Russia?€™s Reindeer Workers Mark Their Professional Holiday

A herder is seen amidst antlers while working with reindeer at a camping ground, some 200 kilometers northeast of Naryan-Mar, the administrative center of Nenets autonomous district, far northern Russia, Aug. 2, 2015.



People, including local herders and members of their families, gathered at the site to mark Reindeer Day, a professional holiday of reindeer breeding workers, which is celebrated annually on Aug. 2 in the region.

Sons of local herders sit near reindeer at a camping ground.

Reindeer gather at a camping ground.

People dance during a ceremony to mark Reindeer Day at a camping ground.

Reindeer gather at a camping ground.

A Nenets man rides a reindeer sledge during a competition.

A helicopter flies above a reindeer camping ground.