Kin Groups and Descent. Each village or hamlet includes a number of named patrilineal clans, linked to one another by a series of asymmetric marriage alliances.
Kinship Terminology. The relationship system is ordered by the rule of patrilineal descent and the prescription to marry a man or woman in the category of mahan, which includes the mother's brother's daughter and the father's sister's son, both cross cousins.
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