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  2. Nomad - Wikipedia

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    Nomads are communities who move from place to place as a way of obtaining food, finding pasture for livestock, or otherwise making a living. Most nomadic groups follow a fixed annual or seasonal pattern of movements and settlements. Nomadic people traditionally travel by animal, canoe or on foot. Animals include camels, horses and alpaca.

  3. List of nomadic peoples - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of nomadic people arranged by economic specialization and region. Nomadic people are communities who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic, but nomadic behavior is increasingly rare in industrialized countries .

  4. Global nomad - Wikipedia

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    A global nomad is a person who is living a mobile and international lifestyle. Global nomads aim to live location-independently, seeking detachment from particular geographical locations and the idea of territorial belonging. [1]

  5. Romani people - Wikipedia

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    Çerge also Čergarja , Nomadic Lifestyle Muslim Roma in the Balkans and Turkey. Calé, the endonym used by both the Spanish Roma (gitanos) and Portuguese Roma (ciganos). [150] Caló is the language spoken by the Calé. Dasikane or Daskane, meaning "slaves" or "servants"; a religionym and confessionym for Orthodox Christian Roma in the Balkans ...

  6. Eurasian nomads - Wikipedia

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    Subsequent studies noted that nomadic demand for grain, textiles and ironware exceeded China's demand for Steppe goods. Anatoly Khazanov identified this imbalance in production as the cause of instability in the Steppe nomadic cultures. Later scholars argued that peace along China's northern border largely depended on whether the nomads could ...

  7. Transhumance - Wikipedia

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    Transhumance in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. Transhumance is a type of pastoralism or nomadism, a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. . In montane regions (vertical transhumance), it implies movement between higher pastures in summer and lower valleys in wint

  8. Nomads of India - Wikipedia

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    Large group of Hindu outcastes, traditionally employed during the cremation rituals . Currently some are sedentary whereas others exist on a nomadic mode of life along with number of other tribal people such as Banjaras and Lambanis. Nomadic Doms in India remain distinct from the local populace in terms of their dress and dialect.

  9. Nomadic pastoralism - Wikipedia

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    Nomadic pastoralism also known as Nomadic herding, is a form of pastoralism in which livestock are herded in order to seek for fresh pastures on which to graze. True nomads follow an irregular pattern of movement, in contrast with transhumance , where seasonal pastures are fixed. [ 1 ]