nomadic peoples (nomadic groups)

"While [artificial cranial deformation] is a worldwide phenomenon that was practiced at least up to the 20th century," the authors noted, "during the Late Roman and Early Medieval period in Europe it is most popularly associated with the Huns, an ambiguously defined nomadic group thought to have ...

The National Commission for Nomadic Education (NCNE) as part of its mandate of promoting educational access and equity among the nomads has called on government at all levels to give priority attention to nomadic education by providing sufficient resources in order to ensure the sustainability and ...

The three Nenets families at this windswept camp near the Arctic Circle in Siberia belong to one of the few nomadic peoples left in the world, travelling hundreds of miles in an annual migration to provide their reindeer with fresh pasture. Sixty miles from the nearest city, the electoral commission essentially ...

Photographing in the jungle is difficult. Heavy moisture and low light are tough obstacles for a camera and photographer to overcome. But what makes the idea exciting? Meeting with, observing, and documenting a traditional - almost ancient - culture. The Matis people in Amazonian Brazil were first ...

However, the Ag. Executive Secretary said there is need for an inclusive and functional education system because most of the out of school children are those of nomadic groups, orphans street children, girls and children of poor parents who lack economic prosperity. In her welcome address the Ag.

Originally functioning as a kind of mobile home for nomadic people who were doing their thing in the steppes of Central Asia, yurts today are basically just big round tents set on large wooden platforms, halfway between a cabin and a tent, that sleep several people. (Hopefully, these people are friends, ...

As Rabbi Falcon puts it, sacred writ contains passages of universal, eternal importance as well as statements that responded to particular historical circumstances, like the needs of a nomadic people in the distant past. People have to be helped to make that distinction. That may be a commonplace of liberal ...

They are considered the last (semi) nomadic people of Namibia. In this community, women and girls tend to perform more labor-intensive work than men and boys. Twice each day, Kerirorere, 18, emerges from the dust-powder haze enveloping the dry mopane tree landscape. She rides a donkey, laden ...

By Melissa Simon melissa@theacorn.com. RULER OF AN EMPIRE—Above, a monument to Genghis Khan is part of the newest exhibit at the Reagan Library. Below, an example of a traditional Mongolian ger, a portable home used by the nomadic people. Photos by RICHARD GILLARD/Acorn Newspapers.

African Parks will manage the 40,000-square-kilometer (15,444-square-mile) Ennedi Natural and Cultural Reserve in Chad. The reserve is home to unique rock formations, ancient human art, and wildlife, including a small population of crocodiles. Two semi-nomadic groups currently depend on the oases ...

Dr. Charloux suspects the engravers were influenced by Nabatean art, which came from an ancient nomadic people in the area, as well as the Parthians from what is now Iran. The Camel Site, he said, may have served as a border that signaled the edge of the Nabatean territory. It also could have been a ...

Since constructing mosques was rarely feasible for nomadic peoples, shrines were historically among the most important religious sites for the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz. Tombs were the only permanent buildings they constructed. Many sacred places in Central Asia are not marked by any construction at all.

The frail-looking grandmother whose harsh life has etched deep lines in her face, is a woman of the Wakhi, a tribe of roughly 12,000 nomadic people who populate the area. Known to those who live there by its Persian name Bam-e-Dunya, or "roof of the world", it is a narrow strip of inhospitable and barely ...

It is believed that little white dogs were brought to the Mediterranean with nomadic peoples. It is unsure if they were bred from Swiss Spitz dogs or Asian dogs such as the Tibetan Terrier. Originally, the Maltese may have been used to hunt rats before they made the switch to companions. As companion ...