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tirol 2013 (8)
these are beautiful haflinger horses, a local breed that is famous for its hardiness and usefulness in the mountains. they spend summer on pastures high up in the mountains (in this case, above fiss and serfaus) - unless they are needed for work on the farm or in the woods (which nowadays does not happen as often as in the past, of course ...). most haflingers are blond, with magnificent long manes, but other colours can be found as well.
the fence-like things in the distance, between the horses, are avalanche barriers. they are supposed to break the momentum of the snow masses as they slide down the slopes in winter. they are made of massive steel girders and/or steel cables and can withstand quite a lot of pressure
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@Maria: my favourite breed, though i'm not a connoisseur of horses ... hafling, the village their name comes from, is in south tyrol, incidentally !!!
@Marie-France: merci, marie-france ...
@Baldwin Vandewalle: gracias, baldwin !!!
@Ronnie 2¢: thank you, kind sir ... ;-)
@Akbar&Armaghan: merci to the two of you !!!
@omid: merci, omid !!!
@Ruthiebear: thanks, ruthie !!!
@Eric Cousineau: thanks, eric !!!
@Josep: magical and very welcome words, josep ! thank you very much ...
@Judy aka L@dybug: thank you, judy ... these are my favourite horses! they are beautiful, gentle, and very hardy ...
@Shiva: vielen dank, monika ... ja, die haflinger heißen nach dem kleinen dorf in südtirol, aber es gibt sie überall im ostalpenbereich. sind wunderbard pferde, so wie auch die pinzgauer !!!
@LauraS: thanks, laura ! much appreciated ...
@Nicou: merci, nicou ...
@PRASHANT: thank you very much !
@shecoufehkhalili: merci, even though i can't read farsi ... ;-)
@Mohammad/Navvab: merci ...
@Martine Libouton: merci, martine ...
@Phil Morris: thanks very much, phil, also for going back this far ... ;-)
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