Apart from providing the tribespeople with psychological comfort and the convenience of having friends and neighbors close at hand (for example, children left at home when adults go out will be fed by neighbors), this kind of communal lifestyle also invisibly imposes norms and social control.
這樣的聚居生活形態，除了提供族人心理的慰藉，與雞犬相聞式的便利（大人不在家僅留下孩童，而由鄰居供給餐點），也發揮無形的規範與社會控制作用。