3. Sea Gypsies
The Moken are often called ‘sea
gypsies’. Some follow their traditional
lifestyle in the costal areas of Thailand
and Myanmar.
4. • They catch seafood and sell it in
fishing villages. Moken children learn
to swim before they can walk. They
can see underwater twice as clearly
as the rest of us and can stay
underwater twice as long!
5.
6. 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.
7. Nowadays, the Sami use
snowmobiles and mobile phones
when they are looking after their
animals. However, they still wear
their colourful costumes and sing
their traditional songs.
8.
9. 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.
10. Bedouins know many
tricks to find water. For
example, when they see
insects or birds, they
know water is usually
near.
