Kinship Terminology

Food Preparation

Dwellings

Urban and Rural Life

Real Property

Exchange Transactions

Labor Supply and Employment

Castes

Household

Rules of Descent

Lineages

Clans

Avoidance and Taboo

Travel

General Character of Religion

Spirits and Gods

Theological Systems

Religious Denominations

Celibacy

Nuclear Family

Extended Families

Identification

Reviews and Critiques

Age Stratification

Gender Status

Burial Practices and Funerals

Special Burial Practices and Funerals

Fishing

Cereal Agriculture

Special Crops

Theory of Disease

Magical and Mental Therapy

Magic

Bibliographies in Sources

Location

Climate

Topography and Geology

Status, Role, and Prestige

Provinces

Form and Rules of Government

Cultural Participation

Basis of Marriage

Nuptials

Kin Relationships

Settlement Patterns

Community Structure

Prayers and Sacrifices

Ritual

Priesthood

Ethnometeorology

Ethnogeography

Organized Ceremonial

Regulation of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Residence

Family Relationships

Polygamy

Material Not Relevant

Inheritance

Hunting and Trapping

Domesticated Animals

Dairying

Tillage

Diet

History

Territorial Hierarchy

External Relations

Linguistic Identification

Writing

Population

Termination of Marriage

Secondary Marriages

Occupational Specialization

Towns

Cities

Elections

Normal Garb

Clothing Manufacture

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Verbal Arts

Music

Motion Picture Industry

Mythology

Eschatology

External Migration

Ingroup Antagonisms

Informal in-Group Justice

Judicial Authority

Labor and Leisure

Division of Labor by Gender

Internal Trade

Mercantile Business

Retail Marketing

Highway Transport

Social Control

Infant Care

Child Care

Transmission of Cultural Norms

Culture Summary: Telugu

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

CREDITS

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

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The Telugu people are found throughout southern peninsular India but are concentrated in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states, where Telugu (a Dravidian language) is an official language, and in the border areas of neighboring states. Empires and kingdoms existed in the region since 250 BC, combined in part with British colonial rule beginning in the eighteenth century and replaced since Indian independence by the local government hierarchy of the democratic state. Villages range in size from several hundred to many thousand in population. Rice is the major crop and sugarcane, tobacco and cotton are important commercial crops. Local society is organized by patrilineal clans, patrilineages, and a Hindu caste system. Ritual and festivals help to mediate caste relations and maintain community cohesion.

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