Perspectives On Society And Culture
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It is very difficult as a reader to make any sense of the rituals
performed by the Nacirema. The Nacirema are a people who stress the importance
of physical wellness and go to great and to the outsider horrific lengths to
ensure this.
A professor Linton was the first to shed light on the p ....
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.... is seen to be excpecially
unholy is the mouth. One major part of the cleansing of the mouth is done once
or twice a year by the” holy mouth men”.
This is where the man uses exotic instruments to open holes larger in
decaying teeth or even healthy teeth. The teeth, with nerve exposed, are stuffed
with”magical”material to arrest decay. To the outsider this is torturous. There
are many other disturbing body cleansing rituals like the baking of women's
heads scheduled by the patter ....
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