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THE CULTURE OF BASSERI TRIBES of iran Introduction 3 Basseri of iran 3 Modes of Subsistence 4 Primary Mode of Subsistence of Basseri 5 8 Impact of modes of subsistence 8 Social Organization 8 Kinship 9 Beliefs and Values 10 Conclusion 11 References 11 Introduction Culture has long been recognized as a powerful tool for human survival but it is also viewed as very fragile.... This paper aims at studying the culture of Basseri of iran.... Basseri of iran Basseri of iran is the nomadic Muslim tribe that is mainly defined as a political group rather than geographical or ethnic criteria....
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Basseri of iran- The pastoral nomads The Middle East, the cradle of civilization, has a long-standing history of nomadic life.... hellip; Especially, the tribal group, Basseri of iran has been a nomadic civilization of its own, with distinct social equations of kinship, beliefs, values, and social change that is always defined by their primary mode of subsistence, that is, pastoralism.... Anthropologists have even named the pastoral and nomadic tribes of iran as “units of subsistence”, a nomenclature indicative of how the very mode of subsistence becomes their socio-cultural identity....
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The Basseri of Southern iran are traditionally a nomadic, tent-dwelling people, descended from Arabic, Persian, Turkic, and Gypsy ancestors.... Amanolahi informs us that the basseri have now been detribalized and integrated into the national Iranian state, however.... The basseri were divided into 13 tirehs, with each tireh further subdivided into several oulads.... The basseri follow this pattern, and membership in an oulad is determined by descent in the male line, and the structure of the tireh is based on connections of descent in the male line (Keesing, 1981)....
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The Basseri of iran Cindy L.... Summary The Basseri is a native pastoralist tribe located in iran.... The Basseri are nomadic pastoralist tribe from the Fars region of present-day iran.... The tribe is pastoralist because they have pastures to graze cattle, sheep and goats and they depend on the animals for food.... All tents have a recognized head that deals with the formal officers of the tribe, villagers, and other strangers (Nowak & Laird, 2010)....
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This essay deals with the problems of definition of the character of mode of subsistence, kinship practices, social and political organization of the basseri tribe of South Iran.... As the study of the social structure of the Basseri tribe by Barth (1961) is one of the classical examples of the research in the field of ethnography of nomadic peoples of iran, it is instructive to closely analyze the modern state of the Basseri people.... The author analyzes the aforementioned aspects in a view of general concept of the basseri tribal organization as an example of tribal chiefdom form....
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This research paper “Nomads of South Persia” is dedicated to the analysis of the pastoral tribe of the Basseri.... This tribe represents a unique example of a countrified nomadic society.... hellip; The essay describes the economic, political and social organization of the tribe.... Moreover, it deducts how the fact that the Basseri society is a pastoral one influences all elements of the tribe life.... The whole household of the basseri is based on herding....
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hellip; The Basseri of Southern iran are traditionally a nomadic, tent-dwelling people, descended from Arabic, Persian, Turkic, and Gypsy ancestors.... Amanolahi informs us that the basseri have now been detribalized and integrated into the national Iranian state, however.... Sections between the primary mode of subsistence and aspects of culture such as kinship, social organization, and political organization, and the case is no different from the basseri....
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This coursework "The Basseri of iran" focuses on a native pastoralist tribe located in Iran.... The Basseri are nomadic pastoralist tribes from the Fars region of present-day iran.... The tribe is a pastoralist.... All tents have a recognized head that deals with the formal officers of the tribe, villagers, and other strangers (Nowak & Laird, 2010).... This paper discusses the basseri and their culture and living arrangements, the kinship system, economy, and the pastoral chiefdom that is their leader....
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