This endangered tribe is the most mind-blowing thing you can learn about today

This one is truely an eye-catcher. Photographer Hamid Sardar-Afkhami
visited theDukha, or Duhalar, a small group of nomadi reindeer herders, who inhabits the northern parts of Mongolia, and took some magnificent photos of them.

Following the 20th century geopolitical changes and many other shifts in modern day-to-day life, the Dukha are slowly running out of herding lands and this problem causes them to shrink in numbers as time goes by.
The Dukha’s origins comes from what is now known as the Tuva republic of Russia, and were effected by world war 2, after Mongolia was granted it’s independance, which forced the Dukha to make a choise between their herding territories in Russia and the ones they had in Monglia.They ended up Choosing Mongolia, Cutting their herding space in half.

As stated before, the Dukha- meaning ‘those who have reindeer’ in Mongolian, are truly remarkable. They specialize in taming and householding the reindeer, while the reindeer itself are treated practically as family members. Both Dukha and reindeer are dependant on one another.

From producing milk and yogurt, through transportation and on some rare occasions, eating their meat, even though that it is not a common thing on the Dukha’s diet.
The Dukha are a nomadic group. One of the main reasons for them to act as one is the need to regularly feed the reindeer. In that sense, the reindeer is depending on the Dukha.


Dukha numbers have decreased dramatically over the years, and recent estimates of total population are between 250-280 people. Total. It seems as though the inevitable is about to happen, where the Dukha have very little room for their culture and heritage in the current industrialized world.

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