C427 Study Guide Appadurai’s model: Five dimensions of global cultural flows Scapes help us to define our imagined worlds 1. Ethnoscapes- produced by flows of people: tourists‚ immigrants‚ refugees‚ exiles‚ and guest workers 2. Technoscapes- the machinery and plant flows produces by multinational and national corporations and government agencies ex. cars‚ food 3. Finanscapes- produced by the rapid flows of money in the currency markets and stock exchanges 4. Mediascapes- the repertoires
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This video “Xapiri” by Bruce Albert observes the xamãs Yamomami or the shamans of the Yamomami tribe in their spiritual ritual involving the use of a plant produced from the resin of the Virola tree. “At the beginning of time‚ Father Sun practiced incest with his daughter‚ who acquired Viho by scratching her father’s penis.”1 This is considered as a “sacred snuff from the sun’s semen‚ and since it is still hallowed‚ it is kept in containers called muhipu-nuri‚ or ‘penis of the sun.’”1 It is a hallucinogen
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person with qaug dab peg was traditionally held in high esteem in the Hmong culture‚ it was also terrifying enough that the Lee’s rushed Lia to the emergency room more than once in the first few months of her life. 2. While the Lees recognized that Lia had an illness‚ I do not believe that they recognized the severity of her problems. One the one hand‚ the understood that it was a dangerous illness‚ but on the other hand‚ the Hmong believed that qaug dab peg “singles him out as a person of consequence”
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years. They celebrate a continuous cycle of pilgrimages‚ devotional practices and rituals‚ in order to stay connected to ancestral ways. The huichols also have a strong oral tradition‚ and only recently has Spanish been taught in schools. Rituals: Ceremonies for hunting and gathering can also be observed in this culture. They also perform ritualistic dances such as the Peyote
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marked by ceremonies in indigenous religions? (10) What is a taboo? What are some examples of taboos in our modern culture‚ and are they religious or cultural in nature? A taboo is a religious or social custom that is frowned upon in ones culture. A example of a taboo in today society is; a respected well known businessman see a homeless person and takes him out to lunch. This association usually viewed as a taboo by our culture. (11) What is a shaman‚ and what role does the shaman play in indigenous
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775). Similar cultural beliefs have survived for thousands of years‚ ranging from the Hmongs to Native Americans. All of who continue to practice their religions and medical practices even into the 21st century. Yet these groups have allowed themselves to seek and obtain Western medical treatment sometimes in conjunction with cultural ceremonies and at times in place of. In studying a Hmong family named Lee‚ who came to America as refugees‚ cultural and religious beliefs continually
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that is most interesting about the primal world is the thread of common‚ recurring ideas and practices which form the worldview of indigenous peoples of the world for example the basic terminologies and rites‚ a sacred time and sacred place and the Shaman‚ rituals and magic. The composite level of integration of all the aspects of the primal world is reflected
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well as‚ back in the past. A Shaman is a person who has access and influence of spirits‚ typically a man. During rituals he enters a trans like state and practices divination and healing. Shamans think that everything is connected‚ and spirits can cause an event like illness or disease. In this paper I will examine how shamanism is performed with ritual acts. I will look at how ritual acts such as trances effect the healing of individuals‚ community‚ and spirits. Shaman preform rituals to heal individuals
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Sureyya Kahraman The Canela Indians of Brazil. The Canela people are native people who live in the upper east portion of Brazil. They live in the Eastern part of the Brazilian State of Maranhao‚ in a Savanna and woodland area with stream edge forests. They inhibit an area between the wet Amazon basin and the dry Northeast. While most of the Canelas cultural cousins live in the Amazon basin‚ the waters of the Canela’s region flow directly north into the Atlantic. The Canela traditionally live in
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In order to control the forces of the spiritual world ‚ the Native Americans used ceremonial practices‚ since these were considered to “renewed the bond between human beings and the spirit world” (Irwin‚ 2000). I will later on mention about these ceremonies and the person who is entitled to contact the spirits. In order to have a better understanding of their beliefs I have inserted here one fragment of
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