ANT207H1 Lecture Notes - Cultural Relativism, Game Players
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Cricket was imposed on the tribe but now cricket includes the tribes chants and songs. Song and dance came into the game. Mission games were introduced to take away warfare. The troland tribe included all those who wanted to play, if 40 players came. Fundamental change in game: competition is ritualized. When the games moved to different tribes they changed the game as smaller bats were used. War matches have been adapted to cricket an undecorated bat is frowned upon. Magic is used to make the balls for throwing. Each cricket team uses chants to bash each other. Some traditional dances are called kalibon and balisku. Dances are drawn into cricket and show recent events that took place. Once dance called pika is about male prostitutes and they chant saying they can do anything. Chants are done in a line depicting them as soldiers marching in a line. The organizer of the chants/cheers is the chief.
