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Horses
Forgotten
horses of the Namib Desert (Namibia)
It is the strangest herd in the world. These horses learned to
survive in the utter hostility of the Namib Desert, almost without
grass, and often without water. Fierce...
Nikolaï
Mikhaïlovitch Prjevalski (Kyrgyzstan)
On the banks of the lake Issyk Kul, a touching monument recalls
us the Russian memory of the officer Prjevalski. The most beautiful
homage which survived to him is the wild horse he observed in
the desert of Dzoungaria and which bears its name: Equus Prjevalski...
Riding
in the “baie de Somme” (France)
It is surely by horse that one discovers the best, the famous
“Baie de Somme”. and not on any horse : the area owns
its own race : the Henson. One more reason...
Step
by step in the Andes
(Colombia)
For an inhabitant of the Andes, horses are inseparable companions
in work and travel. During village festivities and ferias, horses
are heroes. The horse is the caballo de paso, the sun child, the
son of the wind...
The
cowboys of the Twenty-First Century (Canada)
Skilled riders, the cowboys of Western Canada are only distant
cousins to the mythical adventurers of the Hollywood Western.
Their knowledge is practical, ancestral. Calgary, city of the
future, has not forgotten the pioneers who created it...
The
dancers of Andalusia (Spain)
Turning their backs on changing times, the Andalusians continue
to perpetuate traditions that display the Spanish horse in all
of its splendor...
The
Himbas riders (Namibia)
To the limit of the namibian desert, in a fatal nature, the Himbas
riders live as before the iron age, in harmony with the sacred
hords and their horses...
The
steeds of the Sahara
(Tunisia)
Upholding the tradition of ancient nomads, the horses of the Sahara
are today’s racing stars in Tunisia, where nearly four hundred
races take place each year...