Running head: SAN TRIBE AND THEIR KINSHIP SYSTEM

San Tribe and their Kinship Syste !a"ery Tay"#r ANT 1$1 Pr#%& Me"issa Kir'enda"" Mar(h )*+ )$1)

San Tribe and their Kinship Syste ,ne #% the hist#ri(a" tribes #% S#uthern A%ri(a+ is the San s#(iety -h# ha.e "i.ed %#r a "#ng ti e #n a "and that spans a(r#ss /i bab-e+ B#ts-ana+ Na ibia and Ang#"a& San pe#p"e+ are a %#raging tribe in A%ri(a+ they are band s#(iety ade up #% the nu("ear %a i"y and e0tended

%a i"y& Band s#(iety su(h as the San sur.i.e by g#ing -here there is nu er#us a #unt #% %##d and -ater& The San pe#p"e di.ide their "ab#r bet-een gender 1ust "i'e bands& The -# en (are %#r their (hi"dren and %#rge %#r .egetati#n and #ther s'i""s& The San s#(iety ha.e bi"atera" des(ent -hi(h eans they (#nsider the se".es re"ated t# any #ther %#raging en hunt and pr#.ide

b#th sides #% their %a i"ies -hi(h is i p#rtant be(ause in e0tre e situati#ns su(h as a dr#ught+ the San pe#p"e are ab"e t# %ind re"ati.es that (an pr#.ide -ater& The 'inship #% the San pe#p"e are .ery i p#rtant in e.ery aspe(t #% their "i.es& The 2# en #% the San tribe are .ery i p#rtant in their s#(iety be(ause they he"p pr#.ide %##d and (are %#r the (hi"dren+ this a""#-s the (# unity& In the Sans (# ate his t# ha.e a say in i p#rtant de(isi#n in the arried be%#re aturity+ and the gr## (an

unity the -# en get

n#t (#nsu

arriage unti" the bride has %u""y

atured physi(a""y and

enta""y+ during eans the

this ti e the gr## gr## (# (#ntributes

"i.es -ith the bride %a i"y and pr#.ide brideser.i(e+ -hi(h

eat t# the bride3s %a i"y band& Sin(e y#ung -# en are s(ar(e in the San -aits #n his bride se(uring

unity+ due t# the %a(t that the band pra(ti(es p#"ygny+ the gr## arriage di.#r(e is (#

his p"a(e -ith her& In the San

#n the bride typi(a""y initiate the

separati#n& Di.#r(e is easy in part be(ause there is "itt"e di.isi#n #% -ea"th 4N#-a' 5 6aird )$1$7& In the San (# unity the ritua" be%#re the an& arriage and during arriage sh#- the

i p#rtan(e #% the San -# an t# a San

The 'inship syste

in this s#(iety a%%e(t e.erything+ but ("ear"y+ h#-

arriage ritua"s are

%#r ed+ h#- the pe#p"e spend their "eisure ti e+ and -here they "i.e -hen there is a "a(' #% res#ur(es& Kinship deter ines i% #ne band -i"" be ta'en in by an#ther in dr#ught ti es -hen -ater is s(ar(e and than'%u""y+ the San ha.e b#th the t# g# t# 48re(inger+ )$117& 2hen a an in a San (# aterna" and paterna" sides #% their %a i"ies unity a'e the de(isi#n t# (h##se a bride+

he a"s# (h##ses her %a i"y t##+ they are his resp#nsibi"ity and be(ause they pra(ti(e a share and share a9"i'e syste + he be"#ngs t# the %a i"y& :a i"y is .ery i p#rtant in the s#(ia"i;ati#n #% the (# unity& 2#r' is se(#ndary t# the "eisure"y ti e t#gether in the (# unity& In a San s#(iety

'inship is e.erything& The Kinship syste in y s#(iety (# pares t# the Sans (u"ture in the aspe(t that y s#(iety

-e (#nsider #urse".es a nu("ear %a i"y and #% bi"atera" des(ent& But+ in (#ntrast+ in

the bi"atera" %a i"y is n#t as supp#rted as -ith the San S#(iety& The share and share a"i'e syste is n#t pra(ti(ed& In 'in& :urther #re+ pra(ti(ed in y (u"ture -e pra(ti(e independen(e+ -hi(h a""#-s us n#t t# rea(h #ut t# #ur arriage is a (u"tura" uni.ersa"+ but the ritua" #% the San y s#(iety the -# en d# n#t arriage is n#t

y s#(iety& In

arry .ery y#ung and -e d# n#t

pra(ti(e p#"ygny& The -# en usua""y arry (# any en& The di.#r(e rate in

arries at a appr#priate age and d# n#t ha.e a (h#i(e t# y s#(iety is high+ but it is n#t as (# #n as the San

unity+ be(ause #% a di.isi#n #% -ea"th and (hi"dren y s#(iety is n#t as i p#rtant than -#r'& In

y s#(iety de"ay di.#r(e& The %a i"y y s#(iety -e stri.e #%% #% %inan(ia"

s#(ia" ties in

gain and -ea"th& The a((u u"ate #% -ea"th is %a i"y&

#re i p#rtant than spending "eisure ti e -ith

The San pe#p"e are a %#raging tribe that sur.i.e #%% g#ing -here there is nu er#us a #unt #% %##d and -ater& The (# unity 1#ins t#gether t# a'e the s#(iety -#r'& The -# en

pr#.ide (are %#r their (hi"dren and %#rge %#r .egetati#n+ and the

en hunt and pr#.ide #ther

s'i""s& The i p#rtan(e #% the nu("ear %a i"y and e0tended %a i"y -#r's in ter s #% (##perati#n and sharing& The 'inship syste Kinship is e.erything in this (# thri.es in the San s#(iety and a""#-s a (# unity& unity the (#9e0ist

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