Sentence examples for practiced by local from inspiring English sources

That degradation has been caused by the slash-and-burn agricultural techniques practiced by local migratory farmers.

Although slaughter for sacrifice contradicts a basic belief of Christianity, it is practiced by local Catholics, Greek Orthodox and other Christians at the ruined Byzantine church of Saint George in the village of Taybeh, 20 miles from Jerusalem.

In order to sustain these settlements, variant cultivation techniques were practiced by local populations.

Building environmental assessment method (BEAM) has been practiced by local architects and engineers as references for green building design over the last 20 years.

It went on to describe a monkey-infested island in the Florida Keys and a cruel sport once practiced by the local residents that was known as "monkey fishing".

Although traditionally overshadowed by horse racing in that region the peninsula is home to the Arabian horse the racing of camels was long a folk sport practiced by the local population at social gatherings and festivals.

She shopped for hippie-style jewelry at botanicas in the area, and was exposed to Santeria, which was practiced by some of the local Puerto Rican population.

The ranges are interspersed with masses of broken hills, which formerly were heavily forested but which have been extensively denuded because of the shifting (slash-and-burn) cultivation practiced by some of the local inhabitants.

China, Japan, and Korea have historically long and well-documented traditional health practices, she said, while in other countries, traditional cures are in the realm of local lore practiced by small and sometimes isolated indigenous groups.

The government is working with the International Labor Organization to crack down on the practice by local commanders of hiring child soldiers.

R. communis seeds, leaves, fruit, stem and bark are used in different traditional therapeutic practices by local practitioner (Hakeem) [21].