The Dukha are a Tuvan-Turkic tribe that lives on the border of Mongolia and Russia, and they are best known as reindeer herders.
The children of the tribe are raised surrounded by reindeer, and they build a close connection.
The Dukha do not typically eat the reindeer unless the animals are no longer capable of helping them hunt or travel.
The reindeer are totally domesticated — the other word for the Dukha is Tsaatan, which directly translates to “reindeer herder.”
The Dukha also train wolves and hunt with eagles.
All photos by Hamid Sardar Afkhami. Source: Sharably
