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4. Describe the folk dances and festivals in the Great Indian Desert.

5. What are sand dunes and why they shift from one place to another?

Think and Answer • Critical thinking

D. Baoris or bers are community wells, found in Rajasthan, that are used mainly for
drinking water. Most of them are very old. They were built by banjaras (mobile
trading communities) for their drinking water needs.

Discuss the practice of ‘community wells’ to save water in different parts of the
country where drinking water is not available so easily.

Let Us Do • Information literacy

E. Activity

Collect information on how people of Alwar have made the desert green. Write a

few points on your own to save water.

Life Skills • Critical thinking
• Environmental literacy

F. Imagine you are visiting Rajasthan and staying in a hotel. What should you do?

(a) Use water as much as you want because you are paying the

hotel for it.
(b) Minimize the use of water as far as possible.

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