ABSTRACT
These divisions are distinguished from each other by variations in custom and material culture. Except for the rain-making ceremmi~s, they appear to have no social significance. We are told, however, that the whole tribe may unite fQr defence or offence and that all speak the same language and have the same traditions. According to Hayley marriage usually occurs within the tribe.(3) TUE LANGO VILLAGE
The bOst important political and social unit among the Lango appears to be the viI lage, which cmsists of from 10-lSO huts; it is not, and probably never was, fortified. During recent years, villages have tended to break up and straggle owing to the cessatim of inter-village raiding. Previously all homesteads were built close together and the village was a compact group so that it could be better defended. Within the village, each family occupies a homestead and the huts are built to form a segment of a circle. Formerly there were bachelor huts and girls' dormitories in the village.
