what were the features of the tribal societies?
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Common definite territory, common dialect, common name, common religion and common culture.
They have strong sense of unity and any stranger is attacked with bows and arrows.
All tribe members are related by blood, have their own political organization which has a chief who exercises authority over all the members, even recommending marriage of young boys with girls whom they have found suitable for marriage.
Each tribe is guided by their own religion which is based on totemism, magic and fetishism i.e. believing in god being embedded in a special piece of stone, a special tree or a peculiar strange animal.
A tribe is an endogamous group, as distinct from a clan who is exogamous, have common name and is engaged in worshipping strange objects, hunting of small animals, and resists entry of any outsiders inside their territory.
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The major characteristics of the tribal societies are as follows: Tribal societies are completely united by the kinship bonds. Few traits like Strong, complex, formal organization were absent in tribal societies. Tribal societies have a communitarian basis of landholding.