Nomads are communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads, tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the po
A painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a caravan of nomadic Roma
Nomads on the Changtang, Ladakh
Rider in Mongolia, 2012. While nomadic life is less common in modern times, the horse remains a national symbol in Mongolia.
The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani, colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who traditionally led a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggest
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…pastures into cropland and forced nomadic peoples into permanent settlements. Modern forms of nomadic peoples are variously referred to as "shiftless", "gypsies", "rootless cosmopolitans", hunter-gatherers, refugees and urban homeless or street-people, depending on their individual circumstances. These terms…
Two Gypsies by Francisco Iturrino
Kàlo Romani women in Helsinki, Finland, 1930s
Jean-Baptiste Debret: Interior of a gipsy's house in Brazil (c. 1820)
Gypsies camping. Kalé Roma near Swansea in Wales, 1953