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Gabooye
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MMS 9839596027802711
Scope note
Minority group in Somalia. The Gabooye are an occupational 'caste' defined by their traditional professions, which include hunting, leatherworking, shoemaking, poison-making, hairdressing; performing male and female circumcision; arts and crafts; knife-making; and iron-smelting (source: https://www.refworld.org/docid/51e4fce94.html).
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Gabooyo
Gaboye
Madhiban
Midgan
Broader terms
Somalian peoples
Subject category
04.04 ETHNIC GROUPS
Indexing history
Added 2020.
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