Mode of Marriage

Secondary Marriages

Polygamy

Linguistic Identification

History

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Religious Denominations

Missions

Parents-in-Law and Children-in-Law

Lineages

Inter-Community Relations

Internal Trade

Retail Marketing

Mats and Basketry

Clothing Manufacture

Jewelry Manufacture

Identification

Classes

Slavery

Community Structure

Bibliographies in Sources

Reviews and Critiques

External Trade

Basis of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Status of Children

Burial Practices and Funerals

Cult of the Dead

Eschatology

Form and Rules of Government

Chief Executive

External Relations

Real Property

Buying and Selling

Ornament

Making of Grooming Accessories

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Music

Techniques of Socialization

Transmission of Skills

Education System

Organized Ceremonial

Instigation of War

Household

Serfdom and Peonage

Multi-Ethnic Community Relations

Division of Labor by Gender

Childhood Activities

Activities of the Aged

Population

Annual Cycle

Dwellings

Settlement Patterns

Domesticated Animals

Pastoral Activities

Tillage

Diet

Personal Hygiene

Medical Therapy

Priesthood

Material Not Relevant

Kinship Terminology

Kin Relationships

External Migration

Traditional History

Community Heads

Location

Inheritance

Behavior Toward Non-Relatives

Informal in-Group Justice

CULTURE SUMMARY: BILEN

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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

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

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The Cushitic-speaking Bilen of the highlands of central Eritrea, traditionally cattle herders, had by the late twentieth century come to rely mainly on cereals and vegetables. Long governed by local hereditary chiefs along with councils of elders and local lineage heads, Bilen culture and society were greatly influenced by their position at the northern frontier of Ethiopian state, surrounded by still independent nomadic pastoral communities.

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