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We know that the Mesopotamians liked stew, and as the Iraqi cookbook author Nawal Nasrallah points out in Delights from the Garden of Eden, her definitive guide to Iraqi cuisine, their vegetable and meat stews evolved into the margas that are a staple dish in Iraq to this day.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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We know that the Mesopotamians liked stew, and as the Iraqi cookbook author Nawal Nasrallah points out in Delights from the Garden of Eden, her definitive guide to Iraqi cuisine, their vegetable and meat stews evolved into the margas that are a staple dish in Iraq to this day.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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The Bataks are divided into exogamous clans (margas) with descent in the male line; and each clan is forbidden to eat the flesh of a particular animal.
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The Bataks are divided into exogamous clans (margas) with descent in the male line; and each clan is forbidden to eat the flesh of a particular animal.
Chapter 67. The External Soul in Folk-Custom. § 3. The External Soul in Animals 1922
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(_margas_) with descent in the male line; and each clan is forbidden to eat the flesh of a particular animal.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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(margas) with descent in the male line; and each clan is forbidden to eat the flesh of a particular animal.
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