ANTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Matrilineality, Port Vila, Individualism
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Physical characteristics: value smooth skin/light skin/shiny skin. Arms, legs, everywhere with coconut oil: look round and shiny like the full moon, not concerned about body shape, beauty can be enhanced. It is their duty to give their children adornments. Girls and boys get multiple sets of earrings from fathers: no adornments = no acknowledge father. Why look beautiful at all: to attract lovers. This is really significant and really unique. Teenagers are sexually active from a young age (12 13 starting age) and they would have several lovers. This showed that they were free spirited. Adolescent courtship is like a trial run for adult. Influencing people"s feelings and behaviors: one cannot gush with love, can"t show too much emotion. They believe that you can"t force people to do what they don"t want to do. You don"t tell them, you influence them. To make one more attractive and irresistible. Kala doba (a spell placed on a woman"s skirt)
