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They’ve sailed across Southeast Asia for centuries. Now, these sea nomads are being forced to live on land
54 years, 11 months ago

They’ve sailed across Southeast Asia for centuries. Now, these sea nomads are being forced to live on land

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rebecca Cairns/CNN A ‘stateless’ community Despite living in the region for decades, even centuries, many of the Bajau Laut in Semporna are “stateless” and not considered Malaysian citizens. Adzmin Fatta, who works with many stateless people …

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They’ve sailed across Southeast Asia for centuries. Now, these sea nomads are being forced to live on land
54 years, 11 months ago

They’ve sailed across Southeast Asia for centuries. Now, these sea nomads are being forced to live on land

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rebecca Cairns/CNN A ‘stateless’ community Despite living in the region for decades, even centuries, many of the Bajau Laut in Semporna are “stateless” and not considered Malaysian citizens. Adzmin Fatta, who works with many stateless people …

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Migration on: Gujjars, Bakerwals rue poll delay in Anantnag-Rajouri
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Migration on: Gujjars, Bakerwals rue poll delay in Anantnag-Rajouri

New Indian Express  

SRINAGAR : The Gujjar and Bakerwal community is disappointed over the deferment of polls to Anantnag-Rajouri seat, saying the move will lead to drop in voter turnout due to the annual migration of nomadic groups. Now over one lakh nomads of border districts of Poonch and Rajouri will start their annual migration with livestock to high-altitude pastures, so they will …

Migration Poll Rajouri Gujjar Bakerwal
Bihar: Valmiki Tiger Reserve on alert to stop poaching amid influx of nomads
1 year, 5 months ago

Bihar: Valmiki Tiger Reserve on alert to stop poaching amid influx of nomads

Hindustan Times  

The Valmiki Tiger Reserve, the only tiger reserve of Bihar in West Champaran district, has been asked to tighten security and ensure safety of tigers, leopards and other wildlife species at the reserved forest over concerns of poaching. During the monsoon month of ‘Shrawan’, thousands of devotees from Nepal and from across the state visit Lord Shiva temples, such as …

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UP Next: Nomads of Uttar Pradesh are Not Dalits, They Identify with Hindutva
3 years, 3 months ago

UP Next: Nomads of Uttar Pradesh are Not Dalits, They Identify with Hindutva

News 18  

​​ You may have seen Banjaras singing and dancing with joy in Bollywood movies. Semi-nomadic communities like Mongia, Madari, Augad, Vaidya, Bhat, Jogi, Joga, Mahawat, Sapera, Brajwasi now have a village address but still roam, migrate and travel for more than eight months in a year for livelihood. It is interesting to observe that neither the Left nor the Dalit-Bahujan …

Uttar Pradesh Dalit Communities Banjaras Hindutva Politics Gadiya Luhar
The ancient origins of the new nomads
3 years, 4 months ago

The ancient origins of the new nomads

BBC  

The ancient origins of the new nomads Illustration by María Medem Itinerant lifestyles may feel new but the ideas behind globe-trotting ways of living go back millennia. "The urge to migrate, to quest, to go on a journey, is deep-seated – ancestral, essential and instinctive," writes author Felix Marquardt, in his new book The New Nomads: How the Migration Movement …

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AP PHOTOS: Health workers vaccinate Kashmir nomads
3 years, 5 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Health workers vaccinate Kashmir nomads

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Young health worker Masrat Farid has trekked long distances through remote Himalayan meadows in Indian-controlled Kashmir to vaccinate nomadic herders in a campaign launched in June. “Everywhere we go it seems rumors reach earlier than we do, and it makes our job difficult,” Farid said during a recent vaccination campaign in a high altitude meadow. Scores of …

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What’s authentic and what’s acting for the real-life nomads of ‘Nomadland’?
3 years, 10 months ago

What’s authentic and what’s acting for the real-life nomads of ‘Nomadland’?

LA Times  

In her wildest dreams, Charlene Swankie never imagined that Hollywood would come calling — or even know how to find her. “I had been on the road living in the boonies for over 10 years,” Swankie says, “and movies were not high on my list.” She told Zhao the only thing she could focus on at the moment was the …

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Fighting Identity Crisis: Journey of Bengal's Nomadic Tribes Towards Mainstream Has Just Begun
4 years, 4 months ago

Fighting Identity Crisis: Journey of Bengal's Nomadic Tribes Towards Mainstream Has Just Begun

News 18  

Fading identity amid urban sprawl – nomads played an important role during the British era in various fields like handicrafts, animal husbandry, story-telling, tattooing, fortune-telling, snake charming, acrobatics and in ayurvedic medicines. There are many nomads who don’t even have surnames and prefer to be called with unique names like ‘Parking Bediya’, ‘Platform Bediya’ and even ‘Lal Badshah’ and ‘Bahubali …

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