- As expected, the building blocks of Yolngu social organization are patrilineal, estate owning clans.
- i.e. A person belongs to the clan of their father.
- The Yolngu universe is divided into two exogamous patrimoieties called Dhuwa and Yirritja.
- Each clan and its estates belong either to one or the other.
- The Yolngu believe in caring for their mother and her clan; watching out and protecting them.
- Visual of Kinship: http://arts.monash.edu.au/ecps/conferences/negotiating-the-sacred/2008/morphy-paper.pdf
Sources: http://arts.monash.edu.au/ecps/conferences/negotiating-the-sacred/2008/morphy-paper.pdf, http://arts.monash.edu.au/ecps/conferences/negotiating-the-sacred/2008/morphy-paper.pdf
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