Modern farmers follow the centuries old nomadic tradition of relocating from settlements to the plateau to tend to their livestock for a summer season. Reuters photographer Shamil Zhumatov takes a look athe daily life of nowadays farmers from the mountainous Assy plateau, about 2,500 meters (8,202 feet) above sea level, some 90 kilometres (56 miles) east of Almaty
Kazakhstan: Nomads daily life
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Shepherd Panarbek Madiyar walks inside an enclosure with sheep and goats on the mountainous Assy plateau
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A farmer's yurt, or traditional nomad felt tent, is seen in front of a Soviet-era observatory
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Nurtleu, who is one and a half years old, pushes his pram in front of his family's yurts.
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Dzhamilya Boribayeva, a farmer's wife, milks a horse.