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The community is strictly endogamous, and prefercross-cousinmarriages.
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Thus, the same word will refer to either a sibling or a cousin (there are not separate terms for parallel-cousin andcross-cousin).
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They also have a marked preference forcrosscousinmarriages.
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Generallycrosscousinmarriages are performed in this area.
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The community however prefer marrying close kin, and parallel andcrosscousinmarriages are preferred.
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