GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cultural Identity, Mahatma Gandhi, Lodoicea
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Kosher meats - > way the animal is slaughtered: limitation in how people will eat things and eating certain things, jewish. Islam -> mulisum, eat in accordance into hallah: how you eat is a way is how you worship the god, harhan -> harmful foods. Music: food songs: beatles, i love onions, i want candy, cultural identity: romani -> no associated with any country, religion. Importance of music varies from culture to culture. Gypsies, eating practice -> purity of foods must be paramount. Need to keep food away from things that can pollute it. Can be polluted by: pregnancy, non-romani"s, women who are menstruated. Uses paper/plastic plates: associate ourselves with candy a lot, during times of war, people craved certain foods to boost their morales. Some foods appearance are a nuisance to publics: took thousand of years in britian to eat bananas. 25% of people who has agusiha lose sex drives.