Nomad
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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
Roma mother and child
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.
Tinker
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Tinker or tinkerer is an archaic term for an itinerant tinsmith who mends household utensils.
Nomad
…communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the population of nomadic pastoral tribes slowly decreased, reaching an estimated 30–40 million nomads in…
A photograph of a tinker by Ignacy Krieger, nineteenth century