ANTH 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Genetics, Enculturation, Secret Ceremony
24 Jan 2018
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Human body is ugly: strange bodily rituals. Private mouth rituals: believe heath would fall out, friends desert them, lovers reject them, gums shrink if rituals not done, insert hog hairs in mouth and magical powers, speak out holy-mouth-men. Women: bake heads in ovens for about an hour, most don"t nurse infants and hide their pregnancy. One wall with chest/box inside with di erent holy objects (potions and charm) May have multiple shrines depending on wealth. Temple where people go for rituals as well = the latipso temple: need gift to enter and to leave, medicine men. Performs ritual and writes down charms needed that can only be read by a. Needed a present to do his work: herbalist. Needs present to read what charms are needed: holy-mouth-men. Enlarges holes in teeth and puts super natural substances in. Return once or twice a year even when teeth continue to decay.
