What kind of useful social institutions are found here?
There are Qire, Senbetie, Mahber and Iqub. Senbetie is for the salvation of our soul, but Mahber could be for making acquaintances. Iqub is useful for saving money and when your turn comes round and you collect the saved money, you can use it for buying what you need. Qire is useful for helping each other when a member of your family or your close relative dies. The Qire members take care of the funeral. Mahber is a custom inherited from our fathers. One prepared a feast for three or four days and sang and drank day and night in those days. Today you can only prepare two or three small pots of tella (locally brewed beer) and a loaf of bread. If you gather at nine oclock in the morning, the ceremony will be over before noon. All this is because the land has become unproductive. When it was a wedding, you used to prepare your tella 15 days in advance. Children went to the house of the bride or bridegroom and sang during the night until the wedding day. They drank and ate there. Now, you
