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Mythologies of the Mingrelian Tribe

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The  Mingrelians  ( Mingrelian :  მარგალეფი ,  romanized:   margalepi ;  Georgian :   მეგრელები ,  romanized :   megrelebi ) are an indigenous  Kartvelian -speaking  ethnic subgroup  of  Georgians  that mostly live in the  Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti  ( Mingrelian :  სამარგალო ,  romanized:   samargalo ;  Georgian :   სამეგრელო ,  romanized :   samegrelo ) region of  Georgia . They also live in considerable numbers in  Abkhazia  and  Tbilisi . In the pre-1930 Soviet census, the Mingrelians were afforded their own  ethnic group  category, alongside many other ethnic subgroups of Georgians.  The Mingrelians speak the  Mingrelian language , and are typically bilingual also in  Georgian . Both these languages belong to the  Kartvelian language family .  In the 13th century   BC , the Kingdom of   Colchis   was for...
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Mythologies of the Marsh Arab (Ma’dan) Tribe

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The  Marsh Arabs  ( Arabic :  عرب الأهوار  ʻArab al-Ahwār "Arabs of the Marshlands"), also referred to as  Ahwaris , the  Maʻdān  (Arabic:  معدان  "dweller in the plains") or  Shroog  ( Mesopotamian Arabic :  شروگ  "those from the east")   the latter two often considered derogatory in the present day—are indigenous inhabitants of the  Mesopotamian marshlands  in the modern-day south  Iraq , as well as in the  Hawizeh Marshes  straddling the  Iran–Iraq border .  Comprising members of many different tribes and tribal confederations, such as the Āl Bū Muḥammad, Ferayghāt, Shaghanbah, Ahwaris had developed a culture centered on the marshes' natural resources. Many of the marshes' inhabitants were forcibly displaced  during the Ahwari Genocide when the wetlands were drained  during and after the  1991 uprisings in Iraq . The draining of the marshes caused a significant decl...
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