Phuki and Thar

The phuki is for almost all purposes the largest kin organization significant for the ceremonial and social organization of individual households. On some occasions, as we have noted, representatives of two or more phuki s will join to discuss some problem affecting a kul as a whole. For those thar s that consist of groups of kuls , it would be only an extremely unusual circumstance relating to some problem for the entire thar that would bring all phuki (or kul ) leaders together. Most of those affairs within a thar that traditionally do require the cooperation of groups larger than phuki are the business of cooperative organizations called guthi , discussed later.

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study of the political organization and function of phuki s in relation to thar organization remains to be done.