On the Gobi Highlands ( Mongolia), people have an unusual lifestyle.They herd livestock such as goats, sheep for everyday needs:
dairy produces, meat, clothing.Each year they live in 2 or 3 different places where their livestock can find new huge pastures to feed on.
Such a unique life is called a nomadic one.Nomad don't build houses. They live in a ger - a kind of round tent which is easily put up or
taken down when moving to other open grasslands. Their traditional tent is amazing.It is cool in summer and cold in winter, even when
the temperature goes up to \(^{40^o}\)C or falls down to \(-50^o\)C. Nomadic children grow up among nature, close to rivers and moutains
They rarely meet people from the outside world.These children play with each other and wwith their animals on vast pastures. Their
close friend are horses and all nomadic children can ride a horse. Nomads teach their children to help with the household chores in the
family at an early age. Gradually, the children learn how to do heavier work riding horses to herd the livestock on the grasslands.
This expalin why nomadic children are very brave and helpful.
Most nomads are family men herding their livestock, such as cattle, or horses from pasture to pasture. These people have to change places because of the weather. Other nomads are traders and craftsmen (people who make things), traveling to exchange goods or to prace their craft where it is needed.
