Potlatch means ‘giving’. The potlatch was an opulent ceremony where possessions are given away or destroyed to display wealth or enhance prestige‚ by potential candidates to political offices and titles. Anthropologists tried to come up with way to understand this seemingly irrational conspicuous consumption. There are three explanations that anthropologists have given in an attempt to explain this behavior however this essay will compare two of the three namely the cultural-ecological and the Marxist
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The fascinating documentary‚ Devil’s Playground‚ is centered on a period called Rumspringa‚ which is a period of time when Amish youth‚ boys more than girls‚ experience greater freedom. They are no longer under the control of their parents on the weekends and‚ because they are not baptized‚ they are not yet under the authority of the church. During this time‚ many Amish youth adhere to traditional Amish behavior. Others‚ however‚ experiment with “worldly” activities (2014). The main question during
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Function/Symbolism The “Initiation Rites Cult of Bacchus” was used to communicate the rites of passage for the women of Pompeii. Much like the Greek women‚ Dionysus was the one of the most important and popular gods for Roman women. He was the source of both their sensual and their spiritual hopes (Art and Archaeology). This painting may have been viewed as a sacred item because it represented the ritualistic ceremony centered on a deity that prepared girls for the psychological transition to life
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Rites of Passage When you’re growing up you face many different challenges and milestones on the path to growing up. Many are important and others are not so important. What is the most important milestone on the path to growing up? The most important milestone on the path to growing up is finding that one thing you really love and enjoy. Now people do this at many different ages‚ but when you do it is a really big milestone because you are finding your place in the world. People can find many
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In the essay‚ “Cultural Baggage” by Barbara Ehrenreich believed that you do not have to be the religion or culture you were raised with. Ehrenreich believed that everyone was their own person and could be who they want to be. She was apart of her own culture called “nothing” culture‚ that meant she didn’t follow any of the cultural acts that her family would. She believe she could do whatever she wanted even if it wasn’t like her culture. I think she was right with everything she said in this essay
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Japan is a first world country leading with its technology. It is rapidly advancing due to its innovations. The lifestyle of the Japanese is deeply affected by its modernization. But even though the Japanese has greatly adapted to these kind of life‚ they still have in their systems a trace of their own culture and tradition. The Japanese practice these customs and display their culture and tradition in several ways. They hold festivals‚ perform tea ceremonies and protective rites at temples‚ wear
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Rites of passage have existed throughout human history and may be a significant factor in the development of a stable adult personality. Broken down into its most basic elements‚ a rite of passage involves a separation from society‚ preparation or instruction from an elder‚ a transition (in the case of adolescence‚ from child to adult)‚ and a welcoming back into society with acknowledgment of the adolescent ’s changed status. (Delaney‚ 1995)Todays youth have much more advantages than the generations
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I believe the act of deliberately sacrificing another human being is morally wrong‚ but there are some cases where it is justifiable. I also believe that cultural relativism plays a role in this‚ and that some societies view sacrificing others as morally right and that culture needs to be taken into consideration. An example of this is the killing of female babies in the Inuit culture. Female babies were killed due to a high death rate among men‚ who were hunters‚ which led to a surplus of females
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Burials are super important when it comes to Archeology for many reasons. For starters‚ studying human remains and skeletons after excavating them from their place of rest can provide a lot of information. By taking a closer look at human remains‚ archeologists can determine things like the height‚ health and age of the person at the time of their death. Teeth remains and their quality can even help determine where the person grew up. Human remains help us measure populations and can give us a better
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Week 4 Assignment #1 Me’Shaw A. Taylor Dr. Anne Keyes REL 212 4/29/12 Discuss the criteria you will employ to determine if people on earth are religious — in other words‚ what does religion look like? Religion is a collection of cultural systems‚ belief systems‚ and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and sometimes‚ to moral values (Talal‚ 1982). Religions most notably are represented by symbols‚ stories‚ traditions or anything that tends to explain the meaning of life or
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