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Public Utilities

Miscellaneous Facilities

Division of Labor by Gender

Burial Practices and Funerals

Speech

Linguistic Identification

Writing

Regulation of Marriage

Adoption

Infant Feeding

Child Care

Childhood Activities

Status of Children

Techniques of Socialization

Weaning and Food Training

Cleanliness Training

Education System

Puberty and Initiation

Gratification and Control of Hunger

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Magical and Mental Therapy

Medical Therapy

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Material Not Relevant

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Occupational Specialization

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Commercial Facilities

Exchange Transactions

Internal Trade

External Trade

Retail Marketing

Territorial Hierarchy

Districts

Taxation and Public Income

Litigation

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

Building Supplies Industries

Furniture

Utensils

Gift Giving

Production and Supply

Nuptials

History

Architecture

Religious and Educational Structures

Music

Dance

Drama

Musical and Theatrical Productions

Sacred Objects and Places

Status, Role, and Prestige

Community Structure

Towns

Political Parties

Cult of the Dead

Eschatology

Purification and Atonement

Ritual

Reviews and Critiques

Real Property

Renting and Leasing

Price and Value

Labor Supply and Employment

Sociocultural Trends

Basis of Marriage

Mode of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Termination of Marriage

Secondary Marriages

Residence

Priesthood

Kinship Terminology

Cousins

Kin Relationships

Rules of Descent

Lineages

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Childbirth

Postnatal Care

Prehistory

Cultural Identity and Pride

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Property in Movables

Inheritance

Internal Migration

Food Service Industries

Tillage

Weight-Moving Machinery

Borrowing and Lending

Medium of Exchange

Ownership and Control of Capital

Rest Days and Holidays

Spirits and Gods

Organized Ceremonial

Ethnozoology

Domestic Service

Accumulation of Wealth

Household

Extended Families

Status and Treatment of the Aged

General Character of Religion

Prayers and Sacrifices

Religious Denominations

Domesticated Animals

Dairying

Cereal Agriculture

Land Use

Animal Transport

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ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

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KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

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KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

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The Tamil homeland is in southwestern India and is roughly equivalent to the modern state of Tamil Nadu. The Tamil comprise the vast majority of the population of Tamil Nadu and a good number of Indian Tamil also live in the small territory of Pondicherry, around the city of Bangalore, and elsewhere in India. The Tamil speak Tamil, a Dravidian language. The economy is based primarily on agriculture, supplemented with household craftwork, weaving, and fine metal work in brass, silver, and gold. Cross-cousin marriage is the preferred form of marriage. Within villages, society is ordered by a hierarchy of castes.

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