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Endogamy
Minggu, 2026-04-19 19:34:50

Several religious and ethnic religious groups are traditionally more endogamous, although sometimes mating outside of the group occurs with the added...

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Sanadhya Brahmin
Rabu, 2026-05-27 02:13:37

Sanadhya Brahmin (also spelled as Sanadh, Sanah , Sanidya or Sandhya) is an endogamous sub-caste of Brahmins. Their main concentration is in western Uttar Pradesh...

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Caste
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 19:22:09

of the English word 'caste' when they applied it to the thousands of endogamous, hereditary Indian social groups they encountered. The use of the spelling...

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Knanaya
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 00:34:17

K'nā'nāya "Canaanite") also known as the Southists or Tekkumbhagar, are an endogamous ethnic group found among the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala...

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Vellalar
Kamis, 2026-06-04 00:56:47

northeastern parts of Sri Lanka. The Vellalar are members of several endogamous castes such as the numerically strong Arunattu Vellalar, Chozhia Vellalar...

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India
Minggu, 2026-06-07 00:10:46

particularly reference to Vedic textual and sacrificial origins, belonging to endogamous social units (jāti/varṇa), participating in practices that involve making...

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Kanyakubja Brahmin
Sabtu, 2025-09-20 17:44:45

ethnic group is being considered for merging. › Kanyakubja Brahmins are an endogamous Brahmin community mainly found in northern India. They are classified...

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Kandu
Kamis, 2026-05-14 01:32:59

Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhesh Province (Nepal) Family names Sah, Gupta, Mahajan, Seth Endogamous Yes Related groups Baniya Historical grouping Vaishya...

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Maithil Vivah
Rabu, 2026-05-20 14:15:54

order that ensures adherence to established norms. The Maithil Vivah is endogamous for caste (community or Varna) but exogamous for gotra and pravara. The...

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Bhil
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 20:57:58

the Bhil originally spoke is lost. Bhils are divided into a number of endogamous territorial divisions, which in turn have a number of clans and lineages...

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Mool (lineage)
Jumat, 2026-05-22 01:39:19

gotra are known as Sagotra. While the gotra is exogamous, the mool is endogamous among the community of Maithil Brahmins. Pandey, Anshuman. Recasting the...

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Nepal
Kamis, 2026-05-28 23:52:02

found in South Asia. Social classes are defined by more than a hundred endogamous hereditary groups, often termed as jātis, or "castes". Nepal declared...

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Nai (caste)
Rabu, 2026-04-08 14:09:08

Pradesh, and West Bengal, where they have their own regional name and endogamous unit. Some Nais are followers of Sikhism. Their traditional roles were...

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Haratin
Minggu, 2026-05-24 07:52:55

in segregated, Haratin-only ghettos. They are commonly perceived as an endogamous group of former slaves or descendants of slaves. They converted to Islam...

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List of Vellalar sub castes
Senin, 2026-06-01 16:24:04

distinguished by territorial affiliations and further subdivided into endogamous groups, known as caste. These subcastes can be identified by specific...

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Daughters of Zelophehad
Selasa, 2026-05-19 06:14:10

The Daughters of Zelophehad (Hebrew: בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד, romanized: Bənōṯ Ṣəlāfəḥāḏ) were five sisters – Mahlah (Hebrew: מַחְלָה Maḥlā), Noah (נֹעָה Nōʿā)...

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Wolof people
Jumat, 2026-06-05 22:29:00

like other West African ethnic groups, historically maintained a rigid, endogamous social stratification that included nobility, clerics, castes, and slaves...

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Marital conversion
Selasa, 2026-04-28 17:28:18

or a mandated requirement according to a particular religious belief. Endogamous religious cultures may have certain opposition to interfaith marriage...

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Namadhari
Kamis, 2026-05-14 01:42:25

Namadhari Religions Hinduism Country India Populated states Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana Region South India Endogamous Yes...

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Marma people
Rabu, 2026-05-20 09:11:17

They belong to the same community as the Rakhine people. There are three endogamous groups within the Magh Community, known as (i) the Thongtha, Khyongtha...

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Lampucchwa Tharu people
Kamis, 2026-04-09 13:17:03

considered for merging. › Lampucchwa Tharu or Morangiya Tharu is one of the endogamous subgroups of Tharu people which are an ethnic group indigenous to the...

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Blacksmiths of western Africa
Jumat, 2025-10-17 03:18:58

in their mythology. Blacksmiths in these societies were often part of endogamous castes, with knowledge and skills passed down through generations, ensuring...

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Kodava people
Selasa, 2026-05-05 12:02:46

merging. › The Kodavas (Codavas or Kodagas), also called Coorgs, are an endogamous Dravidian ethnolinguistic group from the region of Kodagu in the southern...

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Carl Jung
Minggu, 2026-05-31 22:29:50

and believed it was vital to the human experience, and used this as an endogamous aspect of the libido and what lies within the family. This is similar...

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Incest in the Bible
Selasa, 2026-04-07 03:59:03

an eldest daughter to even marry outside of the family at all. Other endogamous relationships, namely avunculate marriages and sibling marriages, while...

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Nadan (subcaste)
Kamis, 2025-10-23 00:11:01

Nadans (also referred as Nelamaikkarar) are a small endogamous group of aristocratic Nadars from the regions south of the Thamirabarani River in the present-day...

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Caste system in India
Minggu, 2026-06-07 02:49:03

study based on the DNA analysis of unrelated Indians determined that endogamous jatis originated during the Gupta Empire. An earlier 2013 study from Tamil...

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Jāti
Kamis, 2026-05-14 16:43:29

castes, tribes and religious communities. The tribal and caste groups are endogamous, reproductively isolated populations traditionally distributed over a...

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Ganda (caste)
Kamis, 2026-04-23 01:10:25

especially in Bolangir and Bargarh districts. They are divided into various endogamous divisions such as Odia, Laria, Kandria/Kandharia, Kabria and Saharia Ganda...

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Yazidis in Germany
Kamis, 2026-04-30 09:04:44

Germany of Yazidi origin, an ethnic group or Kurdish group who are strictly endogamous. There is a large Yazidi community in Germany, estimated to be numbering...

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Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development
Kamis, 2026-01-29 12:48:40

that emerged from the strategy of the Brahmins who adopted a strictly endogamous matrimonial regime, leading the other groups to do the same in order to...

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Caste system in Nepal
Senin, 2025-09-15 12:01:40

The caste system defines social classes by a number of hierarchical endogamous groups often termed jaat. This custom was traditionally only prevalent...

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Kutchi Memon
Minggu, 2025-10-12 10:16:55

origin and development of this community. Kutchi Memons are a highly endogamous community, where marriages are arranged within their own ethnic group...

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Yazidis
Kamis, 2026-05-14 17:15:29

also spelled Yezidis (/jə.ˈziː.diz/ ; Êzidî), are a Kurdish-speaking endogamous religious group indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western...

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Inadan (African caste)
Kamis, 2026-01-08 13:37:35

among the Tuareg people. Sometimes referred to as an endogamous caste and sometimes as endogamous marginalized class within the Tuareg, the Inadan are...

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Kalmak Tatars
Senin, 2026-06-01 02:20:19

18th century due to mainly Tatar influence. These factors created an endogamous barrier between Kalmaks and Russians, which helped Kalmaks to preserve...

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Meghwal people
Kamis, 2026-02-12 21:03:59

12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023. Within caste groups too the endogamous jatis are also separated by divergent customs. "Census India - Govt. of...

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Somaliland
Selasa, 2026-05-26 14:49:37

sometimes with many sub-divisions. Somali society is traditionally ethnically endogamous. To extend ties of alliance, marriage is often to another ethnic Somali...

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Caste systems in Africa
Senin, 2026-04-20 19:28:54

and (6) inherited caste membership. This caste system has been a rigid, endogamous and occupationally closed social stratification among Amhara and other...

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Devadiga
Kamis, 2026-04-23 01:10:23

divisions, namely Kannada Devadiga (Moily) and Tulu Devadiga (Moily); were endogamous in the past. Devadigas are originally from the land stretching between...

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Boria (caste)
Sabtu, 2026-02-21 18:54:37

Awadhi dialect. The Pasi are endogamous and in their native places in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar their sub-groups are also endogamous but here in Nagpur only...

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Saraswat Brahmin
Selasa, 2025-11-04 08:49:07

Saraswat family". The Saraswat Brahmins are divided into various territorial endogamous groups, who did not intermarry. Kashmiri Pandits eat mutton and fish,...

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Kotia
Selasa, 2026-06-02 05:48:57

Kotia Tribe, also known as Kotia Paika, are one of the endogamous section of Paika community who are known for their past history of military service under...

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Watta satta
Selasa, 2026-05-19 13:01:20

of reciprocal domestic violence in others. In Pakistan it is typically endogamous, with over 75% marriages involving blood relatives, and 90% of these marriages...

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Beni Ades
Jumat, 2026-03-27 16:52:15

the Roma. In 1851, Alexandre Dumas describes these "Bohemians" as an endogamous itinerant group of horse-traders and fortune-tellers, and recounts colourful...

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Parsis
Minggu, 2026-05-24 13:06:23

Zoroastrian-Parsi mitochondrial reference genome and genetic signatures of an endogamous non-smoking population". Meta Gene. 28 100882. bioRxiv 10.1101/2020.06...

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Haddad people
Kamis, 2026-02-19 04:55:07

segregated, generally without any land or water rights. They are strictly endogamous. Haddad members, because of the decline of their monopoly of blacksmithry...

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Irish Travellers
Rabu, 2026-05-27 20:08:38

from anecdotal evidence" to support the idea that the high incidence of endogamous marriage within the traveller community being the cause of the increased...

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Damor
Sabtu, 2026-01-31 08:11:58

many also speak Gujarati, Rajasthani,[which?] Hindi. The Damor are an endogamous community and practice clan exogamy. Their main clans are the Parmar,...

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Unai Sahu
Rabu, 2026-02-18 21:40:52

Unai literally means someone from Unnao.The community consist of two endogamous sub-groups, the Unai proper and the Unawa. They are distinct from Teli...

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Mudaliar
Minggu, 2026-04-19 22:57:35

Vellalars List of Sengunthars Ceylonese Mudaliyars Some of the important endogamous sub-divisions among the Vellalas are: Aranbukatti, Arunattu, Cholapuram...

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Nomad
Minggu, 2026-03-22 14:04:23

populations offering a craft or trade. Each existing community is primarily endogamous, and subsists traditionally on a variety of commercial or service activities...

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Siyal (caste)
Selasa, 2026-04-07 21:22:54

1981 census, their population in Odisha is 18,677. The Siyals are an endogamous community and are divided into a number of totemic clans, like Kencho...

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Malankara Syriac Knanaya Archdiocese
Senin, 2026-04-20 01:46:26

Community are part of the larger Knanaya community who are descendants of an endogamous ethnic migrant group of Syriac-Jewish Christians who arrived and settled...

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Social justice
Selasa, 2026-05-19 08:03:19

disparity and wide inequalities in social behaviour of the jātis – exclusive, endogamous communities centred on traditional occupations – has led to various reform...

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Persecution of Yazidis
Rabu, 2026-06-03 18:48:41

persecution of Yazidis has been ongoing since at least 637 CE. Yazidis are an endogamous and mostly Kurmanji-speaking minority, indigenous to Kurdistan. The Yazidi...

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Arab wedding
Jumat, 2026-05-29 02:35:55

(65%+) of all marriages are endogamous and consanguineous arranged marriages. More than 40% of all marriages are endogamous and consanguineous in Iraq...

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Bhand
Selasa, 2026-05-26 04:19:38

Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. In India and Nepal, the Bahand are now an endogamous Hindu and Muslim community, which is no longer involved in their traditional...

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Labana
Jumat, 2026-06-05 10:28:43

religious events with their own rituals.[citation needed] The Lavana are an endogamous community. They have eleven exogamous clans mentioned below: Dharawat...

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Brahmin gotra
Rabu, 2026-01-14 01:17:39

genetic diversity within the Brahmin caste. With Gotras designed to prevent endogamous marriages within the fairly small early Brahmin community, any sexual...

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Toucouleur people
Rabu, 2026-02-25 05:21:40

and caste memberships are inherited. The Toucouleur castes have been endogamous, segregated and intermarriage has been rare. The clerics among Toucouleur...

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Meshuchrarim
Kamis, 2025-09-18 23:36:30

could not become full members, and were excluded from the community's endogamous marriage circle. At the same time, they were excluded by the Malabar Jews...

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Kotwar
Selasa, 2026-01-06 02:12:50

the change of occupation by the Kotwar led to them becoming a distinct endogamous sub-group of the Panika.[citation needed] The Kotwar are one many former...

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Nagartha
Kamis, 2026-05-14 01:35:23

Nagartha Religions Hinduism Country India Populated states Karnataka Region South India Endogamous Yes...

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Kharol
Sabtu, 2026-03-14 04:52:21

community speak the Mewari dialect. The community are divided into two endogamous divisions, namely the Rajput and Todwala. These two divisions are sub-divided...

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Nobility of Chios
Jumat, 2026-05-15 20:06:56

European feudal sense—the Chian nobility maintained a continuous, strictly endogamous caste structure recorded in the Libro d'Oro of Chios (Book of Gold) and...

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Belwar
Sabtu, 2026-01-03 01:56:39

chief occupation was trade in cattle and grains. The Belwar are strictly endogamous, and practice clan exogamy. They are Hindu, and Mahadev is their clan...

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North Africa
Minggu, 2026-06-07 01:36:01

African ancestry in North Africa. The Haratin are commonly perceived as an endogamous group of former slaves or descendants of slaves. Other sources have attributed...

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Zoroastrianism in Russia
Minggu, 2025-07-06 18:24:41

astrologist, in Saint Petersburg, as an independent movement from usually endogamous Iranian Zoroastrians. In the 2000s, it was joined by another community...

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Muslim Chhipi
Rabu, 2025-10-29 07:25:39

and Uttar Pradesh in India. In Uttar Pradesh, the Chhipi are a strictly endogamous community, although there are cases of intermarriage with the Rangrez...

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Andriana
Minggu, 2026-05-24 17:51:42

Merina society's nobility, warrior, and land-owning class. They were endogamous, and their privileges were institutionally preserved. While the term and...

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Dogon people
Selasa, 2026-04-28 14:58:05

selection of a wife is carried out by the man's parents. Marriages are endogamous in that the people are limited to marry only persons within their clan...

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Saint Thomas Christians
Kamis, 2026-06-04 19:35:29

necessary to ensure social contact with the Varna Hindus. They tend to be endogamous, and tend not to intermarry even with other Christian groupings. Internal...

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Nadar (caste)
Selasa, 2025-09-23 02:27:53

with other communities and they were themselves divided by their various endogamous subcastes, and thus lacked communal cohesion. While the majority of the...

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Bambara people
Selasa, 2026-05-26 23:53:14

Bamana political order created a small free nobility, set in the midst of endogamous caste and ethnic variation. Both castes and ethnic groups performed vocational...

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Assyrians
Senin, 2026-06-01 01:57:18

in the form of either regionalism or municipalism. They are generally endogamous, marrying within their own ethnic group, although exogamous marriages...

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Kharot
Senin, 2022-08-22 18:17:29

Scheduled Caste found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. They are an endogamous sub-group within the Beldar caste, and are found mainly in eastern Uttar...

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Nat (caste)
Selasa, 2025-10-28 01:57:53

their traditional occupation of rope dancing. The community is strictly endogamous, and consist of a number of clans, the main ones being the Muchal, Bhati...

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Berwa
Sabtu, 2025-11-01 19:35:36

including all of its gods and goddesses and are non-vegetarians. They are endogamous and cremate their dead also women and men can seek divorce. They were...

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Nair
Selasa, 2025-12-02 16:12:52

example, a local Nambudiri or Nair chief. These groups then became an endogamous subdivision, in a similar manner to developments of subdivisions in other...

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Vatalia Prajapati
Jumat, 2025-09-12 23:04:45

Vatalia or Vataliya Prajapati are an endogamous Hindu group and a sub-caste of Prajapati found only in the Indian state of Gujarat. Vatalia are said to...

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Samaritans
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 04:15:21

correlates with expectations from the fact that the Samaritans retained endogamous and biblical patrilineal marriage customs, and that they remained a genetically...

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Kanwar (tribe)
Minggu, 2026-04-19 15:56:14

including Sagai Devi, Matin Devi, Banjari Devi etc. Kanwar have eight endogamous division- Tanwar, Kamalbansi, Paikara, Dudh Kanwar, Rathia, Chanti, Cherwa...

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Gauda and Kunbi
Minggu, 2026-04-19 01:35:52

former Catholic coreligionists. These neo-Hindus developed into a separate endogamous community, and are now referred to as Nav-Hindu Gaudas (New Hindu Gaudas)...

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Mulatto Haitians
Senin, 2026-05-18 01:23:22

they lived or studied abroad. Among self-identifying Mulattoes, a highly endogamous marriage culture was practiced. Considering the absence of any white immigrants...

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Koch people
Sabtu, 2026-01-03 05:54:28

Margan, Chapra, Satpari, Sankar and Banai. These groups are generally endogamous, with very little intermarriages till recently. Each of these nine groups...

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Sadh
Selasa, 2025-12-23 21:06:54

these councils resolve any disputes within the community. They are an endogamous Hindu community who practice vegetarianism. Satnampanth Patwa People of...

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Caste system in Sri Lanka
Rabu, 2026-04-22 02:50:23

Sinhalese and as Kammalar by the Tamils. They constituted of respective endogamous castes traditionally involved as blacksmith, goldsmith, coppersmith, carpenters...

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Pygmy peoples
Rabu, 2026-05-20 14:35:05

descent. The cause of their diminutive size is unknown, but diet and endogamous marriage practices have been cited. The population of Taron pygmies has...

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Tomal
Jumat, 2026-03-27 17:05:29

occupation has been as smiths and leather production, and they have been endogamous. The Tomal have been one of the low status castes or outcasts among the...

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Weyto caste
Kamis, 2026-05-07 07:13:25

assimilating through time as a caste among the dominant Amhara people. Their endogamous stratum has existed in the hierarchical Amhara society, one of the largest...

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Halpati
Rabu, 2026-04-29 03:05:13

in the diamond cutting industries. Halpati society consists of several endogamous sub-divisions which do not marry. Some of their sub-divisions include...

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Buckra
Jumat, 2025-12-12 21:36:55

effectively as poorly paid and treated servants and workers. In Barbados, these endogamous poor, white-skinned people were also called "poor backras" or "buckras"...

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Jakhanke
Senin, 2026-02-16 20:04:11

and Mandinka) in what is now Mali, Guinea, Senegal, and The Gambia. The endogamous Jakhanke clerics were influential in the diffusion of Islam among the...

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Yazidism in Syria
Senin, 2026-03-30 21:58:47

people born in or residing in Syria who adhere to Yazidism, a strictly endogamous religion. Yazidis in Syria live primarily in two communities, one in the...

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Soninke people
Selasa, 2026-03-24 10:03:41

became endogamous, states Daniel Littlefield, a professor of history. Above the slaves were the castes of Soninke, which too were hereditary, endogamous, and...

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Upper Egypt
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 05:08:23

they interpreted to be elite, high status tombs, showing them to be an endogamous ruling or elite segment who were significantly different from individuals...

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Greeks in Lebanon
Jumat, 2026-04-03 00:40:14

their identity and language. Their community was close-knit and entirely endogamous. By 1988, many Greek Muslims from both Lebanon and Syria had reported...

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Bangali (caste)
Kamis, 2026-04-23 01:10:09

Jalandhar and Gurdaspur, and they speak Punjabi. The Bangali are strictly endogamous community, but have no system of gotras. They are generally divided into...

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List of Greek and Latin roots in English/A–G
Selasa, 2026-05-12 23:26:58

cleistogamy, cryptogam, deuterogamist, deuterogamy, digamous, digamy, endogamous, endogamy, exogamous, exogamy, gamete, gametic, gametocyte, gametogenesis...

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Marriage
Minggu, 2026-06-07 23:07:33

husband's brother, mostly found in societies where kinship is based on endogamous clan groups. Religion has commonly weighed in on the matter of which relatives...

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Warhammer 40,000
Senin, 2026-06-08 06:23:12

ethics and encourage scientific progress. The T'au are divided into five endogamous castes: the Ethereals, who are the spiritual leaders; the Fire Caste,...

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Varma (surname)
Minggu, 2026-05-17 09:10:02

and Kushwaha . Their subgroups are mostly endogamous . There are five major social divisions or endogamous subgroups among the Koiri of West Bengal. Sah...

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Temne people
Minggu, 2026-03-22 07:25:56

featured a decentralized political system with village chiefs and an endogamous hierarchical social stratification. The Temne were one of the ethnic groups...

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Kuchband
Sabtu, 2025-09-13 03:52:36

agricultural labourers. Like other Hindus, the community is strictly endogamous, and practice clan exogamy. Their clans are known as gotras, the main...

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Altoviti
Kamis, 2025-10-16 13:00:58

a close personal relationship with the papacy. Through a predominant endogamous marriage policy they established alliances with dynasties of principal...

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Sadgop
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 16:55:27

farming. The Sadgop consist of a number of sub-divisions. They are an endogamous group and practice gotra exogamy. The Sadgop are mainly a landholding...

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Zarma people
Minggu, 2026-03-22 07:26:21

descriptions, their vocation is hereditary, and each stratified group has been endogamous. The social stratification has been unusual in two ways; one it embedded...

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Murao people
Minggu, 2025-09-07 20:45:38

Vani Prakashan. The Kabaria group of Kunjra has become a distinct and endogamous community dealing in scrap. It is believed that they are converts who...

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Hoogar
Kamis, 2026-04-23 01:10:30

Hoogar, also spelled Hugar, is an endogamous community of Lingayat people living in Karnataka, in southwest India. The traditional profession of the Hoogars...

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Jewish assimilation
Senin, 2026-06-01 05:24:31

this definition, since they were legally and religiously considered 'endogamous'. Passing: 'the attempt to flee the Jewish community by assuming a non-Jewish...

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Comanche
Minggu, 2026-05-24 16:50:14

to have sex, called by other groups, because they preferred to marry endogamously and chose their partners from their own local group; this was viewed...

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Tuareg people
Kamis, 2026-06-04 09:39:12

matrilineal society. Other apparently newer customs include close-cousin endogamous marriages and polygyny in conformity with Islamic tenets. Polygyny, which...

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Irula people
Kamis, 2026-05-21 11:34:59

Urali and Kasava, of whom the former two intermarry hence forming three endogamous units. While majority of the Irula are illiterate, they possess a oral...

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Indian people
Rabu, 2026-05-27 10:25:14

stratification within various social sections defined by thousands of endogamous hereditary groups are often termed jāti or castes. Within a jāti, there...

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Pannonian Avars
Minggu, 2026-05-31 09:47:12

The evidence suggests that the Avar elite were largely patrilineal and endogamous for centuries, and entered the Pannonian Basin through migrations from...

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Deha
Jumat, 2026-01-02 10:56:30

encampments at the outskirts of towns and villages. They are strictly endogamous community, and consists of a number of exogamous clans. Their main clans...

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Vasava people
Minggu, 2026-04-19 20:28:26

are Hindu, while the other 20% are Christians. Historically, they were endogamous, but due to Brahminical Sanskritisation marriages have started to take...

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Widowhood effect
Kamis, 2026-05-07 18:50:45

that the race of the partner influences the widowhood effect; whites in endogamous marriages had greater mortality risks that were not obvious among blacks...

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Mochi (Hindu)
Selasa, 2025-09-09 19:21:17

of Ambala. They still speak the Braj Bhasha dialect. They are strictly endogamous, and practice clan exogamy. Their traditional occupation was shoe making...

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Varna (Hinduism)
Rabu, 2026-04-29 15:36:51

idealized, in contrast to jāti (community), which refers to the thousands of endogamous groups prevalent across the South Asia. A jati may be divided into exogamous...

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Swedish-speaking population of Finland
Senin, 2026-05-11 17:50:28

early modern period, Swedish-speaking peasantry has been overwhelmingly endogamous. Historian Tarkiainen (2008) presents that from the late Middle Ages onwards...

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Bharbhunja (Hindu)
Kamis, 2026-05-21 12:01:27

Madhya Pradesh, and the Bhoi from Rajasthan. Each of these groups is endogamous, and do not intermarry. They are also separated by language, with the...

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Arranged marriage
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 13:59:21

the norm in Russia before the early 20th century, most of which were endogamous. Until the first half of the 20th century, arranged marriages were common...

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Bot (caste)
Minggu, 2025-09-21 23:03:15

customs similar to neighbouring Hindu communities. The Bot are strictly endogamous, but do not marry within the village. They occupy their own villages,...

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Martha's Vineyard
Jumat, 2026-05-29 09:27:46

percent)—because of a "recessive pattern" of genetic deafness, circulated through endogamous marriage patterns. Deaf Vineyarders generally earned an average or above-average...

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Sayyid
Senin, 2026-05-18 03:39:29

argue for a deeper "Semitic-Aryan" genetic thread linking R1a carriers in endogamous Syed communities to Bronze Age West Eurasian migrations. The hypothesis...

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Gujarati people
Minggu, 2026-05-24 23:40:25

2012). "Impact of restricted marital practices on genetic variation in an endogamous Gujarati group". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 149 (1): 92–103...

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Marriage in the pre-Columbian Americas
Sabtu, 2026-05-23 05:03:12

wedding ceremony with a deep sacred meaning. Marriages usually had a strong endogamous nature, where marrying someone of the same caste and locality was well-regarded...

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Sikhwal Brahmins
Minggu, 2026-05-17 20:48:32

preservation of religious texts are highly valued. Marriages are usually endogamous, typically arranged within the subcaste, and follow traditional Hindu...

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Yibir
Senin, 2026-06-01 17:22:33

the Yibro, are a caste of Somali people. They have traditionally been endogamous. Their hereditary occupations have been magic making, leather work, the...

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Sunni Bohra
Kamis, 2026-01-15 13:00:54

2023-11-10. The Sunni Bohras (also known as Vohras) are several traditionally endogamous Muslim communities found in Gujarat.. they are of mixture of ancestry...

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Pradhan
Rabu, 2025-11-12 06:13:50

Sikkim form an influential ethnic group of a homogenous, non-caste and non-endogamous Newar community, which is in sharp contrast to that of the Newars of Nepal...

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Shuddhi (Hinduism)
Rabu, 2026-04-15 18:52:05

former Catholic coreligionists. These neo-Hindus developed into a separate endogamous community, and are now referred to as Nav-Hindu Gaudas (New Hindu Gaudas)...

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Jánico
Jumat, 2026-05-01 20:22:06

peopled mostly by ethnic Canarians and French who established a markedly endogamous society in order to preserve their whiteness, very few owned slaves. The...

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Nyamakala
Rabu, 2026-03-11 19:56:29

Tage and the carpenter caste was called Sake. The Nyamakala have been endogamous, occupation inheriting castes. Among the Mande people such as the Mandinke...

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Kristang people
Jumat, 2026-03-27 19:08:31

and people of Chinese and Indian ethnicity rather than Malay because of endogamous religious laws. These require non-Muslims intending to marry Malay-Muslims...

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Dawada
Senin, 2025-07-07 03:13:03

distinctive and has been linked to a relict population. They are mostly an endogamous group who rarely marry outside of their tribe. They speak an Arabic dialect...

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Somali clans
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 16:47:04

areas inhabited by diverse clans, such as the southern Mogadishu area, endogamous marriages also served as a means of ensuring clan solidarity in uncertain...

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Vaghri people
Rabu, 2026-02-11 19:13:46

Gujarat District. Like many other Gujarati Hindu communities, they are endogamous but maintain gotra exogamy. Their main clans are the Devipujak, Dantani...

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Fula people
Kamis, 2026-06-04 04:03:45

groups who adhered to traditional African religions. The Fulani castes are endogamous in nature, meaning individuals marry only within their caste. This caste...

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Pathans of Bihar
Selasa, 2025-10-07 14:54:13

Magahi language of the region that they are settled in. They are generally endogamous but do engage in matrimonial relations with other Muslims communities...

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Yörüks
Selasa, 2026-06-02 09:54:33

replaced by trucks. The Yörüks are divided in a large number of named endogamous patrilineal tribes (aşiret). Among recent tribes mentioned in the literature...

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Ghasiara
Minggu, 2026-05-10 21:16:22

Hindi, while most also understand Punjabi. The Ghasiara are strictly endogamous, and practice clan exogamy. Their clans are referred to as gotras, the...

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Kondaikatti Vellalar
Senin, 2025-04-28 23:43:54

gotras. In addition, the caste is composed of four hierarchically ranked endogamous units called Vakaiyaras (varieties or kindreds). The members belonging...

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Madia Gond
Sabtu, 2025-09-27 16:09:57

merging. › Madia Gonds or Madia or Maria (Gondi: [maːɽijaː]) are one of the endogamous Gond tribes living in Chandrapur District and Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra...

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Kaikadi people
Selasa, 2025-09-23 02:08:20

Panchami, but also pay reverence to Khandoba. The community has several endogamous septs: 9 recorded in Vidarbha. They also have a set of exogamous clans:...

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Roman Catholic Brahmin
Rabu, 2026-05-27 18:40:36

social stratification, similar to the Western class concept. They are an endogamous group and have generally refrained from inter-marriage with Catholic Christians...

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Kadia (term)
Selasa, 2024-05-28 01:18:29

India: Oxford University Press. 1998. pp. 1775: The Koli have three endogamous divisions based on occupation, namely Macchi Koli, Khedut Koli and Kodiya...

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Indians in Kenya
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 19:47:05

retained their strong Indian ties and traditions, and are a close-knit, endogamous community. Following the 1982 Kenyan coup d'état attempt to remove President...

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Multiracial people
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 21:38:19

New Zealand "One might argue that a Maori and Maori-European union is endogamous – that is within-group – mostly because of the historical New Zealand...

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Pentecostal Saint Thomas Christians
Selasa, 2026-04-28 06:11:22

Christian community, naturally generated ripples in the Knanaya community; an endogamous subcaste of Nasranis. The Knanaya Christians traditionally belong to the...

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Cousin marriage
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 07:15:53

rates of around 60% in South Indian communities due to long-standing endogamous marriage practices, the researchers linking this to increased risk of...

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Dutch nobility
Jumat, 2025-10-24 03:28:57

ennoblement, and are more likely to uphold traditional noble values and marry endogamously. In 2020, nobility expert and director of the foundation Stichting Adel...

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Ramapough Mountain Indians
Selasa, 2026-05-26 04:16:06

classified such isolated mixed-race groups, who tended to be historically endogamous, as racial isolates or simply as mixed bloods. Alanson B. Skinner of the...

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Ambedkar International Center
Minggu, 2026-04-19 23:30:22

birth based hierarchical system wherein people are divided into many endogamous groups doing hereditary occupation. As Yashica Dutta writes in the New...

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Poles in Iceland
Senin, 2026-03-02 13:54:24

than arrived in Iceland during this year. The demographic is largely endogamous and insular. Poles in Iceland typically speak Polish, watch Polish television...

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Hova (Madagascar)
Jumat, 2024-06-14 16:42:25

referred to as Zaza-hova. The Andriana, the Hova and the Andevo strata were endogamous in the Merina society. According to William Ellis memoir in 1838, a Hova...

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Quatrocentão
Selasa, 2025-07-15 22:16:05

frequently among the families in the Genealogia Paulistana, forming an endogamous group. They were first listed in a genealogical study in the 1700s by...

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Twa
Rabu, 2026-05-27 21:25:24

blacksmith castes of West Africa, economically specialized groups which became endogamous and consequently developed into separate ethnic groups, sometimes, as...

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Jean-Martin Charcot
Rabu, 2026-03-04 04:12:30

but he did have a closed gene pool to study, not just in that Jews were endogamous, but because many Jews in his clinic were descended from relatives, even...

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Koreans
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 07:59:09

suggest that the Korean people have a long history as a distinct, mostly endogamous ethnic group, with successive prehistoric waves of people moving to the...

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Religion in Kerala
Jumat, 2026-05-15 21:54:53

Kerala, or South India in general. According to Knanaya Christians, an endogamous ethnic group found among the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala...

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Koli people
Jumat, 2026-03-27 00:07:45

geographically or in terms of communal norms, such as the establishment of endogamous marriage groups. The Koli caste of Maharashtra and Gujarat was classified...

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Mar Thoma Syrian Church
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 10:15:29

known as Knanaya/Kanai people. They continued to remain partially in an endogamous group within the Nasrani community. They cooperated with the Malankara...

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Vokkaliga
Rabu, 2026-03-18 10:14:16

is an allusion to the totemistic exogamous clans that together form an endogamous subgroup, of which there are many amongst the Vokkaligas. These clans...

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Badi (caste)
Kamis, 2025-11-20 02:19:06

clans, the main ones being the Swaroop and Aurender. They are strictly endogamous and practice clan exogamy. The Badi are one of a number of nomadic communities...

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Songhaiborai
Minggu, 2026-03-22 07:25:46

descriptions, their vocation is hereditary, and each stratified group has been endogamous. The social stratification has been unusual in two ways; it embedded slavery...

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Ginevra King
Senin, 2026-05-11 11:22:28

Chicago families played together, attended the same private schools, and endogamously married within this small social circle. Due to her family's immense...

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Freshwater ecology of Maharashtra
Kamis, 2026-05-21 03:32:20

thousand years ago, human population were organised into largely autonomous-endogamous tribes of perhaps 2 to 10 thousand people each. There would be considerable...

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Sierra Leone Creole people
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 20:32:39

that coalesced into the Creole identity. The settlers generally married endogamously, although individuals from mixed and European groups recorded a much...

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Saini
Jumat, 2025-12-19 14:26:13

consolidation. According to the Anthropological Survey of India, "The Saini are endogamous community and observe exogamy at village and gotra level." Remarriage...

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Adivasi
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 03:23:09

be recognised as a scheduled tribe. Part of the challenge is that the endogamous nature of tribes is also conformed to by the vast majority of Hindu castes...

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Forced marriage
Senin, 2026-06-08 00:22:43

were the norm in Russia before early 20th century, most of which were endogamous. Child marriages were common historically, but began to be questioned...

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Kumaraswamy Thangaraj
Selasa, 2026-05-26 08:21:38

study examining genetic susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 among isolated and endogamous South Asian populations. Padma Shri (2026) – For contributions to Science...

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Incest in ancient Egypt
Rabu, 2026-05-20 01:27:56

Egypt are of adult males. There is also the fact that other close-kin endogamous unions such as uncle-niece and aunt-nephew marriages do not seem to have...

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Lebanese people in West Africa
Rabu, 2025-05-28 15:09:13

recent unrest in Lebanon. The Lebanese community of West Africa is largely endogamous, and due to their status as colonial intermediaries, with many Lebanese...

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Interracial marriage in the United States
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 00:30:56

still at higher risk of divorce relative to endogamous Hispanic/Latino marriage (but not relative to endogamous non-Hispanic White marriage). The number...

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Doma (caste)
Rabu, 2026-03-18 10:53:59

nomad, as all of the aforementioned groups are distinct and strictly endogamous. Some speak a dialect or argot of their own, while others speak the prevailing...

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Bhuiyar
Kamis, 2026-02-05 11:16:16

Chiriha, Dioriya, Khutta, Parha, Patparaha and Sudha. They are strictly endogamous, and practice clan exogamy. The Bhuiyar are found in the districts of...

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Sikligar
Jumat, 2025-09-26 08:35:08

the city of Kannauj, but they speak Gujarati. The community is strictly endogamous and is divided into twelve clans with equal status. These are the Kanthiwala...

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Govigama
Rabu, 2026-04-22 02:50:30

land in exchange for services rendered. The Govigama caste has several endogamous subdivisions which include the Radalas (Kandyan aristocracy), Rate atto...

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Goans
Minggu, 2026-05-31 21:19:52

distinct Bamonn, Chardó, Gauddo and Sudir communities in Goa that are mainly endogamous. Most Catholic families also share Portuguese ancestry, and some openly...

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Toubou people
Rabu, 2026-04-15 01:55:42

freemen with a right to own property, artisanal castes, and slaves. The endogamous caste of Azza (or Aza) among Toubou have artisanal occupations, such as...

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Rowther
Selasa, 2026-04-07 03:17:07

in the administration of the Vijayanagar Nayaks. The Rowthers were an endogamous group. But like all modern societies, they have adapted to modern norms...

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Dharma
Senin, 2026-05-25 23:45:18

stratified society, with each social strata inheriting a profession and being endogamous. Varna was not absolute in Hindu dharma; individuals had the right to...

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Balhar
Rabu, 2024-06-19 02:21:35

chiefly in the Bundelkhand and Doab regions. The Balahar are strictly endogamous community, and practice the principle of clan exogamy. These clans are...

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Lepcha people
Rabu, 2026-05-06 02:49:50

four-string lute that is played with a bow. The Lepcha are largely an endogamous community. The Lepcha trace their descent patrilineally. The marriage...

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Amhara people
Minggu, 2026-05-17 05:04:38

inherited caste membership. Scholars accept that there has been a rigid, endogamous and occupationally closed social stratification among the Amharas and...

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List of Greek and Latin roots in English/G
Jumat, 2026-05-01 22:18:08

cleistogamy, cryptogam, deuterogamist, deuterogamy, digamous, digamy, endogamous, endogamy, exogamous, exogamy, gamete, gametic, gametocyte, gametogenesis...

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Prehistoric Egypt
Senin, 2026-06-01 03:43:48

they interpreted to be elite, high status tombs, showing them to be an endogamous ruling or elite segment of the local population at Naqada, which is more...

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Lakhera
Minggu, 2026-02-15 23:38:40

Bagri, Nagoriya, Parihar, Solanki, Hatadiya and Atariya etc. They are an endogamous community, and each clan is exogamous. The majority of the Lakhera are...

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Nekari
Rabu, 2025-09-17 21:02:28

region. A majority however are now daily wage labourers. They are strictly endogamous, and marry close kin. Their customs are similar to those of other Bengali...

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Maratha (caste)
Rabu, 2026-03-25 04:04:47

in the armies of Shivaji. Thus, the term Maratha became a marker of an endogamous caste for them. A number of Maratha warriors, including Shivaji's father...

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Kharwar
Jumat, 2025-12-12 19:21:01

Indo-Aryan language, at home, and Hindi with others. Kharwar have six endogamous division which are Surajbanshi, Daulat bandi, paraband, Kharia bhogti...

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Yazidism
Rabu, 2026-06-03 21:59:57

not accepted by the other Yazidis as Yazidis. The Yazidis are strictly endogamous; members of the three Yazidi castes, the murids, sheikhs, and pirs, marry...

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Latter Day Church of Christ
Jumat, 2026-05-15 02:38:21

consanguineous marriage between relatives. This practice has been attributed to "endogamous preference and the small size of the group's population" according to...

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Audichya Brahmin
Minggu, 2026-05-17 20:47:39

to the present day, are called Audichya. The caste is divided into two endogamous groups, the Sahasra and the Tolakia. In a census in 1883, the sahasra...

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Akha people
Kamis, 2026-05-21 03:18:16

teens or early twenties. Polygamy is permitted. Marriages may be village endogamous or exogamous. Wife-giving and -taking relationships are central to Akha...

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Bhambi Khalpa
Sabtu, 2025-11-08 03:04:00

Rohitas". The Khalpa are a Gujarati-speaking community. The Khalpa are an endogamous community, and practice clan exogamy. Historically, they used to intermarry...

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Badhik
Jumat, 2025-02-21 16:10:48

number are also found in Mathura and Pilibhit. The Badhik are strictly endogamous community, and practice the principle of clan exogamy. They are Hindu...

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Gihara
Senin, 2025-09-22 00:38:09

artisan work like broom making and wood carving. The Gihara are strictly endogamous and are divided into many exogamous clans. These are the Vaid , Soda,...

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Marathi people
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 21:34:15

specification), Vratabandha, or Upanayanam. Marathi Hindu people are historically endogamous within their caste but exogamous with their clan.[citation needed] Cross-cousin...

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Rajopadhyaya
Minggu, 2026-06-07 19:01:32

family priest to conduct all life-cycle ceremonies. Rajopadhyayas are an endogamous Brahmin group descended from Kānyakubja Brahmins of Kannauj who immigrated...

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Kapariya
Sabtu, 2026-03-14 04:52:14

The Kapariya are strictly endogamous and their two sub-divisions, the Brahma Bhatta and Rao Bhatta, are also endogamous. They are further divided into...

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Kuta (caste)
Rabu, 2025-10-01 04:55:55

districts of Bahraich, Moradabad and Shahjahanpur. The Kuta are strictly endogamous and practice clan exogamy. They are divided into ten exogamous sub-divisions...

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Hinduism in Indonesia
Minggu, 2026-04-12 17:32:14

status and profession of a person has been mutable, and marriages not endogamous. Historical inscriptions suggest Balinese Hindu kings and village chiefs...

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Beldar
Kamis, 2026-04-23 01:10:12

among themselves and Marathi with outsiders. The community is strictly endogamous, and consists of a number of exogamous clans. Their main clans are the...

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La Famille
Kamis, 2026-06-04 05:00:40

La Famille ("The Family") is an endogamous French religious family, an offshoot of the 18th-century Convulsionnaires of Saint-Médard, which was itself...

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Maghrebi Jews
Senin, 2026-06-01 06:43:57

genetically closer to Europeans than Djerban Jews, the latter being a highly endogamous group. History of the Jews in Africa Arab Jews Berber Jews North African...

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Demographic transition
Senin, 2026-04-13 13:33:33

patriarchal societies, which have traditionally strong rules for arranged endogamous marriage and male dominance. In industrialized East Asian societies, a...

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Muker tribe
Jumat, 2026-04-24 07:18:47

evolved into Muker.[citation needed] The community divided into two main endogamous groups: Mukeri Shaikh Banjara The Shaikh Banjara subgroup is further divided...

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Nashya Shaikh people
Jumat, 2026-05-22 00:52:23

jute, tobacco, and rice. The Nashya as a community were once strictly endogamous but their marriage with mainstream Bengali Muslims brought them more close...

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Andevo
Jumat, 2024-06-14 16:03:41

be referred to as Zaza-hova. The Andevo, and other social strata were endogamous in the Merina and Betsileo societies. According to William Ellis memoir...

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Sapera (Hindu)
Rabu, 2025-09-10 21:21:30

Punjabi and are found throughout the state. The Sapera are divided into two endogamous groups, the Saharpua and the Baiga in Uttar Pradesh, especially the Bareilly...

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Multiculturalism
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 03:12:11

Indian subcontinent, in which social classes are defined by thousands of endogamous hereditary groups, often termed jātis or castes. Religiously, Hindus form...

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Ahir clans
Jumat, 2025-09-05 20:05:31

traditional subdivisions Yaduvanshi, Nandavanshi and Goallavanshi into a single endogamous unit Mutatkar, Ramchandra Keshav (1978). Caste Dimensions in a Village...

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Indian name
Selasa, 2026-06-02 21:36:40

particular caste (known as a zat in Punjabi and jati in Hindi). A zat is an endogamous caste grouping, which contains gots under it. Some Sikhs are against the...

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Kinship
Rabu, 2026-06-03 18:51:17

The word deme refers to an endogamous local population that does not have unilineal descent. Thus, a deme is a local endogamous community without internal...

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Genetic studies of Jews
Senin, 2026-06-01 04:02:26

most Jewish communities in the Diaspora remained relatively isolated and endogamous compared to non-Jewish neighbor populations. Investigations by Nebel et...

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Barda (tribe)
Rabu, 2026-04-29 03:02:28

related to Marathi. Most Barda also speak Gujarati. The Barda are strictly endogamous and practice clan exogamy. Their major clans are the Ahir, Baria, Dania...

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Namasudra
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 23:36:05

their material wealth. The more modern community comprises around twelve endogamous sub-castes, most of whom were derived from the occupational traits of...

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Gour (caste)
Rabu, 2026-04-22 02:50:29

language which they label as Singhbhumi Odia. The Gour is divided into four endogamous subdivisions that are Krishna Goud, Nanda Goud, Jharia Goud, and Magadha...

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Pilagá language
Selasa, 2026-04-07 06:05:55

by marriage and exchange. He states that tribes have been preferably endogamous, with uxorilocal postmarital residence. Among the Pilagá, tribes have...

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Muslim Nats
Minggu, 2026-03-01 19:04:01

of Nat have now settled down and are cultivators. The Nat are strictly endogamous, and generally live in isolation from other Muslim communities in their...

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Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Selasa, 2026-05-12 17:50:32

that tradition and wanted to break free from the confines of caste-based endogamous marriage. His knowledge of the European tradition convinced him of his...

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1973 Chilean coup d'état
Rabu, 2026-06-03 09:55:44

The military remained apart from society and was, to some degree, an endogamous group, as officers frequently married the sisters of their comrades or...

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Yún (surname)
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 12:04:05

adoption of the Yun surname became a social norm for Tumeds, who are largely endogamous. The most famous Tumed with the surname "Yun" was Ulanhu (Chinese: 雲澤;...

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Zalužnica
Selasa, 2025-09-09 13:08:37

It is further complicated as Lika exhibits the characteristics of an endogamous community. In practice, this means that people often find they are related...

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Gujarati Muslims
Minggu, 2026-04-19 02:06:49

2023. The Sunni Bohras (also known as Vohras) are several traditionally endogamous Muslim communities found in Gujarat.. they are of mixture of ancestry...

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Griot
Selasa, 2026-05-19 18:30:48

Congolese filmmaker Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda. Historically, Griots form an endogamous professionally specialised group or caste, meaning that most of them only...

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Aghul people
Kamis, 2026-06-04 11:45:47

Retrieved 25 September 2024. Dobrushina, N. (2023). Language ideology in an endogamous society: The case of Daghestan. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 27, 159–176...

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Padhar
Kamis, 2026-04-09 22:05:32

not intermarry, as they descend from common ancestor. They are strictly endogamous, and are a not share her daughter with dalit community. The Padhar are...

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Qemant people
Kamis, 2026-02-26 14:50:55

moiety, so, while the moieties are exogamous, Qemant society as a whole is endogamous. The Qemant traditionally practiced a religion which is often described...

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Shahdagh peoples
Minggu, 2025-12-14 06:26:39

the Azeri language. Traditionally, the Shahdaghs were governed by rigid endogamous patriarchal clan systems, in which young people were encouraged to marry...

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Ahiwasi
Kamis, 2026-04-16 03:36:57

Kshatriya mother. The Ahiwasi Brahman (Saubhari Brahman) are strictly endogamous, and practice clan exogamy. There clans are known as gotras, and they...

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Sora people
Minggu, 2026-04-05 09:25:46

which could be mistakenly identified as a tail by a stranger. They are endogamous and the clan, although absent, is related to Birinda, which is exogamous...

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Patwa
Senin, 2026-02-16 13:11:55

occupied in cloth-weaving, jewelry-making, and thread work. The Patwa are an endogamous community and follow the principle of gotra exogamy. They are Hindu and...

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Singikat
Kamis, 2026-05-14 01:40:24

Their customs are similar to other Haryana Hindus. They are strictly endogamous, and also practice clan exogamy. Their main clans, known as gotras, are...

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Nomads of India
Minggu, 2026-04-19 00:06:57

in India pastoralist are integrated in the caste system, representing endogamous social units specialising in animal husbandry. In western India, in the...

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Baidya
Rabu, 2026-04-15 04:16:20

matrimonial alliances were discouraged, fomenting the rise of a rigid, endogamous caste group. In 1893, Jnanendramohan Sengupta wrote Baidyajatir Baisista...

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Patharkat
Jumat, 2026-04-24 17:35:57

mountain area of India thousands hundred years ago. The Patharkatt are endogamous, but avoid marrying among close, but they have no system of exogamous...

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Chero
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 21:14:22

sub-divisions, the Barahazari and the Terahazari. These two groups are endogamous, and do not intermarry. They practice clan exogamy, and their main clans...

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Adi Dharm
Senin, 2026-05-25 22:35:29

brides. This ultimate exclusionary weapon of Hindu orthodoxy resulted in endogamous tendencies in Adi Dharm marriage practice between these 2 branches of...

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Caste system among South Asian Muslims
Selasa, 2026-01-20 15:16:53

Marriott said that a social stratification that is hierarchical, closed, endogamous, and hereditary is prevalent, particularly in western Pakistan. Numerically-...

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Lingayats
Rabu, 2026-03-25 16:13:53

social strata and religions. However, the British officials also noted the endogamous tradition and hereditary occupations of many Lingayats, which made their...

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Ahir
Senin, 2026-05-18 06:24:15

Goallavanshi) into a single endogamous unit, is rapidly gaining acceptance. Intermarriage between these previously distinct endogamous units is increasingly...

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Bhavsar
Sabtu, 2026-05-23 12:39:36

the Gujarati speaking and Marathi speaking Bhavsars were traditionally endogamous. Shah, A. M. (2010). The Structure of Indian Society: Then and Now. Routledge...

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Virk
Selasa, 2026-05-19 04:46:53

 1. Retrieved 20 October 2024. Traditionally, the Jat Sikhs have been endogamous at caste level and exogamous at the (gotra) sub-caste level (Sidhu, 2003)...

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Heri (caste)
Senin, 2026-06-01 19:27:45

Rajasthani[which?] among themselves, and Punjabi with outsiders. They are strictly endogamous, and practice clan exogamy. Within the Aheri community also known Heri...

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Women in Islam
Minggu, 2026-06-07 15:06:01

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are endogamous and consanguineous arranged marriages; more than 40% of all marriages are endogamous and consanguineous in Mauritania...

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Wagher
Senin, 2026-06-08 07:16:57

origin based on scant evidence. The community still speaks Kutchi, and are endogamous. They have several clans, the main ones being the Kamora, Vagha, Kara...

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Ghasi
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 22:34:30

In West Bengal, they are concentrated in Purulia district. They are an endogamous group. They are patrilocal and patrilinial. They practice clan exogamy...

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Avesthagen
Rabu, 2026-03-18 20:27:06

disease prevention strategies to deliver improved health outcomes. The endogamous Parsi community is characterised by greater longevity, fewer cases of...

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Linear Pottery culture
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 05:31:08

Gimbutas goes so far as to assert, "The indirect results indicate an endogamous, matrilocal residence." Easy access to fresh water also would have been...

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Jhamar (caste)
Selasa, 2026-04-21 03:31:23

Awadhi among themselves and Hindi with outsiders. The Jhamar are strictly endogamous and practice clan exogamy. They are a landless community, with basket...

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Kattaha Brahmin
Senin, 2026-01-05 06:53:33

recognized by other Brahmin groupings. The Kuthaliya Bora are a strictly endogamous community, and practice clan exogamy. Their three main clans or gotras...

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Ursari
Kamis, 2026-06-04 16:02:51

nomadic occupational group of animal trainers among the Romani people. An endogamous category originally drawing the bulk of its income from busking performances...

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Musahar
Kamis, 2026-04-23 01:10:42

were seen as a tribe rather than a caste. The Musahar consists of three endogamous clans: Bhagat, Sakatiya and Turkahia. They are now mostly landless agricultural...

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Jainism in Maharashtra
Kamis, 2026-03-12 14:21:33

Jain communities in present day Maharashtra. The communities tend to be endogamous, and generally do not intermarry with the Jains who have arrived from...

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Phuan language
Jumat, 2026-01-02 02:24:03

to live apart and dress in black clothing. The Phuan in turn practised endogamous marriage habits and steadfastness to their language and culture. It is...

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Haplogroup T-M184
Senin, 2026-05-18 18:21:03

Malvee R, Pavate PP, Singh L (2007). "Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in two endogamous tribal populations of Karnataka, India". Journal of Forensic Sciences...

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Lemba people
Jumat, 2026-06-05 19:36:20

of these primary clans depending on location. The Lemba follow strict endogamous marriage practices, discouraging unions between Lemba and non-Lemba; mostly...

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Natha Sampradaya
Sabtu, 2026-05-23 21:27:21

significantly more in number than monks and have the characteristics of an endogamous caste. Both Nath sadhus and householders are found in Nepal and India...

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Ethiopians
Jumat, 2026-06-05 09:51:05

contact in the region. However, the Ethiopian Nilo-Saharan groups and the endogamous Aari blacksmith caste were found to have little to no Eurasian admixture...

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Roniaur
Senin, 2025-12-29 11:42:44

Their common surnames are Sah, Shah and Rauniyar also. They are strictly endogamous and practice clan exogamy. The Roniaur speak Purvanchali in east Uttar...

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Crusading movement
Rabu, 2026-05-27 10:36:30

and James in a gatehouse at Acronauplia. In the Baltic, the celibate or endogamous elites rejected local traditions, preserving a distinctly Catholic and...

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Alipur Sign Language
Rabu, 2026-02-25 01:04:43

community, and served as an informator for the documentation of the language. Endogamous marriages in the town have led to this large population of deaf, but a...

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Sidh (community)
Selasa, 2025-10-28 22:26:02

grace), became known as Sidh. In course of time they became a closed endogamous community. A Siddh man can be identified by his typical saffron coloured...

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Khairaha
Sabtu, 2026-03-14 04:52:20

They use the surname Kashyap. Like other Hindu castes, they are strictly endogamous. The Khairaha are now a community of small and medium sized farmers. Animal...

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Malwa (Punjab)
Minggu, 2026-05-10 03:57:07

sub-regions, although the sub-region classification cannot be described as endogamous units. Whilst the Puadh region is officially subsumed under Malwa due...

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Genetic studies on Gujarati people
Kamis, 2025-10-23 04:00:46

parts of northwest India from the 7-12th centuries. I. Karve noted that endogamous groups with names like "Gurjar" are now distributed throughout the northwest...

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Kulala
Kamis, 2026-04-23 00:58:25

Setti. They trace their origin from Salivahana. There are three main endogamous groups among the Kumbaras : Telugu Kumbaras, otherwise known as Sajjana...

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Habura (caste)
Jumat, 2025-10-24 15:15:44

particular dialect of their own known as Habura Bhasha. They are strictly endogamous, and practice clan exogamy. Their main clans are the Dabhi, Makol, Parmar...

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Kayastha
Jumat, 2026-01-23 08:07:30

suppose that they were originally from one or more than one existing endogamous units and that the term "Kayastha" originally meant an office or the holder...

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Oromo people
Senin, 2026-06-01 03:03:26

of Jimma, the Oromo society's caste strata predominantly consisted of endogamous, inherited artisanal occupations. Each caste group has specialized in...

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Caste politics
Senin, 2026-01-26 13:49:48

In India, a caste is a (usually endogamous) social group where membership is decided by birth. Broadly, Indian castes are divided into the Forward Castes...

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Irish immigration to Barbados
Sabtu, 2025-12-27 01:31:55

descendants of the Irish are called redlegs. This community has been endogamous, and now numbers only about four hundred people. Most live in poverty...

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Bene Israel
Senin, 2026-05-11 20:01:31

totally foreign community in India. He also divided the community into two endogamous groups: white (gora) and black (kala). He claimed the whites had pure...

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Sevayat
Senin, 2026-06-01 12:39:02

Hereditary Color   Red (nali)   White (dhala)   Yellow (haladia) Endogamous Generally endogamous within subgroups Subdivisions 119 Related groups Temple servitor...

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Tharu languages
Kamis, 2026-04-09 17:09:15

western Terai. There are various Tharu languages spoken by the several endogamous subgroups of Tharu that are scattered over most of the Terai region. Lexical...

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Religion in Maharashtra
Minggu, 2026-04-19 23:10:34

Upanayanam ceremony before marriage. Marathi Hindu people are historically endogamous within their caste but exogamous with their clan (gotra).[full citation...

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Pusalan
Rabu, 2025-12-03 06:26:11

Hindu sea fishermen community. The Kadappurattukar were divided into two endogamous groups on the basis of their occupation, "Valakkar" and "Bepukar". The...

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Watal
Kamis, 2026-02-12 03:00:04

occasionally prevented from entering places of worship. They are strictly endogamous, and prefer marrying close relatives. In general, their customs are similar...

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Incest taboo
Jumat, 2026-02-06 11:06:01

group. An example is India's caste system, in which unequal castes are endogamous. Inequality between ethnic groups and races also correlates with endogamy...

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Kan (tribe)
Kamis, 2026-04-16 14:36:49

which acts as an instrument of social control. The community are strictly endogamous, and marry close kin. Domba Marginal Muslim Communities in India edited...

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Siwa Oasis
Jumat, 2026-05-29 18:26:54

limited to the preparation of a large meal. Siwans are preferentially endogamous, only rarely marrying non-Siwans. Nonetheless, Bedouin brides command...

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Muslim Gaddi
Jumat, 2026-05-01 12:04:04

as Hanafi, Barelvi, Deobandi, and even local folk Islam. They are an endogamous community, practising clan and village exogamy in Rajasthan and Uttar...

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Zaghawa people
Minggu, 2026-04-26 09:38:00

artisan castes called the Hadaheed (or Hadahid). These castes have been endogamous and their inherited occupations have included ironwork, hunters, pottery...

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Slavery in Brazil
Senin, 2026-06-08 03:04:24

ex-slaves were able to afford, and these marriages were also almost always endogamous. The fact that skin color largely dictated possible partners in marriage...

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Lori people
Senin, 2026-02-16 15:36:45

in entertainment are known as (Dohli), or drummers, and are a strictly endogamous group. The dholi are also involved in jugglery, palmistry, and fortune...

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Gurjar Kshatriya Kadias
Sabtu, 2025-09-20 03:58:32

dharamshala. The Hindu rites of marriage are followed and they are an endogamous community who practice the principle of clan exogamy.[citation needed]...

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History of Liberia
Minggu, 2026-05-31 15:07:50

them. To avoid "racial" contamination, the Americo-Liberians practiced endogamous marriage.[citation needed] For over a century the indigenous population...

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Caste system in Kerala
Jumat, 2026-01-23 00:20:55

has not meant the demise of orthopraxy, right practice. Caste remains endogamous. Lower castes, especially members of scheduled castes, remain badly treated...

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Chhaparband
Senin, 2025-11-03 12:30:28

Rajput, Paithanwale, Pardeshi Rajput and Sengar. The community is strictly endogamous, and each of the clan is exogamous. The Chhapraband no longer practice...

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Origins of Hutu, Tutsi and Twa
Kamis, 2026-03-12 03:15:15

proposed that Twa originated as a caste like they are today, which became endogamous and consequently developed into separate ethnic groups with their own...

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Mahali people
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 15:40:48

works as palanquin bearers and bamboo workers. They are divided into five endogamous subdivision: the bansphor Mahli, pahar mahli, Sulunkhi, Tanti and Mahli...

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Abraham Barak Salem
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 12:55:14

Fernandes calls it "a bastion of white purity". The Sephardic Jews practiced endogamous marriage, which excluded both the meshuchrarim and Malabari Jews (who...

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Serer people
Jumat, 2026-06-05 11:55:47

other ethnic groups in Senegal, has had social stratification featuring endogamous castes and slaves. Other historians, such as Thiaw, Richard and others...

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Sikhism and caste
Selasa, 2026-06-02 22:39:10

particular caste (known as a zat in Punjabi and jati in Hindi). A zat is an endogamous caste grouping, which contains gots under it. Caste-based discrimination...

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Merina people
Senin, 2026-03-30 16:47:27

divided into six sub-strata, each had an inherited occupation, and were endogamous. The nineteenth century records show that Andevo were both Malagasy and...

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Mandinka people
Rabu, 2026-05-27 17:55:27

West African Studies and African Politics, has been "divided into three endogamous castes – the freeborn (foro), slaves (jongo), and artisans and praise...

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Basith
Rabu, 2026-06-03 09:03:32

Mandyal, Pandhyal, Malyal, Pachyal, Badhan, Chatriyal etc. The Vasisth are endogamous and practice clan exogamy. Their clans are called zaats and include the...

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Spiti
Selasa, 2026-06-02 15:39:13

medicine, and astrologers) in the middle, and the 'pyi-pa' (the separate endogamous groups of the 'Zo' blacksmiths and the 'Beda' musicians) at the bottom...

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Islam in Kerala
Rabu, 2026-05-13 04:07:58

were known as "Angadikkar". The Kadappurattukar were divided into two endogamous groups on the basis of their occupation, "Valakkar" and "Bepukar". The...

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Hausa animism
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 01:55:13

commonly as tenants with other tenants. They are not so maligned as to be endogamous. They marry the children of other musicians and non-musicians, especially...

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Origin of the Albanians
Selasa, 2026-05-19 19:56:55

last 1,500 years. On the other hand, they are not wholly isolated or endogamous because Greek and Macedonian samples shared much higher numbers of common...

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Muslim Ghosi
Selasa, 2026-03-31 15:10:14

Bengali, although most have knowledge of Hindi. They remain strictly endogamous, and are unique among Bengali Muslims in practising clan exogamy. Their...

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Kujargé language
Senin, 2026-02-16 05:00:40

with the Sinyar, Daju, and Fur peoples. Although the Kujarke were mostly endogamous, Sinyar men may have also intermarried with Kujarke women, as Kijaar was...

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Bagal (caste)
Rabu, 2026-04-22 02:50:18

— West Bengal District Gazetteers : Puruliya (1985), p. 143 There are four endogamous subdivision of Bagal society namely Ahir Bagal, Khanroal Bagal, Krishna...

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Khatri
Kamis, 2026-04-02 15:10:01

other professions later. Khatris in modern Maharashtra are divided into endogamous subgroups, such as the Brahmo Khatris and Kapur Khatris. The French traveller...

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Gavara
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 14:02:41

3 per cent of the State population. They are broadly divided into two endogamous sub-castes, viz., Gavara Komatis and Kalinga Komatis. C. Dwarakanath Gupta...

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Operation Auca
Kamis, 2026-04-02 14:14:29

another longhouse in which close relatives lived. Marriage was always endogamous and typically between cousins, and arranged by the parents of the young...

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Dominickers
Jumat, 2026-05-08 10:22:08

March 2003. "Antebellum Louisiana and Alabama: Two Color Lines, Three Endogamous Groups," October 15, 2004 "The One-Drop Rule Arrives in the Postbellum...

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White Latin Americans
Minggu, 2026-05-24 04:15:10

Costa Rican Jews today are not highly observant, but they remain largely endogamous. A study done in Costa Rica, in the province of Guanacaste(the country's...

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Burakumin
Rabu, 2026-05-27 21:29:57

community of Korean society Dalit, a collective term for the outcast endogamous communities of South Asia Cagot or Agotes, the former outcast community...

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Kuthaliya Bora
Selasa, 2025-07-01 21:16:37

Kuthaliya Bora now speak Kumaoni language. The Kuthaliya Bora are a strictly endogamous community, and practice clan exogamy. Their clans are known as jatis,...

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Dogra Jheer
Jumat, 2025-09-26 08:37:29

Koonj, Gadari, Pekoe, Sagoch, and Poonchi. They are also strictly caste-endogamous and occupy their own quarters in villages. This was historically a landless...

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Karnataka Tamils
Jumat, 2026-01-09 12:58:47

were predominantly British and Tamils. Hebbar Iyengars were formerly an endogamous group and constitute a part of the Iyengar sub-caste of the Karnataka...

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Deshastha Brahmin
Minggu, 2026-05-31 22:56:37

rivers and are spread deep into Karnataka. Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmins are endogamous group which include families from difference linguistic regions. Deshastha...

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Songhai people
Senin, 2026-04-20 19:30:58

descriptions, their vocation is hereditary, and each stratified group has been endogamous. The social stratification has been unusual in two ways; it embedded slavery...

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Ghasiya
Rabu, 2025-09-10 21:45:01

lost their position, and took to cultivation. The Ghasiya are strictly endogamous community, and practice the principle of clan exogamy. These clans are...

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Bhil Mavchi
Sabtu, 2024-08-10 21:33:57

Gujarat from Maharashtra and suddenly they became Gamits. The Mavchi are an endogamous community, and practice clan exogamy, There customs are similar to neighbouring...

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Cochin Jews
Senin, 2026-04-06 21:00:23

was very small by comparison to the Malabaris. Both groups practiced endogamous marriage, maintaining their distinctions. Both communities claimed special...

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Rajuar
Senin, 2026-06-01 22:08:25

claim to be an inferior class of the Rajputs. The Rajuar is divided into endogamous groups such as Bhogta,Lathaur and Nakchedia. Among those groups, the Nagabansi...

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Manka (caste)
Senin, 2026-04-06 06:36:56

communities in social, ritual and religious activity. The Manka are an endogamous community, and marriages between the clans is the norm. Land is a major...

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Fjalar Finnäs
Kamis, 2026-01-15 20:51:06

Feb 2014 – Transitions within and from ethno-linguistically mixed and endogamous first unions in Finland Feb 2014 – Infant mortality and ethnicity in an...

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Tadvi Bhil
Kamis, 2026-05-14 01:15:46

wider Bhil community, they currently practise gotra exogamy, and are endogamous. As of 2001[update], the Tadvi Bhil of Rajasthan were classified as a...

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Kora (tribe)
Kamis, 2026-05-28 12:50:47

Khayra. Now most of them are in farming. The tribe is divided into several endogamous groups. The Kora of Odisha claim that they belong to the Suryavansi group...

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Shri Pathirakali Mariamman Temple
Senin, 2024-10-28 06:20:44

with other communities and they were themselves divided by their various endogamous subcastes, and thus lacked communal cohesion. While the majority of the...

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Bengal Sultanate
Minggu, 2026-06-07 00:48:31

were the Abyssinians. The Hindu and Muslim populations had their own endogamous communities (jāti) with distinctive occupations 16th century poet Mukundaram...

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Bankilare
Rabu, 2025-11-26 10:35:27

slavery still exist among the Tuareg in Bankilaré" who continue to form "an endogamous group with special rights and obligations but without denying this group...

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Bengali Hindus
Jumat, 2026-05-29 23:56:52

Bengali Hindus constitute of numerous endogamous castes, which are sometimes further subdivided into endogamous subgroups. The caste system evolved over...

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Phuan people
Kamis, 2026-03-12 02:44:59

to live apart and dress in black clothing. The Phuan in turn practised endogamous marriage habits and steadfastness to their language and culture. As a...

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Vedda
Jumat, 2026-05-29 07:05:54

bride's acceptance of the man as her mate and life partner. Although endogamous marriage between cross-cousins was the norm until recently, this has changed...

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Greek Muslims
Minggu, 2026-05-31 01:26:00

Until the Lebanese Civil War, their community was close-knit and entirely endogamous. However many of them left Lebanon during the 15 years of the war. Greek-speaking...

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Lok Rajputs
Jumat, 2024-07-05 02:47:14

Rajput groups, they evolved into a distinct community. The community is endogamous, and divided into fourteen exogamous gotras. These are involved in the...

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Genetic history of East Asians
Jumat, 2026-06-05 03:36:44

suggest that the Korean people have a long history as a distinct, mostly endogamous ethnic group, with successive waves of people moving to the peninsula...

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Saryara
Jumat, 2025-12-19 05:49:45

situated along the banks of Jammu Tawi river. The Saryara are strictly endogamous, and like other Jammu Hindus practice clan exogamy. Their main clans include...

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Jat Sikh
Rabu, 2026-04-29 05:08:19

in the Punjab in the 16th century. While Jat Sikhs as a whole marry endogamously within the Jat community, they marry exogamously based upon got (clan)...

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Bhottada people
Rabu, 2026-03-11 07:19:35

social hierarchy, They claim to be of purer descent. The divisions are endogamous however nowadays intermarriage takes place between them. Marriage by negotiation...

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Patua
Rabu, 2026-05-06 05:47:46

community, with little or no knowledge of Urdu. The community is strictly endogamous, and prefer cross-cousin marriages. The Patuas visit villages and go from...

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Religion in ancient Tamilakam
Senin, 2026-06-08 02:07:22

they were even considered as population neutralizers. They tend to be endogamous, and tend not to intermarry even with other Christian groupings. Saint...

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Tharu people
Senin, 2026-05-18 13:48:50

majority of Tharu people were estimated to live in Nepal. There are several endogamous subgroups of Tharu that are scattered over most of the Terai: Rana Tharu...

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Traditional occupations of Goa
Senin, 2025-05-05 11:36:15

traditional crafts which "were organized in their own castes which were endogamous and ensured both the continuity of a craft needed by the community as...

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Barujibi
Kamis, 2026-05-14 01:30:09

cultivation but the occupation traditionally remains with the Hindus only. Endogamous sub-castes include Rarhi, Barendra, Nathan and Kota. H.H. Risley has accounted...

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Bahi genealogy registers
Jumat, 2026-04-10 19:36:55

in a way so that they are organized first by village and then by jati (endogamous social subgroup unit). Thus, in a ledger for a particular village, Brahmins...

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Pathans in India
Kamis, 2026-06-04 12:44:58

Jammu and Kashmir were granted Indian nationality. They are a mostly endogamous, Pashto-speaking community whose ancestors migrated from what is now Pakistan...

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Buddhism and caste
Jumat, 2025-09-26 08:39:08

are categorized, varṇa (वर्ण) and jāti (जाति). Jati refers to countless endogamous groups defined by occupation, social status, shared ancestry, and locality...

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Malla dynasty (Nepal)
Rabu, 2026-05-13 12:23:27

(Chamahar), Kulu (Dusadh), among others. These people eventually became endogamous caste units that started to be identified as Newar from the 16th century...

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Indians in Sri Lanka
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 16:33:54

Colombo Chetties, Colombo Chittis or Colombo Hetties, are a formerly endogamous Sri Lankan social group or caste. Colombo Chetty are mostly Roman Catholics...

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Moldovans
Rabu, 2026-05-06 04:07:23

answers were allowed). The study indicated ethnic Moldovans are highly endogamous, with 87% reporting a spouse of the same ethnic groups; in contrast, 50%...

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Kela (tribe)
Kamis, 2026-04-02 01:16:32

involved in repairing locks, and now suitcases. The community is strictly endogamous, and marry close kin. They live in multi-caste villages, but occupy their...

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Sirkiband
Kamis, 2025-09-11 01:43:13

articles made of straw and grass. The Sikriband consist of a number of endogamous groupings, such as the Nat, Madari, Bazigar, Deha, Bhope and Singikat...

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Dogra Muslims
Selasa, 2025-09-23 02:48:49

Dogra Muslim inhabit a hilly terrain, and practice agriculture. They are endogamous, but unlike the Hindu Dogras, do not practice clan exogamy. In their homeland...

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Lebanese people in Senegal
Selasa, 2025-11-11 03:41:29

have become involved in Senegalese politics. However, they are a fairly endogamous community. In the early 2000s, the Lebanese began to be displaced from...

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Russification of Ukraine
Jumat, 2026-06-05 01:36:11

only a small minority of Russians, between 2 and 8 percent, insisted on endogamous marriages. However, those that told the pollsters they were willing to...

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Crypto-Judaism
Senin, 2026-04-20 00:21:00

A whole community survived in secrecy by maintaining a tradition of endogamous marriage and hiding all external signs of their faith. They and their...

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Patidar
Senin, 2026-02-16 01:49:09

area to marry with Rajputs. The Patidar system caused the creation of endogamous marriage circles based around groups of equal-status villages known as...

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Dalak people
Minggu, 2025-05-25 02:49:29

and neighbouring ethnic groups, and as a community they are strictly endogamous. The Dalak are Sunni Muslims, although they incorporate folk beliefs....

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Naramdev Brahmin
Jumat, 2024-01-12 08:43:00

bhuvanya with nimadi or malwis or its vice-versa, although they are not endogamous. Statistics reveals few peoples transcends his regional limit. Many narmadiya...

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Demographic history of Gjirokastër County
Rabu, 2025-04-16 09:27:43

characteristics, its ten villages extending from Doshnicë to Shepr; the group is endogamous and does not marry with the people of Llunxherië. Pogoni, or Paleo-Pogoni...

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Mal Muslim
Jumat, 2025-11-28 16:45:00

although they occupy their own quarters known as paras. They are strictly endogamous, but have so system of clans. Each settlement includes a panchayat or...

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Slavery in Morocco
Minggu, 2026-05-31 23:55:47

to Islam under the Arabs and Berbers and are commonly perceived as an endogamous group of former slaves or descendants of slaves. Moroccan slaves (1903...

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Domar (caste)
Kamis, 2026-01-08 10:29:21

and the Dhanuk. All these are now distinct communities, and strictly endogamous. The Domar, like other Hindu communities practice clan exogamy. They are...

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Thori (tribe)
Senin, 2026-04-27 22:00:02

Gujarat are also known as Utloiwala, Batwala and Jhori. They have two endogamous groups, the Makwana and Barasia and are a nomadic community, moving in...

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Bhambi Rohit
Rabu, 2025-09-10 22:23:31

Baroda. The Rohit are a Gujarati-speaking community. The Rohit are an endogamous community, and practice clan exogamy. Historically, they used to intermarry...

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Kayan people (Borneo)
Selasa, 2026-05-12 11:42:05

constitute a tribal community. The Kayan people are divided into three endogamous estate groups; "house owning group" or aristocrat (ipun uma, maren, or...

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Tunisians
Senin, 2026-06-08 00:02:10

and mitochondrial DNA analysis in Tunisia, showed rural Berbers were endogamous and isolated, creating a population microstructure with Tunisian communities...

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Racism in Peru
Rabu, 2026-01-14 23:29:40

social classes. Since independence from Spain was obtained in 1821, the endogamous trend among white continued and was a common practice, thus combining...

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Jalia Kaibarta
Kamis, 2026-03-12 03:25:02

ISBN 978-81-250-1453-9. "In Lower Assam the Keots are divided into two main endogamous groups, halova and jalova Keots, or agriculturalists and fishermen, the...

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Roman Catholic Kshatriya
Jumat, 2026-06-05 04:00:17

pro-European loyalists than Bamonns. The Chardos have generally been an endogamous group, so they did not inter-marry or mingle with lower castes, while...

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Cretan Muslims
Jumat, 2026-05-01 04:51:13

consider divorce a disgrace. Their community was close-knit and entirely endogamous until the Lebanese Civil War, when many of them were forced to migrate...

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Aché
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 15:43:59

the Ypety Aché, and the Ñacunday Aché. Each of these populations was an endogamous dialectal group, consisting of multiple residential bands, with no peaceful...

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Mahar
Senin, 2026-03-02 04:08:49

Castes, and 7.12% in the state. Historically Mahar had "12 and half" endogamous subcastes. The major subcastes include Ladvanshi (derived from "Lata Pradesh"...

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Sivakasi riots of 1899
Senin, 2026-05-25 10:02:37

relatively much higher than the low castes in the 19th century. A small endogamous group of aristocratic Nadars, known as Nelamaikkarars, were wealthy landlords...

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Chindians
Senin, 2026-05-11 11:45:06

to men was low. Both the Chinese and Indian communities were largely endogamous. Intermarriage between people of different Chinese and Indian language...

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Rathwa people
Minggu, 2026-05-31 18:16:52

religious beliefs, songs and dance. Like the Dhanka and Naikda, they are endogamous and this lack of inter-community marriage is the one thing that clearly...

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Seminole Tribe of Florida
Selasa, 2026-04-28 16:56:04

and Traditionals had a higher percentage of full-bloods due to their endogamous marriage practices. They also had blood quantum requirements for tribal...

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Ninety-third Amendment of the Constitution of India
Sabtu, 2026-04-11 05:32:39

and other central educational institutions. India is divided into many endogamous groups i.e. castes and sub-castes, as a result of social stratification...

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Mandara people
Selasa, 2025-11-25 17:48:27

horse breeders, artisans, iron workers and smiths forming a distinct endogamous occupation-inheriting castes. The caste system among the Mandara people...

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Emiratis
Senin, 2026-04-27 12:04:31

Barakat, Fine-Scale Genetic Structure in the United Arab Emirates Reflects Endogamous and Consanguineous Culture, Population History, and Geography, Molecular...

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Albion Plateau
Kamis, 2026-03-19 20:22:23

the commune and those from outside areas over the course of a century. Endogamous marriages, primarily between residents of Revest or the Plateau d’Albion...

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Gurav
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 23:31:26

Bhavika, Lingayat and Saiva are the most prominent among the distinct endogamous castes that comprise the Gurav. These groups are in turn subdivided; for...

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Hajong people
Rabu, 2026-05-06 02:49:38

several matrilineal clans called nikni. Although, the hajongs were an endogamous tribe, clan exogamy was practised where one wasn't allowed to be wed to...

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Margamkali
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 00:55:40

state of Kerala. The dance is mainly practised and propagated by the endogamous sub-ethnic group known as the Knanaya or Southist Christians. The Margam...

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Music of Punjab
Senin, 2026-04-20 10:44:01

Mahia, and Dhola. Professional performing communities in Punjab represent endogamous ethnic groups who generally occupy a lower-class status of service providers...

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Noongar kin systems
Selasa, 2025-04-01 14:14:39

the same generation level. In alternate generation levels, marriage is endogamous. Sectional systems (often called "skin") are usually one of four named...

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Newar people
Kamis, 2026-02-12 03:09:40

all the other ethnic groups of Nepal. Newars are divided into various endogamous clans or groups on the basis of their ancient hereditary occupations,...

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Parahiya
Minggu, 2022-10-09 00:01:07

of Sonbhadra district, at the foot of the Vindhya mountains. They are endogamous and divided into a number of exogamous clans known as kuris, of which...

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Pattanavar
Kamis, 2026-05-14 01:39:33

methods of low yields. The Pattanavar are traditionally divided into endogamous subcastes which include the Periya Pattanavar, Chinna Pattanavar, Karaiyar...

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Rajputs in Nepal
Minggu, 2026-05-31 16:42:00

Thus, the Rajput families became courtiers at Nepal and created a new endogamous courtier (Bharadari=Bharo) class. Rajput influx also occurred in the 14th...

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Newar caste system
Kamis, 2025-10-02 01:04:05

Within the Sresthas there are three hierarchically ranked, traditionally endogamous groups which describe themselves as i. Kshatriya or colloquially Chatharīya...

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Hurkiya
Selasa, 2025-09-09 00:06:45

gypsy-like groupings found in North India. The Hindu Hurkiya are a small endogamous community found in the Kumaon region, where they are also known as Mirasi...

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Population history of Egypt
Kamis, 2026-05-21 01:37:55

they interpreted to be elite, high status tombs, showing them to be an endogamous ruling or elite segment who were significantly different from individuals...

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Demographics of New Zealand
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 06:55:55

April 2023. ""One might argue that a Maori and Maori-European union is endogamous – that is within-group - mostly because of the historical New Zealand...

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Sri Lankan Moors
Minggu, 2026-05-24 02:20:14

there has been a strong relationship between Marakkar communities through endogamous marriages. The similarities have been described as "enormous" by M. M...

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Charan
Kamis, 2026-01-29 00:02:41

Based on regions inhabited and associated culture, there are multiple endogamous sections among the Charans such as Maru (Rajasthan and Sindh), Kachhela...

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Nepalese Muslims
Jumat, 2026-06-05 21:00:27

found among the Madhesi Nepali Hindus. Although Muslim groupings are endogamous, and there are elements of hierarchy, there are no religious and ideological...

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White Dominicans
Selasa, 2026-06-02 00:12:55

century mostly by ethnic Canarians and French who established a markedly endogamous society where they didn't miscegenate with mulattos or blacks in order...

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Indica (Megasthenes)
Kamis, 2026-03-19 23:32:45

to be unevenly distributed. The population of India is divided into 7 endogamous and hereditary castes: Philosophers Not numerous compared to other castes...

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Saharia
Minggu, 2025-11-16 01:09:31

Bandhan, Deepavali, Holi and Teja Dashmi. They consider everyone in an endogamous group to be brother and sister; marriages have to be arranged from other...

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Baluch (Uttar Pradesh)
Kamis, 2026-03-26 15:28:58

needed] They marry with other Muslim communities and some members are endogamous, marrying within close kin, and like other North Indian Muslim communities...

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Komati (caste)
Rabu, 2025-10-15 21:16:09

Oxford University Press. "Opportunity for natural selection among three endogamous subpopulations of Andhra Pradesh". 11 (1). Indian Journal of Human Genetics...

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Culture of Costa Rica
Selasa, 2026-02-10 07:37:36

Costa Rican Jews today are not highly observant, but they remain largely endogamous. Costa Rica has four small minority groups: Mulatto, Black, Amerindian...

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Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England
Rabu, 2026-05-27 04:06:43

he'd been beaten the night before and out of fear, Eadbald renounced his endogamous marriage and agreed to be baptised, meaning he would have been converted...

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Caste system among South Asian Christians
Rabu, 2026-02-18 16:39:49

Church, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, Chaldean Syrian Church, and the endogamous subcaste of Knanaya form ~4% of the Christians in the state. Pentecostal...

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Peripatetic groups of Afghanistan
Senin, 2026-05-04 05:11:10

Shadibaz peddle cloth, bangles and haberdashery. These communities are endogamous and some have secret languages. Below is a brief overview of the main...

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Turks of South Carolina
Selasa, 2026-05-26 10:30:32

Ognibene & Browder 2018, p. 20. Patai, Raphael (1965). "The Structure of Endogamous Unilineal Descent Groups". Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 21 (4):...

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Kolam people
Senin, 2026-02-02 00:47:01

making them prone to high incidence of Thalassaemia. The Kolam are an endogamous group and are divided into twelve exogamous clans, called pedi: Tekam...

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Lebanese people in Ivory Coast
Selasa, 2026-03-17 18:45:05

of the economy of the Ivory Coast. The Lebanese community is largely endogamous. Young men hoping to get married either look for a Lebanese woman locally...

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Antemoro people
Kamis, 2025-11-06 01:14:11

by fady forbidding them to wear shirts or hats. Each Antemoro clan was endogamous and marriage outside the clan was deeply taboo. Those who transgressed...

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Duke language
Minggu, 2023-03-19 13:54:33

leading to some language borrowing, although marriage remained largely endogamous at that time. In the early twentieth century, colonial rule instituted...

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Latin Catholics of Malabar
Jumat, 2026-04-17 01:19:04

the Munnuttikkar/Munnoottikkar (Luso-Indians/Anglo Indians) who form an endogamous subgroup among the Keralite Latin Catholics. They were also called as...

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Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
Minggu, 2026-05-03 12:16:00

not deaf—in 1694. By 1710, the migration had virtually ceased, and the endogamous community that was created contained a high incidence of hereditary deafness...

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Bhumij people
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 21:01:36

succession and inheritance. The Bhumij are divided into several geographical endogamous groups based on ancestral territory and occupation, such as Tamaliya,...

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Demographics of Ecuador
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 06:38:28

along the Chira and Catamayo rivers, formed small, insular, and often endogamous communities. Their clandestine nature extended to activities like mining...

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Sapuria
Kamis, 2026-06-04 18:56:25

cultivators. Both these groups intermarry, but the community as a whole is endogamous. Many Sapuria are still nomadic, and are often employed by local peasants...

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Kujarke people
Selasa, 2023-11-21 09:15:10

refer to the Darfur Birgid as Kajargé. Although the Kujarke were mostly endogamous, Sinyar men may have also intermarried with Kujarke women, as Kijaar was...

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Bayar (caste)
Jumat, 2026-02-27 11:31:44

caste of primitive tribes with some Hindu blood. The Bayar are strictly endogamous community, and practice the principle of clan exogamy. These clans are...

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Khap
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 14:47:29

and Folk Culture Society, U.P. 2005. p. 110. Jats in this area form an endogamous caste group. They are the largest group in northwest India, having various...

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Costa Ricans
Jumat, 2026-05-22 12:56:55

Costa Rican Jews today are not highly observant but remain primarily endogamous. Costa Rica has four small minority groups: Mulattos, Blacks, Amerindians...

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Nagar Muslims
Minggu, 2025-11-02 22:58:27

collapse of British authority.[full citation needed] The Nagar are largely endogamous, although there have been a few cases of intermarriage with the Behlim...

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Khotta people
Jumat, 2025-09-26 03:07:04

handle family and land disputes locally. The Khotta Muslim people are endogamous people in general but in recent times marriages happen outside their clans...

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Natrayat Rajputs
Senin, 2025-09-22 22:24:11

Marwar, occupying several villages in this hilly region. The community is endogamous, and divided into exogamous gotras such as Chadana, Unthed, Solanki, Rathore...

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Paravar
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 06:50:12

of India on 5 September 2007. The Paravars were probably a primarily endogamous society until the arrival of the Portuguese, marrying only within their...

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Kabaria
Jumat, 2025-09-26 03:06:06

are also found in the Terai region of Nepal. The Kabaria are strictly endogamous, and practice both parallel cousin and cross cousin marriages. They speak...

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French diaspora
Rabu, 2026-02-25 05:33:56

significant, especially at the end of the period: marriages were highly endogamous in the period of greatest influx and highly exogamous in 1908, when the...

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Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 11:21:59

identification of their caste and profession (contractor). The community are an endogamous community who practice the principle of clan exogamy. Dowry is generally...

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Whadjuk
Sabtu, 2026-02-28 01:02:06

from manitj (western corella, Cacatua pastinator) and mat Moieties were endogamous, and children took the moiety of their mother. Each moiety also contained...

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Marathi Brahmin
Senin, 2026-06-01 19:38:47

While comprising only 9% of the Maharashtrian population, the eight endogamous Brahmin castes studied by Karve and Malhotra Maharashtra Assembly election:...

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National Origins Formula
Minggu, 2026-05-17 03:12:28

each succeeding generation from the 1790 colonial stock had only mated endogamously among their own co-ethnics in the subsequent 130 years, estimating the...

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Jadeja
Kamis, 2026-06-04 09:56:24

settings, Rajput begins to denote a status group, rather than a specific endogamous group of blood kin(Tambs-Lynche 1997). Besides, years of 'Rajputisation'...

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Bandhmati
Selasa, 2025-09-09 00:47:52

community of Banjaras that took to the manufacture of ropes as such became an endogamous sub-group. The Bandhmati are found mainly in Saharanpur District, and...

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Interracial marriage
Minggu, 2026-05-31 07:10:11

New Zealand "One might argue that a Maori and Maori-European union is endogamous – that is within-group – mostly because of the historical New Zealand...

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Gujarati Shaikh
Kamis, 2025-09-25 23:19:33

up keep of their jamat khana, in the town of Patan. They are strictly endogamous, and do not marry with other Shaikh groups. However, there are still cases...

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Beda people
Selasa, 2025-10-28 14:33:04

groups with whom they share village life, the Beda are expected to be an endogamous community. Marriages outside of their own group are not usually recognised...

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Pueblo of Isleta
Kamis, 2026-06-04 19:57:30

their status from her family or corn group, akin to a clan. They have an endogamous system of marriage. These kinship/cultural divisions are connected with...

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Iraqi Canadians
Kamis, 2026-04-02 12:30:13

encouraged in Canada. Marriage for both males and females remains principally endogamous. There are a sizable number of Iraqi Christians in Canada. Christian denominations...

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Philippine Hokkien
Senin, 2026-05-25 01:28:07

generations of intermarriage and assimilation. Those who chose to marry endogamously and retained speaking the language and as a result of gradual replenishment...

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Genetic counseling
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 13:14:45

"Premarital screening and genetic counseling program: Studies from an endogamous population". International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research...

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Ethnic groups in Bhutan
Selasa, 2026-02-24 09:21:38

populations of West Bengal or Assam and have embraced the Hindu system of endogamous groups ranked by hierarchy and practice wet-rice and dry-rice agriculture...

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Tuntia
Sabtu, 2025-09-27 01:16:39

mainly paddy, wheat, tomatoes, potatoes and brijnal. They are strictly endogamous, and marry close kin. Patua Marginal Muslim Communities in India edited...

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Medical genetics of Jews
Senin, 2026-06-01 06:57:55

Diseases inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern often occur in endogamous populations. Among Ashkenazi Jews, a higher incidence of specific genetic...

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List of diasporas
Selasa, 2026-04-21 19:34:29

the language of their host region. These assimilated communities were endogamous at the time keeping the members ancestrally homogenous, however the partition...

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Sikh names
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 04:29:57

particular caste (known as a zat in Punjabi and jati in Hindi). A zat is an endogamous caste grouping, which contains gots under it. Some Sikhs are against the...

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Khagi
Kamis, 2026-01-22 15:25:59

role in shaping the identity of Rohilkhand The Khagis are a strictly endogamous community and practice clan exogamy. Their main clans are Tomar, Baiswar...

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Women in Somalia
Selasa, 2026-02-24 11:12:17

sometimes with many sub-divisions. Somali society is traditionally ethnically endogamous. Women who marry are expected to join their husband's family. To extend...

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Miscegenation in Asia
Kamis, 2026-04-02 23:36:35

partial Macanese heritage. Although the Indian subcontinent is virtually endogamous with wedding practices in India overwhelmingly occurring within the same...

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Dai Paxi
Rabu, 2026-05-27 02:29:18

Community gatherings occur in mosques or communal halls. Marriage is often endogamous within the community or with Hui Muslims. Villages are organized around...

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John Ortell Kingston
Jumat, 2025-12-26 19:16:20

recent independent research has more plausibly attributed the practice to "endogamous preference and the small size of the group’s population". Some of these...

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Bhurtiya
Senin, 2026-02-02 12:24:14

Marriages are prohibited within the gotra, and the Bhurtiya are strictly endogamous. They are a community of settled agriculturist, with animal husbandry...

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Reang
Rabu, 2026-03-25 13:35:15

even started their own businesses.[citation needed] The Reang are an endogamous tribal community. However, there was no strong objection of marrying someone...

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Naqada culture
Minggu, 2026-06-07 13:32:10

they interpreted to be elite, high-status tombs, showing them to be an endogamous ruling or elite segment who were significantly different from individuals...

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Dungri Garasia
Kamis, 2025-09-18 00:26:07

community still speaks Mewari. In Gujarat, the Dungri Garasia are an endogamous community. They consist of two sub-divisions, the Bhagat and Sansari,...

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Mer (community)
Jumat, 2026-05-22 21:56:33

currently is the MLA for Porbandar, in 2012 and 2017. The community is endogamous, that is, marriages take place within the community, but exogamous with...

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Patari
Minggu, 2021-12-12 19:49:01

sub-group, the kuris include the Kuram, Poika, and Armon. The Patari are endogamous, but practice kuri exogamy. The Patari are priests, locally known as Baigas...

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Fertility and intelligence
Rabu, 2026-05-27 13:08:13

differences are small. For the extreme and unrealistic assumption of endogamous mating in IQ subgroups, a differential fertility change of 2.5/1.5 to...

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Vaqueiros de alzada
Jumat, 2026-04-10 06:04:38

or agricultural products, but never land. Vaqueiros are traditionally endogamous within their ethnic group, only marrying other Vaqueiros, and exogamous...

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Malayali Americans
Minggu, 2026-03-01 02:24:40

cultural activities that preserve its heritage. The Knanaya community, an endogamous ethnic group within the Saint Thomas Christian tradition of Kerala, has...

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Gjirokastër District
Senin, 2025-11-24 15:28:52

characteristics, its ten villages extending from Doshnicë to Shepr; the group is endogamous and does not marry with the people of Llunxherië. Pogoni, or Paleo-Pogoni...

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Brandywine people
Minggu, 2026-05-31 23:57:53

magnified over time in the population. He stated this was due to high rate of endogamous marriage in the isolate, which he claimed was ninety percent. A 1966 report...

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Descent-based slavery
Jumat, 2026-05-01 03:53:38

transmitted through the maternal line, this led to the creation of an endogamous class that could be exploited at will by the local elites. Freedom could...

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Gaddang people
Kamis, 2026-06-04 23:06:41

Other cultural similarities include familial collectivism, the dearth of endogamous practices, and a marked indifference to, or failure to understand intergenerational...

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Kichwa-Lamista people
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 03:48:28

Lamas suburb of Wayku. Weiss stated that the lineages had formerly been endogamous, but that cross-lineage marriages were already occurring by the 1940s...

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Villoo Morawala-Patell
Jumat, 2026-01-23 22:06:03

Zoroastrian-Parsi mitochondrial reference genome and genetic signatures of an endogamous non-smoking population with the hope of identifying disease specific markers...

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Italian language in Brazil
Kamis, 2026-02-19 23:30:03

long maintained its own well-characterized identity, strengthened by endogamous marriages and catalyzed by the cult of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Morano's...

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Radala
Rabu, 2026-04-22 02:50:41

independence from the British in 1948. The Radalas however, are still relatively endogamous and, even to date, would only rarely marry an average Govigama in an arranged...

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Sunwani
Kamis, 2024-05-16 06:24:02

Sunwani speak Awadhi, although most Sunwani can speak Hindi. They are an endogamous community, although there are instances of marriage with the Bania community...

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Senufo people
Kamis, 2026-04-09 15:02:45

society, similar to many West African ethnic groups having castes. These endogamous divisions are locally called Katioula, and one of the strata in this division...

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Old Order Anabaptism
Senin, 2025-10-06 06:56:19

1942 as a split from the Groffdale Conference, divided in very small endogamous subgroups John Dan Wenger Mennonites, emerged in 1952/53 as a split from...

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Christian observances of Jewish holidays
Senin, 2026-06-01 02:50:33

Maundy Thursday, called pesaha appam. It is particularly common among the endogamous subgroup the Knanaya. The traditional Christian holiday of Pentecost is...

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Genetic history of Africa
Kamis, 2026-05-14 00:45:27

has high genetic affinity to modern Ethiopian groups, especially the endogamous blacksmith caste of the Omotic Aari people. Like Mota, Aari blacksmiths...

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Cayor
Minggu, 2026-05-17 23:57:18

as Jambur. Below the Jambur were the Nyenoo, members of hereditary and endogamous castes such as metalworkers, tailors, griots, woodcarvers, etc. The lowest...

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Calvià
Sabtu, 2026-03-14 15:27:24

Jews who had converted to Christianity, but continued to form a largely endogamous community. The nearest hospital to Calvià was in Sant Elm, founded in...

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Kalabaz
Selasa, 2026-03-17 06:07:28

kalabaz in Hindi means an acrobat, and the Kalabaz or nagar caste are an endogamous sub-group within the larger Nat caste of North India. Like other Nats...

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Rajputisation
Selasa, 2025-12-16 11:49:33

geographically or in terms of communal norms, such as the establishment of endogamous marriage groups. The Kolis also employed Barots to fabricate a genealogy...

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C. V. Ranganathan
Senin, 2025-08-11 02:21:05

caste. The marriage was unconventional, breaking the tradition of caste endogamous arranged marriages typical for Hindus. Like Ranganathan, who was Counselor...

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Bathudi Tribe
Kamis, 2026-05-14 18:17:57

festivals and rituals, they have kept their animist beliefs. They are an endogamous society with separate exogamous sections. Each exogamous section is called...

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Tribes of Montenegro
Senin, 2025-10-13 21:55:32

this is not the case with some larger brotherhoods who sometimes allow endogamous marriages if the genealogical distance between spouses is large enough...

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Gandhila
Selasa, 2025-09-09 00:49:51

systematic commission of non-bailable offences." The Gandhila are strictly endogamous, and prefer marrying close kin. They are Hindus, but have no particular...

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NunatuKavummiut
Selasa, 2026-05-19 23:36:46

considered Indigenous, much like the Métis Nation, because theirs was an endogamous community which had intermarried with Indigenous populations and hence...

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Culture of Djibouti
Rabu, 2026-06-03 16:39:25

sometimes with many sub-divisions. Somali society is traditionally ethnically endogamous. So as to extend ties of alliance, marriage is often to another ethnic...

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Glossary of the study of the caste system in India
Senin, 2026-03-30 22:36:46

Asiatic Society of Bengal, N. S. 3, 1907, pp. 509-515) Jāti – Subcaste or endogamous social group; in practice forms the basis of the caste system. Shivaram...

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Edakkad
Kamis, 2026-05-07 05:16:54

assembly that arbitrated local administration. They belonged to a further endogamous denomination among Nambiars called Randu Illam Vargam (As they derive...

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Rajdhoves
Kamis, 2026-05-14 01:30:30

Nepal Ethnicity Madhesi Population 17000+ Victory weapon Bow and Arrow Endogamous Monogamy by marriage Notable members C. K. Raut Status Indigenous Website...

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Lodha Muslims
Rabu, 2025-10-29 02:32:56

with a steady migration to the city of Kolkata. The Lodha are strictly endogamous community, and prefer to marry close kin. They are residentially segregated...

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Aparna Rao
Selasa, 2026-02-10 13:58:17

of academic terminology. She defined the peripatetic peoples as "the endogamous groups who employ regular spatial mobility as an economic strategy". In...

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Belizean English
Kamis, 2026-04-16 21:28:49

of [the study's] informants perceived the suggestion that there is an endogamous variety as almost offensive. — Britta Schneider in 2017. The aforementioned...

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Chirimar
Kamis, 2025-09-11 02:51:18

speak Hindi, with most understanding Haryanvi. The Chirimar are strictly endogamous, and practice clan exogamy. Their main clans include the Banoudhiya, Pateria...

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Slavery in Tunisia
Sabtu, 2025-06-28 07:15:14

to Islam under the Arabs and Berbers and are commonly perceived as an endogamous group of former slaves or descendants of slaves. Over the second half...

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Black male studies
Selasa, 2026-05-19 21:46:35

increasingly shifts toward one of Black males being sexual threats to the endogamous outcomes of White people as economic abundance increases. In the 1960s...

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Ceylonese Mudaliyars
Selasa, 2026-03-10 09:29:12

Arunachalam (1853–1926) became national figures. This closely related and endogamous clan emerged as the pre-eminent Tamil family of the country and rose to...

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Bugan language
Rabu, 2026-05-20 14:19:11

unrecognized ethnic minority, and are currently classified as Yi. The Bugan are endogamous, and thus do not usually marry people from other ethnic groups The Bugan...

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Christianization of Goa
Jumat, 2026-05-15 21:22:32

former Catholic coreligionists. These neo-Hindus developed into a separate endogamous community, and are now referred to as Nav-Hindu Gaudas (New Hindu Gaudas)...

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Bhambi Sindhi Mochi
Minggu, 2025-09-21 00:09:03

Kheda districts. The Bhambhi now speak Gujarat. The Sindhi Mochi are an endogamous community and practice clan exogamy. Their main clans are the Parmar,...

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Elizabeth Pease Nichol
Rabu, 2026-04-15 00:25:58

family opposed the marriage, as Nichol was a Presbyterian. Under the endogamous rules of the Quakers, Pease had to leave the Society of Friends. On his...

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2006 Indian anti-reservation protests
Jumat, 2025-10-17 15:30:37

exclusion would not be applied to the SC/STs. India is divided into many endogamous groups i.e. castes and sub-castes, as a result of social stratification...

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Kunchitiga
Senin, 2026-05-11 11:41:12

Nandana-hosuru, Chitradurga District, with information about the 48 gotras. Endogamous marriages within the same gotra are forbidden. According to various inscriptions...

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Numerical variation in kinship terms
Kamis, 2026-03-19 20:31:17

relatives. Kingroup-exogamous systems have the four classes whereas kin-group endogamous systems have only three (first three) classes. We should note that the...

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