Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Nacerima


In "Body Ritual among the Nacerima", the author makes a good point of exaggerating the circumstances under which the Nacerima live. When the reader finds out that the article is actually about Americans the perspective adds new light to the situations these people put themselves through. Why, though, would the author make these exaggerations? The extreme changes people make to their bodies these days is just as questionable. Depending on how things are perceived by the world, ultimately defines those things. In this article I found myself slightly repulsed and thought most of these rituals were bizarre and unnecessary. Although knowing what I know now I still believe some rituals of Americans are ridiculous. People must be careful in how they perceive others because they could be completely missing the reason behind their actions and lifestyle.

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