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Fragrant meadows, overflows of trembits, flashes of small sparks of fire under the starry sky… Summer Carpathian romance? And for Carpathian shepherds – summer is a period of hard and responsible work. Sheep breeding has always been the leading industry in the Hutsul region. Polonyn’s economy in the Carpathians has acquired the significance of an ethnocultural phenomenon with its ritual features, hierarchy among shepherds, the tradition of summering sheep and other livestock. With the appearance of spring grass on mountain pastures, there are solemn farewells of shepherds to the meadows with folk festivities, dances and songs, pagan fire to ward off evil spirits. The secrets of the ancient profession of shepherd are passed down from generation to generation, and the process of grazing has its own specific laws that border on magical superstitions. Hutsul cheese – “white gold” of the Carpathians
