Originally posted by Temujin
i think it mostly dissappeared, but Karakalpaks apparently still do it to some degree:
http://www.karakalpak.com/marriage.html
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Very interesting article indeed.
I believe that the exogamic tradition was practiced more when the tribes were nomadic, when they moved in small groups of up to a few hundred.
It would certainly be necessary for them to constantly absorb genes from outside groups.
However, once the people have settle down and their numbers have become more numerous, no longer is this practice necessary.
I wonder whether most Turkic and Mongol people today are more or less tolerant towards interethnic marriages than settled nationalities like Russians, Europeans, and Chinese.