Sentence examples for tribal characteristics from inspiring English sources

The Tibetans still maintain their tribal characteristics, but few of them are nomadic.

Asked if there were also tribal characteristics in New York's legal community, he declined to comment with a hearty laugh.

The Na'vi, the tribe with whom Sully fetches up, are a sort of grab-bag of generic tribal characteristics – a little bit African, a little bit Amerindian, the equivalent of one of those worldbeat restaurants that serve up teriyaki tortilla and the like.

They were originally a nomadic group and have distinct tribal characteristics in their dress, language and customs, including in relation to health seeking and morbidity.

The prime minister has personally reaffirmed a strand of the DPJ that stands in support of the interests of individuals, against the tribal politics so characteristic of Japan under the LDP.

Much of the religious life of the tribal Arabs had the characteristics of small-group, or "primitive," religion, including the sacralization of group-specific natural objects and phenomena and the multifarious presence of spirit beings, known among the Arabs as jinn.

Many of the villages of the various tribal peoples share some common characteristics.

Tribal connections are not performance characteristics and therefore undermined a move toward a more performance-based and measurement oriented approach to management.

Socio-demographic characteristics will include maternal age, iwi (tribal) affiliation, residential location, occupation, educational status and state financial support.

The inclusion of Amitostigma in tribe Orchideae has long been accepted based on characteristics of the gynostemium and tubers, though contrasting tribal circumscriptions have occasionally been proposed (cf. [ 2, 16, 17]).

Another common characteristic was the appearance of powerful aristocracies composed of tribal chiefs who moved to the capital.