Question

write down the featuresau of tribal society

Answer 1

Tribes are relatively isolated from larger cultural influences, have a rela­tive cultural homogeneity and a simple technology. They believe in spirits, magic and witchcraft. They have their own taboos which prohibit certain actions that are punishable by the community, by the supernatu­ral, or by magical consequences. Large number of the tribes believe in animism, according to which all objects—both animate and inanimate— are permanently or temporarily inhabited by spirits or souls.

Often, an activity is believed to be caused by these spirits. Some spirits are wor­shipped and treated with fear and respect. Some scholars have maintained that animism was the earliest form of religion of the tribes. Many tribes believe in ancestor worship too.