Sentences with phrase «nomadic cultures of»

This Tibetan breed originated from the erstwhile Nomadic cultures of Tibet, Nepal and China.

We're rooted in the nomadic culture of bike messengers and urban people on the go.

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Convincing nomadic tribes to embrace Christianity and to adopt a settled agricultural life, the Jesuits spread the gospel and European culture while offering indigenous converts a measure of protection from the more rapacious aspects of Spanish colonialism.

The new manifesto urges humanity to «leave behind the magical thinking and myth - making that are substitutes for tested knowledge of nature,» notes that religions «have their origins in pre-urban nomadic and agricultural societies of the past» and are irrelevant to the «postindustrial global information culture that is emerging,» and calls for a World Parliament.

To pass, as the Hebrews did, from nomadic wanderings to a settled residence, from the exclusive tending of herds to the culture of crops, from tents to villages and walled towns, involved a profound change in the life and thought of the people, and, not least of all, in their religion.

Communication by writing was never as developed in the Jewish milieu as it was in the more agrarian less nomadic Indo - Himalayan and Chinese civilisations, until at least about the time we find the Wisdom literature, the time that is of the full penetration into the near East of the Romano - Hellenic culture of the West.

For thousands of years, Eastern cultures and nomadic desert tribes have known about the high nutritional values and slow release energy of the date fruit, often surviving on a date diet for weeks.

DNA samples revealed that a group of nomadic herders, the Yamnaya, swept into Europe from the plains of today's Russia and Ukraine sometime between 5000 and 4800 years ago, bringing their culture and, perhaps, the Proto - Indo - European language with them.

«Precision chronology sheds new light on the origins of Mongolia's nomadic horse culture.»

According to new research, nomadic horse culture — famously associated with Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes — can trace its roots back more than 3,000 years in the eastern Eurasian Steppes, in the territory of modern Mongolia.

This culture, named for the beautiful carved standing stones («deer stones») and burial mounds (khirigsuurs) it built across the Mongolian Steppe, is linked with some of the oldest evidence for nomadic herding and domestic livestock use in eastern Eurasia.

Unlike milking practices adopted by ancient nomadic cultures that restricted milking to the early months of pregnancy (when hormonal levels in the pregnant cows were relatively low), modern dairy farms maintain pregnancy in dairy cows about 80 % of the year and milk throughout pregnancy, even during months when hormonal levels are relatively high.

It became very common for certain nomadic cultures to rely on dried yogurt as part of their staple food.

Before the establishment of the oil economy in the early 1960s, two main orientations shaped traditional Emeriati culture: the nomadic desert - oriented Bedouins with small oasis farming within the broader context of the desert economy and culture, and the sea - oriented culture that revolved around pearling and sea trading.

Mongolian pastoral herders are one of the world's last remaining nomadic cultures.

An ancient breed, rich in history and culture, the Sloughi is equally at home in nomadic tents as in the hunt, coursing jackals, gazelles and hares in its countries of origin.

Mongolia, former empire of Genghis Khan, is home to one of the last nomadic, horse - based cultures in the world, as well as the home of the famous Gobi Desert in Asia.

Spend one night in a traditional yurt and get to know the welcoming families of the nomadic Kyrgyz culture.

# 5 We both envision embracing a nomadic life, tasting fabulous dishes of different cultures, in the near (ish) future.

Ryder Richards is a co-founder of the RJP Nomadic Gallery, Culture Laboratory, and member of Dallas - based group The Art Foundation.

Prini's «Camping [Amsterdam] approached the concept of a nomadic home which touched on Arte Povera's concerns on nature and culture.

In the world of art and culture, an inspiring array of shows are igniting the way, from the first major UK presentation of work by nomadic sculptor Not Vital to a stirring retrospective of images by American photographer Stephen Shore at C / O Berlin.

An iteration of Living as Form (The Nomadic Version) was presented, including artist Federico Guzmán to bring a world of culture and artistic practice to the Sahrawi refugee camps over a period of fifteen days.

The works show my attempt to present the adaptive aspect of cultural identity symbolized by international airplanes, as it is altered and expanded through cultural displacement in a global nomadic culture.

The nomadic culture and its symbiotic relation to nature is disappearing as the mining of natural ressources (gold, coal) are being exploited without effective control.

The first episode, in which Greg Spencer and Austin Mann experience the challenges facing wood - collecting women of the nomadic Gabbra culture of northern Kenya, will be posted on the Web site on Tuesday.

Even the Bushmen of the Kalahari, arguably one of the most nomadic cultures in one of the Earth's most harsh desert environments managed to achieve a population density of 1 person per square mile or more.

This nomadic life of constant movement shaped much of Moody's sense of self and belonging, prompting her to identify with people on the fringe and other cultures on the move.

Jordanian - Canadian designer Abeer Seikaly turns to solar - absorbing fabric as his material of choice in creating woven shelters that are powered by the sun and inspired by nomadic culture.