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Bedouin Culture and Traditions
There are many traditions of the Bedouin tribes that might be known. Almost all Bedouin are Arabic speaking and practice the Muslim religion. According to custom, a Bedouins grave is marked with simplicity, placing one ordinary stone at the head of the grave and one at its foot. Tradition is to leave the clothes of the deceased atop the grave, to be adopted by whatever needy travelers pass by. The Bedouin political systems are, customarily, based on an extended patriarchal family unit. A sheik leads each unit, from a minor family to an entire tribe; the title descends from father to eldest son. The actual political authority of each sheik depends upon his wealth and the personality that he portrays. The four classifications of the Bedouin social system are based on ancestry and mobile wealth. For example, the camel breeders, the highest of this caste system, usually intermarry and consider other Bedouin groups inferior. Bedouins also produce their own......
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