Jawid Muradi, 11, poses for a portrait in his home village of Abola, Afghanistan, March 5, 2018. Jawid is a member of the village's ski club. After foreign tourists started skiing in Bamyan about a 15 years ago, skiing took of in the villages around Bamyan. For many young men and boys it is the only past time in the winter. Many villages have ski clubs officially recognized by the ski federation, but very few proper ski.
Kids study in a Quranic school Sar Qol, Bamyan, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2020. Many of the kids are members of the Sar Qol Ski Club. After foreign tourists started skiing in Bamyan about a 15 years ago, skiing took of in the villages around Bamyan. For many young men and boys it is the only past time in the winter. Many villages have ski clubs officially recognized by the ski federation, but very few proper ski.
Yousuf poses with a chicken in his home village of Jawzery, Bamyan, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2020. Yousuf said he bought the chicken from Reza and carries because it cannot walk. Jawezery is home to the Allah Nazar Ski Club. After foreign tourists started skiing in Bamyan about a 15 years ago, skiing took of in the villages around Bamyan. For many young men and boys it is the only past time in the winter. Many villages have ski clubs officially recognized by the ski federation, but very few proper ski.
Tonnarotti, traditional Atlantic bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) fishermen, work on a boat off the Isola di San Pietro, Sardinia, Italy, June 11, 2021. The men drive tuna from one chamber of nets to the next until the fish reach the so called camera della morte (lit. chamber of death) where they kill the fish and haul them into boats. The final part is called mattanza in Italian (lit. slaughter) or almadraba in Spanish. The technique was developed by Phoenician fishermen some two thousand years ago, who brought it to Europe during Islamic periods on the continent. Over the centuries, there were hundreds if not thousands of fisheries that used the elaborate system of nets to trap and kill Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean. Today, because of overfishing, changing migratory routes and more efficient fishing techniques, there are only two left in the Mediterranean. Both of them are located on the Italian island of Sardinia. Locally, they are known as tonnaras. But only the tonnara in Carloforte still practices the mattanza. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of endangered species, Atlantic bluefin tuna is endangered and its stocks declining. This is mostly due to modern forms of fishing such as purse seine and longline fishing.
Fishermen (tonnarotti) fish Atlantic bluefin tuna (thunnus thynnus) during a so-called mattanza off the Isola di San Pietro, Sardinia, Italy, June 17, 2021. They are the last to perform this centuries old way of fishing tuna. To catch the fish, the fishermen trap the fish and then drive them from one chamber of nets to the next until the fish reach the so called camera della morte (lit. chamber of death) where they kill the fish and haul them into boats. This final part is called mattanza in Italian (lit. slaughter) or almadraba in Spanish. The technique was developed by Phoenician fishermen some two thousand years ago, who brought it to Europe during Islamic periods on the continent. Over the centuries, there were hundreds if not thousands of fisheries that used the elaborate system of nets to trap and kill Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean. Today, because of overfishing, changing migratory routes and more efficient fishing techniques, there are only two left in the Mediterranean. Both of them are located on the Italian island of Sardinia. Locally, they are known as tonnaras. But only the tonnara in Carloforte still practices the mattanza. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of endangered species, Atlantic bluefin tuna is endangered and its stocks declining. This is mostly due to modern forms of fishing such as purse seine and longline fishing.