasture. The animals that spent the months of Baisakh and Jeth on the way have started to graze in the herbaceous Buki Patan in Asar, Shrawan and Bhadra.

16 animal sheds of Myagdi and Mustang went to Tukuche in Batase. Nar Bahadur Bhandari of Bhagawati rural municipality-2, Myagdi, who has been rearing sheep since 54 years ago, after the increase migration to abroad, which used to have up to 40 sheep sheds a few years ago in Batase Buki. The mountain grazing area where there is nutritious grass for animals is called Buki and the place where cattle are kept is called Khak. The grazing area of Buki is divided according to village.

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Phatam B. Gurung

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