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Perhaps they liked to eat millet and raw meat, and preferred it over other foods. And it is their custom that the young men in every town have a chief, and likewise the women have a chief. The chief of the men is called the Wurtak, and the chief of the women is called the Miram. If there are festivals, feasts, and seasons, the chief gathers the imam and sits with them. The chief and her companion sit before them. One of them, the Wurtak, will approach the Miram and speak to her in a way that is difficult to understand. The Miram will then order them to disperse among the groups of Wurtak, so that each girl is taken and goes with a man to sleep in until morning, and there is no shame for any of them. It should be known that the men of Dar Fur do not decide matters alone, except for the Arabs. The women have no say in it, and in this regard, they and the women are equal, or rather, the engagement and involvement are greater for the women. The men have a strange mingling with them day and night, and in all matters. And among the wonders is that the people of Jibra, for example, do not eat the wheat they cultivate, but rather sell it and exchange it for millet. They love this more than the hardness of their hearts and their harshness, even though they are completely mingled with their wives. This is contrary to what is commonly said among all the people of the land of Uru, that when men mingle with women, the hardness of their hearts disappears and they acquire tenderness.

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