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A pastoral (also pastorale ) is a work in the genre of literature, art, and music known as the pastoral genre, that depicts the simple life of a shepherd in an idealised manner.

Contents

• Animal husbandry
• Arts and entertainment
• Music
• Literature
• Religion
• See also

Pastoral may also refer to:

Animal husbandry

• Pastoral farming, the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock
• Pastoralism, a form of animal husbandry where livestock are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people

Arts and entertainment

• Pastoral (theatre of Soule), a traditional kind of play from the Basque Country
• Pastoral: To Die in the Country , a 1974 Japanese film

Religion

• Pastoral, of or relating to a pastor, an ordained leader of a Christian congregation
• Pastoral letter, or pastoral, an open letter by a bishop to the clergy or laity of a diocese
• Pastoral care, an ancient model of emotional and spiritual support

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Pastoral
• All pages with titles containing pastoral
• Pastoral Symphony (disambiguation)
• Pastorale (disambiguation)
• Pastoralia (disambiguation)
• Pastourelle, a typically Old French lyric form

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