ANTH 208 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Exogamy, List Of Domesticated Animals
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Congregations: aggregates of individuals who regard their collective well-being to be dependent upon a common body of ritual performances. Maring rituals: conventionalized acts directed toward the involvement of supernatural agencies in human affairs. Argue that there are some instances where ritual actions have a tangible result in the physical world, for instance via affecting the environment. For rappaport more than anything ritual is a means of regulation for various aspects/systems of a culture. Live at a fairly high elevation in a relatively small area, about 200 people total make up the tsembaga, in the mountains. Run by a headman (luluai) and assistant headman (tultul) at least officially. Do have some more modern technology like steel tools via contact with europe. Divided into five patrilineal clans, three are segmented the smaller two are not. The marry exogamous within the tsembaga, marry outside their clan but not outside the culture of the tsembaga.
