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Nomads of the Zagros
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About 2 million Iranians from several different ethnic groups still live a nomadic exist-
ence, travelling with their goats in spring and autumn in search of pasture. Qashqa'i and
Bakhtiyari nomads spend the summer months in the Zagros Mountains, before heading
down to the coast for the winter. You can get a taste of nomad life on a day trip from Shiraz
(
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)
, or stay with the Khamseh (and eat their delicious hand-made yoghurt) in the
hills above Bavanat (
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).
