Tsaatan: The Last Reindeer People

Photographer

Jatenipat Ketpradit

Category

People Photography - Culture

Company

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2022

Country / Region:

Thailand

This is a series of portraits and general shots of the Tsaatan and Mongolian people who live in and around the forests of the East Taiga region of Khovsgol province in northern Mongolia. The Tsaatan ethnic minority are one of the last remaining groups of nomadic reindeer herders in Mongolia, and have been maintaining their traditions for thousands of years. They seasonally migrate within the forests of the Taiga according to weather and food conditions. They migrate to better care for their reindeer, which they depend on for milk and transportation.