Personal friendships outside kinship and close neighbourhood are rare, in the village, but do occur among fellow soldiers or migrant labourers. There are no formal age groupings, but age is treated with deference, and carries authority. The work and function of men and women is divided, the men being responsible for providing the main livelihood, for defence, and for contact with the outside world, the women for the home, the children and all tasks connected with the preparation of food. In practice, women do much that is considered men's work, but men never do women's work. Socially, men and women are segregated, and this segregation affects the relationship of women with the few men they may associate with, since they have no interests in common.
Men have much greater prestige and authority in the village.
The whole system of sex relations is seen as consistent by the village and is supported by religious authority. Sex morality is very strict. The central relation in the household is that of husband and wife. A girl goes in marriage to the boy's father's house, usually as a complete stranger, and is so regarded at first. Polygamy is now fairly rare.