tribal culture
Clan-based social heritage
Tribal culture refers to the customs, beliefs, social structures, and practices of a tribe—a group bound by kinship, shared ancestry, or common territory.
The term appears in anthropology to describe indigenous or traditional societies: The museum's exhibit on tribal culture featured artifacts from the Pacific Northwest.
In contemporary usage, tribal culture sometimes describes any group's distinctive identity and loyalty patterns, from corporate teams to political factions.
- eldersSenior community members
- blood tiesFamilial relationships through ancestry
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
tribal council · village chief · pottery · masks · nature spirits · kinship · storytelling · animism · wisdom · sacred sites · rites of passage · coming of age · festival · oral tradition · initiation · face paint · ancestors · ancestral land
- Tripuri Culturetribal music, rice beer
- culturesMediterranean cultures, subculture, multicultural, counterculture, underground
- local pridehometown pride, civic pride, regional pride, community roots, state pride
- AfghanistanKabul, Kandahar, Pashtun, Tajik, Helmand
- Arab cultureArabic, Arab, Bedouin, emir, Baghdad
- Desert culturesBedouin, nomads, oases, camels, tents
tribal cultureindustrial society
Civilization centered on manufacturing
nation-state · global culture · civic culture · civic society · consumer culture
tribal culturesecular society
Culture separating state from religion