Carpathian Shepherds 🌲 Milking Cows & Homemade Cheese in the Mountains

🌲 A day with Carpathian shepherds in the Ukrainian mountains — from milking cows at sunrise to making authentic cheese over fire. Experience traditional village life on a remote polonyna. In this documentary, we spend a full day with a shepherd family in the Ukrainian Carpathians. On a remote polonyna (mountain meadow), they preserve ancient traditions of cheesemaking, farming, and simple living. 🔥 What you’ll see in this video: ✔️ Morning cow milking in the highlands ✔️ Making traditional Carpathian cheese: budz and brynza ✔️ Life of shepherds far from civilization ✔️ Cooking, eating, and living in harmony with nature ✔️ Village lifestyle in the Carpathian mountains 🔔 Subscribe for more heartwarming village stories! →    / @basic.life_   🌿 Welcome to Basic Life – a channel about the simple and peaceful life of elderly people in Ukrainian villages. Here, we share stories of kind-hearted grandmothers and grandfathers, traditional rural life, and the warmth of simple living. 📍 Watch more videos: ▶️ [   • Lonely Grandmothers: Stories of Strength a...  ] ▶️ [   • Family Life in Villages: Generations Under...  ] ▶️ [   • Village Cooking: Traditional Recipes and F...  ] 💬 Your support means the world! Leave a comment and share your thoughts about life in the village and the wisdom of the elderly. ⏱ Chapters: 00:00 - 00:05 - Dawn on the Mountain Pasture (Polonyna) 00:05 - 07:27 - The Morning Milking Ritual 07:27 - 13:24 - Ancient Secret: Filtering Milk with Pine Branches 13:24 - 16:14 - Preparing the Fire for Cheesemaking 16:14 - 17:12 - Simple cheesemaker's lunch 17:12 - 21:43 - The Main Process: Cooking the Carpathian Cheese 21:43 - 25:01 - The Birth of Cheese: Separating the Curd from Whey 25:01 - 28:44 - Feeding calves with fresh whey 28:44 - 35:27 - Hand-Pressing the Fresh Cheese 35:27 - 39:28 - End of the day in the meadow 39:28 - 42:17 - Majestic landscapes of the Carpathians #carpathians #villagelife #cheesemaking #mountainlife #traditionalcooking #offgridliving #shepherdslife