Final exam 3
Ceylon, Mongolia, South (Toda)
(Toda)
Amerindians
(in the Canadian Arctic)
Priests
- Practitioners of religion who are trained to perform rituals for whole congregations on regular basis - Preserve ritual norms and follow traditional forms -Usually organized into a bureaucracy
Levirate:
- The custom of a widow marrying her dead husband's
4 types
-1. Imitative magic - 2. Contagious magic -3. witchcraft (vs. sorcery) - 4. divination
Traits of rituals
-1. repetitive and/or stereotyped -2. allows people to act out expression -3. attempt to influence supernatural beings or power to achieve greater control over natural supernatural world
Victir tuener:phases of ritual
-1st phase: separation - 2nd phase: liminal, transition Being "betwixt and between" -3rd phase: reintegration
Animatism Mana
-A belief in one general, impersonal spirit or power source that exists out there in the universe, rather than in any specific creature or object The power is morally neutral -Humans may tap into and use the power, or mana -Animatism: Examples: The Force
Atheism:
-Absence of a belief in deities (gods and goddesses) and other supernatural phenomena - Varieity of forms, no one ideology or set of shared behaviors.
Redistribution
-All contribute commodities to a common pool. (distribution) -Which is redistributed by a leader -goods move from local level to a center (capital, chief, etc...). Once collected centrally, goods are Redistributed out from center and back down the hierarchy
Negotiation and Mediation
-Mediation The process by which absence of formal authority to force a settlement. a third party tries to bring about a settlement in the absence of formal authority to force a settlement
Anticipatory Levirate polyandry
-Native American/Amerindians groups -commanche A women who is married to a man
Power/Authority:
-Population control: boundaries, Judiciary: laws, adjudication, citizenship, and legal specialists and census Enforcement: use of force reserved as the right of the state, not individuals. -Fiscal: taxation
Nuclear
-dominant in foraging industrial cultures
Bands
-no laws or governmental powers, only codes of behavior. -Inappropriate behavior is punished - Prestige: respect or approval for culturally valued skills - Status based on special skills and talents. through public teasing, humiliation, or exile. -Conflicts are resolved through public ceremonies, by mediators, or a shaman.
India marriage partners preferences vary by region
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Unilineal descent
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nonsexual marriages
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Various Himalayan nations:
.Tibet, Nepal, Buthan, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh (northeastern India) and Mosuo
Fundamentalism
1 Selective use of scripture to inspire and assert proof of particular certainties 2 Quest for purity and traditional values in what is viewed as an impure world 3 Active opposition to what is viewed as a permissive secular society and a nation -state that separates religion from the state 4 Incorporation of selected modern elements such as television to promote the movements' aims
Four Basic Principles
1. All religions are "true Their explanations for the world are true for them 2. No Religion is True The point of faith-non-testable 3. Religious Beliefs are a Consequence of Time and Place Product of enculturation and personal experience 4. Morality # Supernatural Beliefs Moral and ethical systems do not have to be based on religious beliefs No supernatural system of punishment or reward is necessary for moral behavior
Why is marriage nearly universal?
1. Gender division of Labor 2. Postpartum(after having a baby) requirements compared to other mammals & birds 3. Prolonged infant dependency 4. Sexual competition
6 major religious/spiritual beliefs about disease
1. natural causes - 2. magic -3. intrusion of disease objects into body -(germs, spiritually projected objects) - 4. soul loss/damage -5. spirit possession - 6. taboo violations (consequences)
Pakistan
75% of marriages consanguineal (with blood marriages) many of those cousins (first, second, other) Hindus & Muslims Account for 20% of marriages worldwide
Theism:
A belief in one or more deities - Deities are presumed to be supernatural beings that exist in a form different from that of any living creature on Earth. May be human or formless, diff. personalities, powers
State
A form of political organization that includes class stratification, three or more levels of hierarchy, and leaders with the power to govern by force Popular will can change governments, Massive protest in Ukraine led a newly elected president to resign.
Nuclear family-
A married couple and their children.
Clan
A set of kin whose members believe themselves to be descended from a commorn ancestor, but the links back to that ancestor are not specified
Lineage
A set of kin whose members common ancestor through known links Clan
Feuding:
A state of recurring hostilities between families or groups kin, motivated by a desire to avenge and offense against a member of the group
Mana
A supernatural, impersonal force that inhabits certain objects or people and is believed to confer success and/or strength
Ambilineal
Ambilineal descent affiliates individuals with kin related to them through either or women.
Sacred prostitution:
Ancient Near East (Babylonia), India, Greece
Symbolic marriages
And Nuns...-are brides of Chirst
Religion
Any set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices pertaining to supernatural power, whether that power rests in forces, gods, spirits, ghosts, or demons
Ritual Reconciliation
Apology
Catholic Catholic Priets. Priests...
Are married to mother church
Prayer
Asking
2. Anthropomorphism
Assig ning human qualities (motivations, feelings, consciousness, or features) something
royalty
Assumes "purity " or "divinity" of the blood
Bands:government
Bands:government by community semi-nomadic small kin-based groups of foragers no full-time government, egalitarian Local group or community is the largest group that acts as political unit Typicallh small, less than 100 people
Economic exchange:
Based on reciprocity, mostly generalized reciprocity
Animism
Belief in supernatural forces, power or mana -a belief in a dual existence for all things, a physical, visible body and psychic, invisible soul.
inbreeding theory
Biological degeneration & genetic issues illness Ex: hemophilia, polydactyly
Neolocal residence:
Both son and daughter leave; married couples live apart from the relatives of both spouses (5 percent of all societies)
Avunculocal residence:
Both son and daughter normally leave, but the son and wife settle with or near his mother's brother (4 percent of all societies)
Shaman
Can use or ask supernatural forces to harm, neutralize, or heal - Usually have great deal of knowledge of psychology and medicinals placebo effect Services called upon, focused individually
Children's Play
Children especially engage in various forms of play Important for social patterning, training, education... All mammals pretend fight 1969, Roger Caillois found that games fall into four categories
cross-cousin marriage
Children of siblings of the opposite sex. One's cross-cousins are the father's sisters' children and mother's brothers' children.
parallel cousins
Children of siblings of the same sex. One's parallel cousins are the father's brothers' children and the mother's sisters' children.
fictive marriages
Chinses marriages
Atypical Marriage forms
Coexist with more generally preferred marriage types
parallel cousin marriage rare
Common in any Arab societies, esp. bedouins (90% cousin marriage rate) Common amongst groups supporting isis/isil
Common-Law marriage
Common-Law No ceremony. Living as marriage
Atypical Marriage Forms Common-Law
Common-Law marriage Symbolic marriage
Magic:
Compelling
Function:
Converting fear and confusion into group action and optimism
South India
Cross-cousins preferred Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, andhra pradeah
Cave Paintings
Dating to 26,000 years ago, cave paintings appear everywhere Anatomically Modern Homo sapiens South Africa, Sahara, Asia, Europe Most famous are in Western Europe .Lascaux, France (24,000-26,000 yrs ago) (15,000 yrs ago)
Ambilineal Descent
Descent hypothetical ambilineal group of kin is indicated by the color blue. Members 4 and 5 belong to this group because of a male link, their father (1); members 12 and 14 belong because of a female link, their mother (5); and members 19 and 20 belong because of a male link, their father (12). This is a hypothetical example because any combination of lineal links is possible in an ambilineal descent group.
Venus of Willendorf
Discovered in 1908 Austria 25-28,000 yrs
Family Disruption Theory
Disruption of family roles, also known as Freuds psychoanalytic theory: Oedipus complex, Electra complex
Bilocal residence:
Either the son or the daughter leaves, so that the married couple lives with or near either the wife's or the husband's parents (7 percent of all societies)
Cooperation Theory
Ensure exogamy benefits for the group. Form alliances, recruit new groups members
arranged marriage
Extended families, sometimes matchmaker, choose spouses. Somebody in the family is arranging couples marriage.
Double genetic defects
Extensive intermarriage =inbreeding depression Born into the family you belong to
Family
Family is defined as a social and economic unit consisting minimally of one or more parents and their children.
Exchange of females
Females of equivalent rank/value can be exchanged between two groups or families in lieu of money or goods Called verses amongst Kurds
Caillois' Four categories of Games
Games 1. Competition . 2. Chance 3. pretense 4. vertigo -vertigo: physical activities that create the effect of defying gravity - babies rock and sway in the womb - rocking, swinging, falling
Proscriptions
General injunctions about how NOT to behave Forbidden behaviors Religion provides a blueprint
Prescriptions:
General injunctions about how to behave (required behavviors)
Hohle Fels Figurine: Goddess
Germany 2008 cut from mammoth tusk 35-40,000 yrs BP
Human origin
Ghosts: Supernatural beings who were once human; the souls of dead people
Reciprocity:
Giving and Taking, without use of money politics) There are 3 types of reciprocity -Generalized, balanced, and negative
Balanced Reciprocity
Giving with expectation of a straightforward immediate limited-time trade exchanges between more distantly related people exchange must be seen as equal Typical of: horticultural societies (Adolescent siblings in U.S.)
Nonhuman origin
Gods: Supernatural beings of nonhuman origin who are named personalities often anthropomorphic
bride service
Groom provides service to the bride's family to "pay" for her
Na exception, walking marriage
Happens in China, man visits his family & leaves & goes back to his moms house.
Headhunting-take heads
Headhunting-take heads and therefore strength of enemy
marrying up
Improves social status for women and her children sometimes her family
Bilateral Kinship
In a bilateral system the kindred is ego-centered; hence, it varies with different points of reference (except for brothers and sisters). In any bilateral society, the kindred minimally includes parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and first cousins.
Economic Aspects of Marriage
In about 75% of the societies known to anthropology, one or more explicit economic transactions take place before or after the marriage.
whom should one marry? Arranged marriage
In an appreciable number of societies, marriages are arranged; negotiations are gelded by the immediate families or by go-betweens. India, western Asia marriage are still arranged
Extended-Family Households
In extended families the newlyweds are assimilated into an existing family unit .
marriage
Merely means a socially approved sexual and economic union, usually betwen a man and a women. Marriages are formal unions Marriages affects the staus of children Marriage entails rights & responsibilities.
Symbolic marriage
Mormon marriage for a time and "for eternity
Theist vs. Non-Theist Religions
Most major (large scale) are theist religions Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'I Faith) Greek and Roman Pantheonics Buddhism & Jainism do not require belief in supernatural deities but have thrust structures
Functions of Music
Motherese* and singing used to calm, comfort, communicate with babies . "musical speech w/ higher pitch, elongated syllables, rhythmic timing, cooing Music works to calm & soothe in many situations Music functions in religion for inducing trance, increasing receptivity Music used to make work easier
Music and Receptivity Children
Music and language share many features Humans up Children acquire receptive language 1st -(the ability to process sounds and transform them into information) newborns pick up the rhythm of their mother tongue French babies cry with falling intonations . German babies cry with rising tones
Animism
Not a specific religion, but rather a type of religion Refers to the belief in specific spirits associated with nature and natural phenomena Living things have both a physical body and an animating spirit or soul which conveys life . Sacred places, locations, inanimate objects may also have spirits.
What about adultery?
Not all societies limit sexual relations to married partners
Oaths
O ath: act of calling upon a deity to bear the what one says
States
Official Monopoly Law the largest political system, and a complex government characterized by intensive agriculture, social stratification
cousin marriage very common in most areas of the world Cross-cousin marriages
Often equal exchange: bilateral cross-cousin marriage (a cost-saving "swap") Why? They're not "relatives" under marriage- or patri-lineal kin systems
Communitas
Often felt with others in the same Sense of normal structure and social organization forgotten Sense of Unity Individuality submerged Deeply felt bonding and allegiance Dangers: May turn into "mob"
Exogamy
Outside. The rule specifying marriage to a person from outside ones own groups (kin or community)
incest taboo
Perhaps the most rigid regulation specifying whom one may or may not marry is the incest taboo. Prohibition of sexual intercourse or marriage between mother and son, father and daughter, brother, & sister (no cousins) Rules or laws against marrying close relatives
Polvandry
Polvandry is practice whereby woman is to married to more than one man Sne is alloved to marry move than man.
Tribes
Power/ Authority -Permanency of tribal villages requires central authority to organize or "Bigman Headman's power is through consensus and is limited.
Ways to get in touch with the supernatural
Prayer - Physiological experience - Simulation -Feasts - Sacrifices
Extended-family-
Prevailing form of family consisting of a married couple and one more married children, all living in the same house or household
Adultery
Priests of the Toda in southern India may service wives
Law of Contagion:
Principle that things which have been in contact remain supernaturally connected
Protein shortages..
Raid each other to steal protein
Non-fraternal polyandry
Rare form in Joseph Smith's early Mormonism related sealing families
Polytheistic
Recognizing many gods, none of whom is believed to be superordinate to the others
Reciprocity + Redistribution
Redistribution of items such food, crop seeds, skins, baskets, shell bands, tools, handicrafts. Supreme chief oversees redistribution and manages council of chiefs.
Function of Religion
Religion functions to provide human beings with explanations of perplexing
Dowry
Resources are given by the brides family to the grooms family to compensate for the extra burden she represents to his family ex:house May go directly to bride herself, couple. Or grooms family
Bridewealth
Resources are given by the grooms family to the brides family in exchange for the bride and rights to affiliate her children with grooms family.
Contagious Magic
Ritual coercion using the Law of Contagion
Imitative Magic
Ritual coercion using the Law of Similarity
gift exchange
Ritualized gifts to both brides and grooms families Example: traditional Indian wedding gifts.
Rites of intensfication
Rituals that occur during a group crisis
Animism:
Sacred animals/ totems
Atypical Marriages Pathic marriage:
Same-sex marriage involving gender-role change one partner (ex. Berdaches)
Revitalization Movements:
Seneca reservation of the Iroquois on the Allegheny River in New York State - 1799, place of "poverty and humiliation" -Handsome -Lake Visions of emissaries of the Creator -Gaiwiio or "Good Word" -By 1815, dramatic rebirth of Seneca
Household Forms
Single-person Single-parent Nuclear Polygamous extended*
Customs
Standards of behavior that aren't even rules or regulations way things are "How we do things. Vary from group to group and constantly change
-Ancestral spirits:
Supernatural beings who the ghosts of dead relatives
Secularization
Tends to naturally occur as societies become less directly dependent on environmental forces
Supernatural:
That which transcends the natural, observable world... out of the natural order
Redistribution
The accumulation of goods (or labor) a particular person or in a particular place and their subsequent distribution
Matrilocal residence:
The daughter stays and the leaves, so th at the married couple lives with or near the wife's parents percent of all societies)
Polyandry-
The marriage of one or more men to one woman
Magic
The performance of certain rituals that are believed to compel the supernatural powers to act in particular ways
Adjudication
The process by which a third party acting as judge makes a decision that the parties to a dispute have to accept
Iliness & Magic
The realm of medical and psychological anthropology
Patrilocal residence:
The son stays and the daughter leaves, so that the married couple lives with or near the husband's parents (67 percent of all societies the ethnographic
Sorcery
The use of certain materials to invoke supernatural powers to harm people
Incest
There are a few cases where invest works
Brassempouy Venus
This miniature head, 36.5 mm high, 22 mm deep and 19 mm wide, was carved from mammoth ivory. Found at Brassempouy, Landes, France in 1892. estimated 25 000 yrs old. It is one of the few Ice Age figures with facial features and a detailed hairstyle. It is the original for the Ayla' head from Jean Auel's Earth's Children series of books.
Types of Political Organization
Types of Band Organization Tribal Organization Chiefdom Organization State Organization
Musical ...torture...or "interrogation"?
U.S. military uses music to "soften" detainees for interrogation 1989: Panama, President Manuel Noriega Hard rock, Rap, and The Howard Stern Show Iraq, '00s: U.S. Psy Ops used culturally offensive music - Drowning Pool, Metallica, Barney, Sesame Street ..and Brittney Spears?
Types of affilliation with kin
Unilineal descent Ambilineal descent Bilateral kinship
-Spirits:
Unnamed supernatural beings of nonhuman origin who are beneath the gods in prestige and often closer to the people; may be helpful, mischievous, or evil
The Creative Explosion
Upper Paleolithic, ~40,000 years ago Modern humans spread through Europe, Asia, Pacific Human Creativity explodes Local styles of tool-making, ornaments, carved figures and decorations, tattoos, knitting, weaving, cave paintings
Divination
Using ritual objects (or innate powers) to obtain answers from supernatural forces -Ex. -Palm reading, psychics, tarot cards, runes, entrails... -Often used to discover effects of sorcery... discover the disease object magically cast into the sick through sorcery
You can cause death by magic?
Voodoo death Bone-pointing
Independent family
When a family lives ( alone )
Baseball Magic:
Whether or not religious beliefs and practices can affect our success or reduce our risk, we may consider them useful or adaptive if they reduce our anxieties. And reducing anxiety might indirectly maximize our success
Monotheism
While there is only one high god, there are other supernatural beings, often including a nemesis or opponent of the high god, and alternate manifestations.
Multiple Purposes of Art, Creativity
Yes, it's fun, but it has several social functions Channels aggression models behavior acceptable social status building training and skill-acquisition social bonding
Do young people like to have parents arrange their marriages? Why or why. It?
Yes, she said this is why I must let my parents choose a boy for me. My marriage is too important to be arranged by such an inexperienced person as myself in such matter, it is better to have my parents guidance.
Ghost Marriages
a deceased individual "marries" either a) another ghost so siblings can marry .b) by proxy living relative who will provide legal heirs The marry a Ghost
Fraternal, aka adelphic polyandry
adelphic Tibet, Toda of India, Sinhalese of Sri Lanka
Unilineal descent groups
are most common societies in the middle of range of cultural complexity
Terrorizing" behaviors...
behaviors... cary practices to defend turf.
cannibalism-consume
cannibalism-consume enemies and their strength and power.
Market economy
commodities are exchanged and capital is accumulated in an effort to generate profit Also see state-run distribution and redistribution, some reciprocity w/in groups
Sororate:
custom a widower marrying the sister of his dead (or barren) wife At least some of the levirate and sororate children considered as belonging to the 1* spouse replaced
Function
designating the social significance of life transitions by sanctifying the event
Occurs via:
diffusion, acculturation, assimilation Examples - New Orleans Voodoo & Catholicism Mayan Catholicism - Native American Church - European Christianity in the Middle Ages
Buddhism and Jainism
do not require belief in supernatural deities but have theist structures.
Polygamous and extended*
dominant in horticultural, pastoral societies household may contain 50 members will decline with industrialization?
.Avoidance
down Parties to a dispute voluntarily avoid each other or are separated until emotions cool
Ordeals
eans used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control.
Witchcraft
emotions and thought alone, not through the use of tangible objects The practice of attempting to harm people by supernatural means, but through Examples: Azande of Zaire 16th 17th centuries in Europe 1692 trials in Salem, Massachusetts
3. treat religion as symbolic emotional
expression
Pacific:
extinct culture Marquesan Islands
Potlatching:
festive event within a regional exchange system among tribes of North Pacific Coast, NAm.
Shaman
function sometimes Korea Can use or ask supernatural forces to harm, neutralize, or heal - Usually have great deal of knowledge of psychology and medicinals Masters of the placebo effect Services called upon, focused individually
what are some supernatural beliefs?
ghosts, demons, angels, witches, Buddha, shaman, Christ, Apollo...
Generalized Reciprocity
giving without expecting anything immediate, planned, or concrete Typical of : parents, hunter/gatherers
Tribes:
government by families & associations semi-sedentary, small communities .kinship based society .no formal government, leadership economy usually based on simple food domestication horticulturalists or pastoralists.
Chiefdoms
government by officials
Rules of behavior-
guidelines of what is acceptable, frowned upon, and forbidden
2-Male-stratified polygyny
high-ranking males
Eliminating rivals
increases tribe's chances survival an reproduction
Polvayny
is a practice in which men are allowed to be married to more than one wom an at the same time
The Market Principle
items are bought and sold, based upon the law of supply and demand
Sorcery
learned use of rituals to magically control the supernatural achieve human goals. - Requires training
56Atypical Marriages Mentorship marriage:
marriage: Temporary union. Older, more experienced individual lends status or mentors lower status individual for a time
Sororal polygyny
marry sisters
Liminality:
may be experienced by those outside mainstream society: the stigmatized or "marginal"
economic exchange- reciprocity reciprocity
modes of reciprocity are used among tribes to maintain alliances with potentially hostile groups "Strength in numbers-alliances increase tribe's chances for survival. Other modes of exchange include feasting, trading, or bartering
1. redefine and explore what is
natural" and "supernatural"
Witchcraft:
necessity of using rituals. (curses, hexes, evil eye, forces, usually to operate in ways that are harmful to others, without the nate ability to influence supernatural etc...) (different from sorcery)
Totem:
plant, animal, or non-living thing that is a sacred symbol of the unity of a social group
Chiefdom
political unit, with a chief at its head, integrating more than one community but not necessarily the whole society or language group
Taboo
prohibition that, if violated, is believed to bring supernatural punishment
Sacred:
quality of inspiring feelings of respect, awe, and reverence that is possessed by things set apart and forbiddern
Rite of passage
rituals marking important events in the life of an individual
Nonfraternal Polyandry
s rare Arm Joseph Smith's early mornonism related to sealing families
Raiding:
short-term use of force, planned organized, to realize a limited objective
General Adaptation Syndrome
stress s response, medically documented explanation for "magical" death & illness
Syncretism:
the borrowing of beliefs, practices, or organizational traits by one religion from another
Law of Similarity
the principle that things that are similar to one another are spiritually identical...
Phratry
unilineal descent group composed of supposedly related clans or sibs
Moiety
unilineal descent group in a society that is divided into two such maximal groups; there may be smaller unilineal descent groups as well
Negative Reciprocity
used to deal with people outside or on the margins of social system. Attempting to get something for as little as possible. Viewed negatively if used within group i.e. con man, scheister, rip-off, scam But "clever" if you "Pull one over" on outsiders ie. good business, shrewd negotiator..
Honor, prestige, and enhanced male status is gained through
warfare
Fidelity:
when at least one spouse must not have sexual activity outside marriage union % societies expect wives to be faithful -56 % expect husbands to be faithful
Hyperogamy
women marry men who are equal or greater in social status or educational attainment
Patrilineal Descent
Individuals 4 and 5, who are the children of 1 and 2, affiliate with their father's patrilineal kin group, represented by the color red. In the next generation, the children of 3 and 4 also belong to the red kin group, since they take their descent from their father, who is a member of that group. However, the children of 5 and 6 do not belong to this patrilineal group, since they take their descent from their father, who is a member of a different group. That is, although the mother of 12 and 14 belongs to the red patrilineal group, she cannot pass on her descent affiliation to her children, and since her husband (6) does not belong to her patrilineage, her children (12 and 14) belong to their father's group. In the fourth generation, only 15 and 16 belong to the red patrilineal group, since their father the only male member of the preceding generation who belongs to the red patrilineal group. In this diagram, then, 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 15, and 16 are affiliated by patrilineal descent; all the other individuals belong to other patrilineal groups.
Matrilineal Descent
Individuals 4 and 5, who are the children of 1 and 2, affiliate with their mother's group, represented by the color green. 6 also belong to the green kin group, since they take mother, who is a member of that group. H owever, the children of 3 and 4 do not their descent from their In the next generation, the children of 5 and belong to this matrilineal group, since they take their descent from their mo ther who is a member of a different group; their father, although mem ber of the greern matrilineal group, cannot pass his affiliation on to them under the rule of matrilineal d escent. In the fourth generation, only 21 and 22 belong to the green matrilineal group, since their mother is the only female member of the preceding generation who belongs. Thus, individuals 2, 4, 5, 12, 14, 21, and 22 belong to the same matrilineal group
Bands
Informal leadership Sociopolitical organization for all humans for most of existence Flexible membership, -they "vote with their feet" Nonviolent
Endogamy
Inside. The rule specifying marriage to a person within ones own group (kin, caste, community)
childhood-familiarity theory
Instinctive horror
Community Action
Inuit society
fixed-term marriages
Its Iike a lease
wealth
Keeps wealth in family
Formal Rules
Laws, explicit rules, backed by historical tradition and/or religious mythology Based on geographic structures Based common interests Rules for making rules, punishment
Informal Rules
Less stringent, more ambiguous rules that govern behavior in diff. circumstances Harder to discover, implicit . Rules for breaking rules and how
What is a non-arranged marriage called in India?
Love match
Melody & Lyrics associate
Lyrics help us remember music, yet music helps us remember lyrics. as well encoding/associating emotion & memory music & language seem to have been mingled in
Magic:
Magic: the attempt to harness and control supernatural forces.
Inanimate Object Attachments
Many North American children develop a close physical and emotional relationship Animals, dolls, blankes... Winnie the Pooh & Christopher Robin 1928
Inventions of tradition
Many types Cargo cults and Revitalization, nativistic, messianic, prophetic, and millenial movements Examples: Melanesian cargo cults, Mormonism, Branch Davidians, Ghost Dance, Peyote Cult, Handsome Lake Religion, Messianic cults in Jerusalem, Buddhism, various Christian sects...
Companionate marriages (rare)
Marriages formed with romantic love& choice of partner by groom & bride.
Central India
Marry a stranger but brother sister exchange marriage
North India
Marry a stranger. Rajasthan, gujarat, Uttar predesh, Haryana, pradeah
Atypical Marriages Same- sex marriages:
May be more or less same age OR diff ages.
Examples of redistribution
Medicai d, public schools, road construction, FEMA, Federal Student Loans and grants, federal aid
Types of ritual specialists
Mediums psychics, other diviners Not really religious practitioners but serve ritual needs to contact supernatural Used as a form of divination Obtain answers from supernatural entities
Corpse Brides of China
Men should not arrive the afterlife bachelors..they will find no rest. Their brothers could not marry. Some will marry a dead women
