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Fictive kinship
A noted Gurung tradition is the institution of “Rodi” where teenagers form fictive kinship bonds and become Rodi members to socialize, perform communal tasks, and find marriage partners.
In Western culture, a person may refer to close friends of one's parents as "aunt" or "uncle", or may refer to close friends as "brother"or "sister". This practice is also called fictive kinship.
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