Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Penan are one of the last such peoples remaining as hunters and gatherers. The Penan are noted for their practice of 'molong' which means never taking more than necessary. Most Penan were nomadic hunter-gatherers until the post-World War II missionaries settled many of the Penan, mainly in the Ulu-Baram district but also in the Limbang district.
Warri and Yatungka have been referred to as "star-crossed lovers" by the press, who saw their story as Romeo and Juliet-like.[3] [5] [7] [8] [9]Peasley's The Last of the Nomads (published 1983) is an international best-selling non-fiction book that documents the life of Warri and Yatungka.
Punan Bah or Punan [1] is an ethnic group found in Sarawak, Malaysia and Kalimantan, Indonesia. [2] The Punan Bah people are distinct and unrelated to the semi-nomadic Penan people. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Their name stems from two rivers along the banks of which they have been living since time immemorial.
This is a list of nomadic people arranged by economic specialization and region. Nomadic people are communities who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic, but nomadic behavior is increasingly rare in industrialized countries .
The Qing dynasty is mistakenly confused as a nomadic empire by people who wrongly think that the Manchus were a nomadic people, [55] when in fact they were not nomads, [56] [57] but instead were a sedentary agricultural people who lived in fixed villages, farmed crops, and practiced hunting and mounted archery.
After these setbacks, Manser finally found Penan nomadic tribes near the headwaters of the Limbang river [4] at Long Seridan in May 1984. [5] Initially, the Penan people tried to ignore him. After a while, the Penan accepted him as one of their family members. [3] In August 1984, Manser went to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, to obtain a visa to visit ...
It was greatly influenced by and evolved from its nomadic oral storytelling traditions, [1] and it originated in the 13th century. [2] The "three peaks" of Mongol literature, The Secret History of the Mongols, Epic of King Gesar and Epic of Jangar, [3] all reflect the age-long tradition of heroic epics on the Eurasian Steppe. Mongol literature ...
This is the list of fictional Native Americans from notable works of fiction (literatures, films, television shows, video games, etc.). It is organized by the examples of the fictional indigenous peoples of North America: the United States, Canada and Mexico, ones that are the historical figures and others that are modern.