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Eritrea. They were formerly a self-governing community, though subject to Abyssinia. The community is divided into two classes, the Shumaglieh or " elders " and See also:

TIGRE

Tigre or " clients." The latter are See also:

SERFS, SERROS

serfs of the former, who, however, cannot sell them. The Tigre goes with the See also:

LAND

land, and his See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master must protect him. In See also:

BLOOD

blood-See also:

MONEY

money he is See also:

worth another Tigre or ninety-three cows, while an See also:

elder's See also:

LIFE

life is valued at one See also:

HUNDRED

hundred and fifty-eight See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle or one of his own See also:

CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste. The eldest son of a Shumaglieh inherits his See also:

FATHER

father's two-edged See also:

SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword, See also:

white cows, lands and slaves, but the See also:

house goes to the youngest son. See also:

FEMALE

Female chastity is much valued, but See also:

WOMEN

women have no rights, inherit nothing, and are classed with the hyaena, the most despised See also:

animal throughout Abyssinia. The See also:

BOGO

Bogo See also:

HUSBAND

husband never See also:

SEES

sees the See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face or pronounces the name of his See also:

MOTHER

mother-in-See also:

law, while it is a See also:

CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime for a wife to utter her husband's or father-in-law's name.

End of Article: BOGOS (BILENs)

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