 The Majangir traditionally had a very egalitarian society, with no standing political leaders (Stauder 1971, 1972).The only people in official positions were people in the role of "tapad" (final implosive d), who served as ritual leaders.These were from the Meelanir clan, a group has links with similar-named privileged clans in other Surmic groups (Unseth and Abbink 1998).