anthro 103h unit 3 cannibalism
kwelanandamundi
"the after life"
mummification
Ancient Egyptian practice of embalming and drying a dead body and wrapping it in their death rituals
Epidemiology
Branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people.
Kuru
Prion disease suffered by the Fore due to consuming humans through cannibalism specifically by consuming the brains/nervous system of the dead. Symptoms include insomnia, lack of coordination/balance, eventually death.
the elderly, the young
_____ are less susceptible to bad spirits and _____ are more susceptible
ebola
_____ spread quickly in west Africa because the local death rituals allowed people to touch contagious bodies
female
_______ family members are responsible for butchering in this society
death ritual
a ___ is designed to help a community heal after loss
Endocannibalistic Anthropophagers
a community that eats their own already dead members
a woman's womb
according to the fore, what is the strongest vessel to contain negative forces?
many years later
after eating diseased flesh, how long did it take for a person to show symptoms
purify
after participating in the eating of the deceased, participants ______ their bodies in order to protect the community
love
anthropologists now understand that the fore ate their dead out of...
gastronomy
art and science of preparing and serving good food of cultural flavors
take reserved for women
because kuru primarily killed women, men needed to complete....
builds community
by demonstrating solidarity this ritual ...
recycled within the family
by preforming the funeral rituals, the fore endure that their family's souls are....
death ritual
cultural practice designed to help people grapple with and cope with the death of. community member
gastronomic
early anthropologists mistakenly argued that the fore eat their loved ones for purely ______ reasons
Shirley Lindenbaum
helped end kuru through research — characterizes Fore society as consisting basically of improvised, personal, Ego-centered networks of social relations. She argues that individuals and groups readily change their places of residence
the Fore
horticulturalists in New Guinea that suffered from an infectious agent called prion which lead to a disease they called kuru (caused by cannibalistic rituals)
socery
how do the fore understand the cause of kuru?
reincarnated
in some hindu and buddhist communities the body should be cremated so that the soul can be...
listening to music
in some jewish communities ______ is forbidden during mourning
five
in the fore worldview, how many souls does a person have
Transumption
move the soul by eating flesh - consumption of dead family members so that their bodies rest within the bodies of those who love them
steam
participants purify their bodies with ...
Prion
protein particles that cause disease, infecting those who eat diseased flesh in cannibalistic practices
amani
scared ancestors
the return of christ
some christian communities bury a body to keep it in tact for....
Tibetan Sky Burial
squires good karma; typically buddhist monks, flesh is removed from bones and eaten by vultures to reflect vegetarian life style and helping others live even after death
blessed
the fore believe that by eating their ancestors they are ...
free their spirits
the fore believe that by eating their own dead they...
tomb
the fore leave food at the ____ of the deceased to help in the afterlife
Maggots/worms
the fore understand that _____ and ______ will eat a dead body if the family doesn't
bagina
the living landscape
Mummification
the preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth before putting them in tombs that varied in grandness based on status
to tremble with fear
what does kuru mean
grass grows
when the ____________ upon the tomb, the mourning period has ended for the fore
women and children
who died more frequently from kuru
the favorite child
who received the "aona"