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The Batek are an egalitarian, immediate-return foraging society in Malaysia.[1]
The Batek share all food and do not have private property. Marriage is monogamous, and divorce can easily be attained by either partner. Children are raised with enormous freedom, and their minimal restrictions or discipline have to do with safeguarding them from tigers, strangers, and the thunder god. Interpersonal violence is strictly prohibited and violators may be ostracized.[2]
- ↑ James Woodburn, "Egalitarian Societies," Man 17, no. 3 (1982): 433.
- ↑ "Batek," Peaceful Societies", https://peacefulsocieties.uncg.edu/societies/batek/.
