Ovibeja: Pastors of the Serra da Estrela down the Alentejo and make manual shearing.
The Route of the Shepherds and Transhumance is the attractions of the fair, which was also recreated in South Sheep Breeders Association and the Festival lands without Shadow, as a way of promoting Ovibeja.
Loaded with its wool blankets, ten thirty three parishes pastors Guard District, where grazing herds of sheep Bordalheira / Serra da Estrela and Jarmelista and goat Serrana, They headed the Beja and are the major attraction of the last day of the event. Corujeira / Thirty, Fernão Joanes and Videmonte, are small villages in diapers Serra da Estrela where the base of livelihoods is the business of sheep, that goes from creation to grazing and sale.
Two of the present pastors shown as a sheep shearing with a manual scissors. Joseph Curry, 88 year old, He recalled the times when in April and May "came from the Guard to the Alentejo shearing sheep and then returning to earth to make our cattle campaign". Loaded with shoulder wool blankets, José "says that in winter and summer home to serve as a seat on the slopes of the mountain", adding that when we enter a trade fair
In full Ovibeja, Afonso Proença, one of the ministers responsible group told LN that "we participate in events in the region and others of the same, to keep the tradition of pastoralism, because pastors are less and less ", explaining that "there is always a dialogue to buy and sell", justified.
Afonso says that "to keep the shepherds and flocks, There have parishes that are subsidizing pastors to increase the creation of flocks and new people to appear on the sector ", concluded.
Manuel Joaquim, a shepherd with 60 year old, He said that "I'm a pastor from the 10 year old, I started with my dad and I have to help my son. If it's worth it? Jobs are so stylish fucking ", justified. Making a comparison between the sheep herding in the mountains and the Alentejo, maintains that "are animals with very different characteristics and productions", explaining that as the Ovibeja made "are important for exchange of information", finished.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
