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Create Your Own Village

We are a nation of nomads. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average American moves 11.7 times in a lifetime. Moving even more frequently are military families, executives and specialists working for corporations, those seeking employment, and wanderers who enjoy packing up a U-Haul van and heading out to greener pastures. A rough calculation…


Chinese Nomads Seen in Indian Territory, Indian Nomads Restricted, After Border Conflict

NEW  DELHI—Nomads in Ladakh on India’s border with China face uncanny situations after the last year’s bloody conflict between the two countries—while they sight nomads grazing their yaks from across the border, restrictions imposed by the Indian military keep them away from their traditional pastures. A Ladakhi public servant, Kunchok Stanzin, shared with The Epoch Times…


Photos: The Profound Bond Between Mongolia’s Last Eagle Keepers and Their Mighty Birds

Venturing to Mongolia to meet the country’s last remaining nomadic eagle keepers, Russian photographer Daniel Kordan turned his reverence into a series of incredible photographs. Kordan’s work, a breathtaking mixture of epic landscape photography and intimate portraiture, exemplifies the bond between the keepers and their birds—an elusive 1,000-year-old tradition that runs the risk of dying…


Modern Nomads: Finding Ancient Mobility in a Global World

It’s a moment of uncertainty. As I hold the bowl just below my chin, the fragrant, clear liquid is close enough to sniff. It smells earthy, like an animal. My friendly host stares at me, intently, a little confused, all of us frozen by my indecision—to drink, or not? “Just half, this time,” my guide,…


Chinese Incursion Into Indian Territory Documented on VIDEO

NEW DELHI—Chinese citizens and Chinese soldiers in plainclothes entered Indian territory in the winter pasture of Cakzung on Dec. 16, according to Konchok Stanzin, a native of a nearby village and the councilor of  a group of villages in the Ladakh Union Territory. Cakzung is a high altitude winter grazing pasture land in the Nyoma…