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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  A 
  OAUNGTO 
  BACHKLOR 
  

  

  "J 
  have 
  no 
  wife 
  to 
  bother 
  my 
  life." 
  The 
  rules 
  governing 
  marriage 
  within 
  the 
  clan 
  are 
  

   so 
  strict 
  among 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  Karen 
  groups 
  that 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  doddering 
  

   bachelors 
  in 
  the 
  Bachelors' 
  Hall 
  and 
  plenty 
  of 
  aged 
  spinsters 
  

   (see 
  text, 
  page 
  319). 
  

  

  ithout 
  a 
  home 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  

  

  