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Dukha (Tsaatan) boy handed the reindeer reins by his father, Mongolia

A three-year-old boy is handed the reins to an adult reindeer in a Dukha (Tsaatan) settlement in the taiga, Mongolia. Approximately 200 families comprise the Tsaatan or Dukha community in northwestern Mongolia, whose existence is intimately linked to their herds of reindeer. Photo © Robert van Sluis

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A three-year-old boy is handed the reins to an adult reindeer in a Dukha (Tsaatan) settlement in the taiga, Mongolia. Approximately 200 families comprise the Tsaatan or Dukha community in northwestern Mongolia, whose existence is intimately linked to their herds of reindeer. Photo © Robert van Sluis