How do shepherds live in the mountains? Hard daily work in the highlands

High in the mountains, where untouched nature is still preserved and its laws prevail, shepherds climb high mountain ranges every year. Where flocks of sheep graze from spring to autumn, Hutsul cheese and wurdu are made. Without sheep, the Hutsuls would not have colonized the mountains, because sheep provide people with almost the most diverse products for light industry and highly nutritious food products - meat, milk, cheese, vurdu. Working days in the mountains are harsh and difficult in the highlands, frequent cold weather, torrential rains, thunderstorms. Sometimes it snows in summer. Shepherds wake up at 5 in the morning and work until late at night, you need to be hardy, strong and courageous to withstand all the challenges in extreme conditions, being far from civilization. Shepherds milk their sheep three times a day, make milk, have dinner, pray and go to bed. Each sheep has a bell around its neck, and 400 sheep form a polyphonic orchestra. ❕ You can watc
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