Transhumance

thumb|upright|200px|Gaucho from Argentina, photographed in Peru, 1868 A gaucho () or gaúcho () is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol mainly in Argentina and Uruguay but also in Paraguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, southern Bolivia, and southern Chile. Gauchos became greatly admired and renowned in legend, folklore, and literature and became an important part of their regional cultural tradition. Beginning late in the 19th century, after the heyday of the gauchos, they were celebrated by South American writers.

thumb|upright=1.2|Transhumance in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France

form of pastoralism where livestock are herded in order to find fresh pastures on which to graze

thumb|Huaso in a Chilean [[wheat field, 1940]] thumb|"The Huaso and the Washerwoman" by Mauricio Rugendas (1835). thumb|Espuelas, or silvered steel spurs, of a Chilean huaso A huaso () is a Chilean countryman and skilled horseman, similar to the American cowboy, the Mexican charro (and its northern equivalent, the vaquero), the gaucho of Argentina, Uruguay and Rio Grande Do Sul, and the Australian stockman. A female huaso is called a huasa, although the term china is far more commonly used for his wife or sweetheart, whose dress can be seen in cueca dancing. Huasos are found all over Central a

thumb|A contemporary yayla at Aladaglar, Turkey thumb|Another modern yayla at Song Kol Lake, Kyrgyzstan Yaylak ( or ; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a summer highland pasture associated with transhumance pastoralism in several Central and West Asian Turkic communities. There are different variants of yaylak pastoralism forms of alpine transhumance, some of which are similar to seminomadic pastoralism, although most are similar to herdsman husbandry (such as in mountainous areas of Europe and the Caucasus). However, in the Eurasian steppes, the Middle East and North Africa, yaylak pastoralism often coexists wi

seasonal moving of livestock

thumb|Lairig Leacach Bothy, Lochaber, Scotland A bothy is a basic shelter, usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge. It was also a term for basic accommodation, usually for gardeners or other workers on an estate. Bothies are found in remote mountainous areas of Scotland, Northern England, Ulster, and Wales. They are particularly common in the Scottish Highlands, but related buildings can be found around the world (for example, in the Nordic countries there are wilderness huts). A bothy was also a semi-legal drinking den on the Isle of Lewis. These, such as Bothan E

movement of animals to different altitudes

upright=1.2|thumb|Men knocking down acorns to feed swine, from the 14th century English Queen Mary Psalter, MS. Royal 2 B VII f.81v thumb|Modern-day pannage, or common of mast, in the New Forest

movement of a herd of cattle from one place to another

seasonal human migration that occurs cyclically in the course of the year