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The numbers alone are astounding: one extended family of 25 climbing 11,000 feet over 125 miles in 40 days with 83 water buffaloes and a few horses, bulls, and dogs. The Van Gujjars complete this trek twice a year from their winter home in the jungles in Uttarakhand, India, to their summer grazing lands in the foothills of the Himalayas. When Benanav (Men of Salt) joined the immensely hospitable Van Gujjars for this migration, the difference was the threat from government agencies that...Log In or Sign Up to Read More