| Old customs in the modern world |
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| People live in all parts of the world. |
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| Most people live in towns and cities but other people live hundreds of kilometres from the nearest city. |
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| They live on high mountains. |
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| They live in hot deserts and in snowy forests. |
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| They keep animals for food. |
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| They make their clothes and homes. |
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| They are different to people who live in large towns and cities because they do not need lots of shops cars and lorries. |
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| They do not use much electricity or water. |
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| Weavers of South America |
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| The lncas lived in Peru in South America. |
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| Five hundred years ago they were very rich and powerful. |
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| They had many large cities and they were good fighters. |
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| They had gold, silver and jewels. |
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| They kept many animals and they had good food and clothes. |
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| Then explorers from Spain came. |
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| They fought the lncas and captured their king. |
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| After that, the Spanish ruled over the Incas. |
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| The Incas spoke the Quechua language. |
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| Quechua people are still living in Peru today. |
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| They keep sheep and goats in the mountains. |
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| They get wool from the animals. |
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| They spin the wool and weave it into cloth. |
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| They make patterns in the cloth. |
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| The patterns are like the old Inca patterns. |
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| Each village has special patterns. |
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| Children learn the patterns. Thay weave thin ribbons. |
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| Women carry their babies or fruit and vegetables in the cloth. Men carry firewood and corn. |
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| Herdsmen of northern Europe |
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| The Sami people live in northern Europe. |
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| It is very cold in winter and there is always a lot of snow on the ground. |
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| Some Sami people are nomads. |
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| That means they travel from one place to another. |
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| They keep big herds of reindeer. |
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| They live in tents and when the reindeer need new grass, they pack up their tents and move on. |
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| Farmers of Tibet |
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| The Tibetan people live near the highest mountain in the world. |
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| Some Tibetans are nomads. |
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| They keep sheep and goats. |
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| Tibetan farmers use yaks on their farms. |
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| The yaks pull carts and ploughs. |
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| Yaks are strong animals. |
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| Tibetans enjoy plays with music and dance. The actors wear amazing costumes and masks. |
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| Travellers in the desert |
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| The Bedouin people live in hot places. |
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| Some Bedouin travel through the desert. |
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| Like the Sami people, they keep animals and live in tents. |
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| When they move the animals, they can take their tents with them. |
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| They hunt with falcons so their families have more food. |
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| Nowadays not many Bedouin live in the desert all the time. |
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| Many of them live in houses in towns and villages but they still fly falcons in the desert. |
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| Falcons catch other birds. |
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| Falcons are beautiful birds with sharp beaks and watchful eyes. |
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| Listen 5 times |
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