How Asia Has Contributed to Christmas
In our age of the global economy, from which part of the world does Santa Claus acquire his reindeer?
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From youth until old age, these Mongolian Dhukha people co-exist with reindeer. Mongolians have socially engaging relationships with their animals described as co-dependent, co-operative, and co-habiting. To say the animals are merely commodities to these Asian tribesman would be grossly inaccurate. Does Santa Claus procure his reindeer from this well adjusted culture?
Source for the reindeer photos: http://www.occupyforanimals.net/forgotten-lessons-of-human-animal-system.html
Reference for the way Mongolians live with their animals:
Fign, Natasha. Living with Herds: Human-Animal Coexistence in Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Reference for the way Mongolians live with their animals:
Fign, Natasha. Living with Herds: Human-Animal Coexistence in Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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