Battir's eight main clans take turns each day to water the village's crops.
Each of these seven posts is held by the seven main clans.
According to 1911 Census, these were the main clans:
He is said to have had seven sons, from which the main clans of the tribe claim descent.
One source reported that the three main clans of Yakuza gangs were enforcing order in their territories.
The people now often marry within the main clan, excepting one's own sub-clan.
In the seventh century, they split into two main clans.
Some have even suggested that each of the five main clans had a different origin.
The Campbell clan was the main clan of this region.
According to the 1911 Census, there main clans were as follows: