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The Tribe of Dan (Hebrew: דָּן, "Judge") was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, according to the Torah.According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe initially settled in the hill lands bordering Judah and the Philistines but migrated north due to pressure of their enemies, settling at Laish (later known as Dan), near Mount Hermon.
Honorary chief titles can be given to non-tribe members who have assisted the tribe in charitable means. For example, U.S. Diplomat, John F. Moss (working for VOA), was bestowed by a Dan tribe in Liberia as an honorary chief after he commissioned a bulldozer to help them build a road through the jungle.
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The American naval officer William F. Lynch was the first to identify Tell el-Qadi as the site of the ancient city of Dan in 1849. [11] Three years later, Edward Robinson made the same identification, [12] and this identification is now securely accepted. [2] Tel Dan is the modern Israeli name for the site, based on the original Biblical name. [4]
Dan (name), including a list of people with the name Dan (king), several kings of Denmark; Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia; Dan (son of Jacob), one of the 12 sons of Jacob/Israel in the Bible Tribe of Dan, one of the 12 tribes of Israel descended ...
However, unlike the Dani, Yali confederations can be formed from clans from one moiety group. The even larger group is called ap ahe, as the clans have spread to many regions and may now belong to other tribes, like the Lani and the Dani, though they are still believed to be related and descend from one founder (ap ahe). [12]
The Orang Sungei (Malay word for "River People") are a group of indigenous people native to the state of Sabah, Malaysia.Groups of communities live along the rivers of Kinabatangan, Labuk, Kudat, Pitas and Lahad Datu. [1]
It is the shaman who leads the tribe in the annual sawai or sewang - an ancient earth healing ritual to honour their ancestors and appease the guardian spirits. [28] In an event of diseases and natural disasters; which according to the Temuans, are caused by the activities of evil spirits, Temuan people will also seek a dukun or bomoh to cure ...