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Customs and traditions of the Bilen ethnic group
[s. n.] • [s. L.] • Published In 2009 • Pages:
By: Eritrea Ministry of Information.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides brief descriptions of select aspects of Bilen culture. Topics covered include marriage and childbirth rituals, dwellings, food, jewelry, and personal grooming.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Diet
- Normal garb
- Ornament
- Personal grooming
- Dwellings
- Gender status
- Marriage
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bilen
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1993-2009
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Maekel (Central) and southern Anseba regions, Eritrea
- NotesAdditional notes
- Eritrea Ministry of Information ; written by shabait Administrator
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bilen