Traditional History

Ethnic Stratification

Multi-Ethnic Community Relations

Form and Rules of Government

Taxation and Public Income

Bibliographies in Sources

External Migration

Historical Reconstruction

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Inter-Community Relations

Property in Movables

Inheritance

Gender Status

Family Relationships

Speech

Linguistic Identification

Kin Relationships

Rules of Descent

Lineages

Ethos

Classes

Community Structure

Community Councils

Local Officials

Material Not Relevant

General Character of Religion

Prayers and Sacrifices

Missions

Religious Intolerance and Martyrs

Techniques of Socialization

Transmission of Cultural Norms

Students

Status, Role, and Prestige

Territorial Hierarchy

Chief Executive

Slavery

Population

Composition of Population

Education System

Adolescent Activities

Social Personality

Offenses Against Life

Discipline and Morale

Purification and Atonement

Division of Labor by Gender

Age Stratification

Topography and Geology

Internal Migration

Architecture

Dwellings

Outbuildings

Settlement Patterns

5311

Visual Arts

Music

Musical Instruments

Dance

Real Property

Changes in Property Rights

Identification

Location

Districts

History

External Relations

Buying and Selling

Internal Trade

Sleeping

Household

Polygamy

Provinces

Reviews and Critiques

Ritual

Organized Ceremonial

Spirits and Gods

Avoidance and Taboo

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Special Burial Practices and Funerals

Citizenship

Status of Children

Social Control

Informal in-Group Justice

Judicial Authority

Legal and Judicial Personnel

Cultural Participation

Regulation of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Kinship Regulation of Sex

Land Use

Sociocultural Trends

Mode of Marriage

Ceramic Technology

General Tools

Production and Supply

Sacred Objects and Places

Political Movements

Clans

Kinship Terminology

Cultural Identity and Pride

Pharmaceuticals

Theory of Disease

Medical Therapy

Revelation and Divination

Magic

Activities of the Aged

CULTURE SUMMARY: MAO

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

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

FRONT

BODY

BACK

eHRAF World Cultures

Explore search results through word clouds.

Compare cultures overlayed on a map.

Drill down through the search results by region and culture.

Sort Results By

Display Use Fors

Mao is a collective identity referring to the Omotic-speaking Anfillo and the ethnically-related but Nilotic-speaking Hozo, Sezo, Ganza and Bambasi communities living in scattered, multiethnic villages in Ethiopia’s western borderlands with Sudan and South Sudan. The traditional economy relied on cultivating millet and other staples on periodically-fallowed plots; hunting and gathering were important secondary activities.  Political leadership ranged from village councils of elders to chiefdoms encompassing a number of villages. With increasing contact with settled Oromo farmers, some Mao communities adapted plow-based agriculture and aspects of the national political structure, including a land-based governance system of farmers’ associations with elected leadership.

Mao

Loading...

Cite This Item

Copy Citation

Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition (author date)

APA 7th Edition

MLA 9th Edition

Harvard Reference Format (author date)

Export Citation

Log In

Mao

Loading...

Your privacy