Pastoral example sentences

The frequent bad years led to a steady decline of the animal stock of the pastoralists.White settlers and European colonists saw pastoralists as dangerous and savage – people with whom all contact had to be minimised.Sometimes you read about artisans; but rarely about pastoralists.These Forest Acts changed the lives of pastoralists.In pre-colonial times, the Maasai pastoralists had dominated their agricultural neighbours both economically and politically.But the life history of the poor pastoralists who depended only on their livestock was different.In many other parts of the world, new laws and settlement patterns forced pastoral communities to alter their lives.Usually nomadic pastoralists grazed their animals in one area and moved to another area.This pattern of cyclical movement between summer and winter pastures was typical of many pastoral communities of the Himalayas, including the Bhotiyas, Sherpas and Kinnauris.' Pastoral communities elsewhere in Africa faced similar problems.Many poor pastoralists, on the other hand, borrowed money from moneylenders to survive.Young men came to be recognised as members of the warrior class when they proved their manliness by raiding the cattle of other pastoral groups and participating in wars.Nomadic pastoralists moved over long distances with their animals.No pastoralist was allowed access to these forests.Environmentalists and economists have increasingly come to recognise that pastoral nomadism is a form of life that is perfectly suited to many hilly and dry regions of the world.