How to cut a ram in North Ossetia? This will be told by Vika Volchenko @iamdronegirl, which on the framework of the Kudablin ONETWOTRip project sent to Vladikavkaz.
Vladikavkaz
Ossetia began to surprise me immediately upon arrival. At the airport, tourists were met by local residents with dancing. As the taxi driver later explained to me, usually such honors are given to celebrities or athletes, we can say that I was lucky to see this rare sight.
Having had lunch in the cafe “Mall”, located right at mine, I went for a walk in the Vladikavkaz. If you, like me, have not been to North Ossetia before, you will be pleasantly surprised by the opportunity to ride a tram along the main street, examining the silhouettes of the mountains on the horizon. In addition, old mansions stand along Mira Avenue, many of which are architectural monuments.
The capital of the republic is a beautiful green city with a view of the Caucasian ridge. When I say “green”, I do not exaggerate at all. In Vladikavkaz, a huge number of parks and squares. Even along the Terek embankment, trees and shrubs are planted so that residents and guests of the city can relax in a pleasant shadow.
I strongly advise you to visit the Central Park of Culture and Rest, located opposite the Vladikavkaz hotel. It was recently repaired, but the pristine layout with a staircase and a fountain, as well as the Open House Steingel and the gazebo of General Erofeev, survived. Here you can ride a boat, look at the National Museum of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, or admire the swans in the pond.
The next day I had to complete the task from my readers – cut a ram. To succeed, it was necessary to make only one call …
– Hello! I need to cut the ram tomorrow. Where to get it?
– Is it absolutely necessary?
– Yes, without it!
-Well, then we’ll come up with something. See you tomorrow at 8:00.
… my Ossetian friend said and hung up.
At 8:00 we were already heading from Vladikavkaz towards the mountains. Along the way, we drove to Dargavs, better known to tourists as the “city of the dead.”
This is the largest in the North Caucasus. There are 95 tombs in total. Locals say that an epidemic of plague raged in the old days in the mountains. In order not to infect others, patients with whole families went into pre -built crypts and died there. This place is still shrouded in secrets and legends that Ossetian guides will tell you.
Task from readers – cut a ram
I don’t know what was worth my Ossetian friends to arrange a haircut of a ram, but when we arrived at the farm, they told us that they had only one unchained sheep! I think this is fate. The sheep was waiting for me!
Usually, sheep is cut twice a year – in March and September (before the summer and winter season), and here it turned out that almost the entire herd was cut in August.
I gave me scissors. As it turned out later, the farm has long been used by an electric machine, with its help you can shave one sheep in just seven minutes. But since the Ossetians decided to make this entertainment for me as unusual as possible. The haircut with ordinary scissors at an experienced farmer takes about 30 minutes.
In fact, the process resembles the cutting of the stiffons in a cat, so if you are familiar with this matter, you can safely say that you can cope with the haircut of sheep.
While there is a haircut, the assistant holds the sheep by the leg. It is necessary to take a piece of wool and push it away from the skin. Then, putting the scissors on the stomach so as not to injure the sheep, you need to quickly cut the hairs and move on.
Despite the fact that I already started to work out, with habit, my hands were tired after 15 minutes, and I cut off just a small clock a few centimeters in size. I hope the readers are not offended that the farmer later finished the process on his own.
