In
Adnyamthanha society there were two main divisions (moiety)
called Matheri and Arura. It was the responsibility of the moiety
to make sure that
people belonging to their group did not commit an offence. If
that did happen, then it was their job to carry out a punishment
because if a punishment
was not carried out there would have been a conflict between
the two groups. When
a person broke the law they were denied higher knowledge and
ultimately became less important.
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Sometimes
arguments were sorted out privately. For example, the people concerned
would take it in turns to hit each other on the head. The first to
fall lost
the argument.
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