Sociocultural Trends

Division of Labor by Gender

Gender Status

Social Placement

Infant Care

Child Care

Techniques of Socialization

Education System

Puberty and Initiation

Identification

Architecture

Dwellings

Settlement Patterns

Community Structure

External Relations

Occupational Specialization

Labor Supply and Employment

Cult of the Dead

Prayers and Sacrifices

Revelation and Divination

Ritual

Organized Ceremonial

Mode of Marriage

Kin Relationships

Rules of Descent

Lineages

Social Control

Inter-Community Relations

Regulation of Marriage

Residence

Polygamy

Burial Practices and Funerals

Eschatology

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Pharmaceuticals

Ethnic Stratification

Theory of Disease

Sorcery

Magical and Mental Therapy

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Medical Therapy

Life and Death

Incorporeal Property

General Character of Religion

Spirits and Gods

Luck and Chance

Magic

Missions

Community Heads

Informal in-Group Justice

Legal Norms

Judicial Authority

Special Courts

Fishing

Domesticated Animals

Tillage

Cereal Agriculture

Vegetable Production

Arboriculture

Diet

Speech

Linguistic Identification

Bibliographies in Sources

Kinship Terminology

Historical Reconstruction

History

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Cultural Identity and Pride

Multi-Ethnic Community Relations

Household

Family Relationships

Activities of the Aged

Status and Treatment of the Aged

Magicians and Diviners

Prophets and Ascetics

Reviews and Critiques

Warfare

Location

Population

Composition of Population

Forest Products

Internal Trade

External Trade

Buying and Selling

Medium of Exchange

Climate

Topography and Geology

Real Property

Inheritance

Hunting and Trapping

Land Use

Fire

Local Officials

Territorial Hierarchy

Districts

Provinces

Form and Rules of Government

Chief Executive

Personal Grooming

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Music

Musical Instruments

Dance

Woodworking

Ceramic Technology

Culture Summary: Suku

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

MARRIAGE

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

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RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

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The Suku are a Bantu-speaking people living in hamlets and small villages scattered across the rolling savannas of the southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo. They were traditionally organized in a pyramidal political system, with the royal lineage at the apex and, at the bottom, a number of smaller matrilineages averaging some thirty-five members. Subsistence is primarily agricultural, broadly supplemented by gathering, hunting, fishing and domestic animals; local mission and government employment and migratory labor are increasingly important. There is a strong division of labor by gender.

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