Nomads

Sea GypsiesSea Gypsies

The Moken are often called ‘sea The Moken are often called ‘sea gypsies’. Some follow their traditional gypsies’. Some follow their traditional lifestyle in the costal areas of Thailand lifestyle in the costal areas of Thailand

and Myanmar.and Myanmar.

• They catch seafood and sell it in They catch seafood and sell it in fishing villages. Moken children learn fishing villages. Moken children learn to swim before they can walk. They to swim before they can walk. They can see underwater twice as clearly can see underwater twice as clearly as the rest of us and can stay as the rest of us and can stay underwater twice as long!underwater twice as long!

The Sami live in northen Scandinavia. Most of them now have ‘normal’ jobs in towns and cities but some carry on their traditional way of life.

Nowadays, the Sami use Nowadays, the Sami use snowmobiles and mobile phones snowmobiles and mobile phones when they are looking after their when they are looking after their animals. However, they still wear animals. However, they still wear their colourful costumes and sing their colourful costumes and sing

their traditional songs.their traditional songs.

The world ‘Bedouin’ means ‘desert inhabitant’. Many Bedouins live in towns in Arabia and North Africa but some still make trips into the desert to get food for their camels.

Bedouins know many Bedouins know many tricks to find water. For tricks to find water. For

example, when they see example, when they see insects or birds, they insects or birds, they know water is usually know water is usually

near.near.