ANTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Rites
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Worldview: the result of our attempts to make the world meaningful, what do we understand to be reality, what"s real and what is not real. Multiple worldviews may coexist in a single culture, or a single worldview may dominate. Anyone who dies have died from someone who has wished they died & cast a spell on them, other than of old age. Someone who has been paid to does sorcery poison your food. Trobriands share a lot too, so sometimes it"s hard to trust. Sorcery is an attack on marital lineages (ties through women family) Every person is a reincarnation of his or her ancestor. When someone dies everyone has to look sad, anyone with any tie has to grieve (certain ways to cry). Language, culture & reality: speech and language makes us human. Just from listening to people speak, you can learn a lot about the person (age, gender, emotion, etc. )
