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The shepherd\u2019s trade is one of the world\u2019s oldest professions. In Provence, it might well seem a timeless vocation, seeing how completely its practice in Crau and the mountains has permeated their inhabitants\u2019 collective memory.<\/p>\n

There are traces of it throughout the areas in question: the sheepfolds in Crau and Camargue, the bories (stone huts) on the hills and low-lying massifs, and the piles of scree, irrigation channels (known as b\u00e9li\u00e8res), remains of barns and pastoral huts in the Southern Alps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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