Historically, most Afar and Somali lived a nomadic life in patricentric societies organized into clans. They herded sheep, goats, and camels. Until recent years, the Afar and Somali languages deficiencyed written forms. These two nomadic peoples accordingly developed valuable rural traditions of folk music, dance, and oral literature. Somali are renowned for their poetry. These rural traditions survive today, although most Djiboutians now live in the capital city.