Nacirema Tribe Analysis
The Nacirema Tribe
By Edgar A. Maceo
September 2008
The article that I read is called “Body Ritual Among the Nacierma”. The Nacierma is a North American Group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico. My first thought was, wow, I never heard of this tribe before, and they are North American. As I continued to read this article, I became more fascinated by it and wondered, how come I’ve never heard of this tribe. They appear to be a lot like us or us like them, and we as a society have seemed to have used their ways to this day.
I continued to read, and the more I read, the more confusing it became. The author speaks of things that this tribe do in their day to day lives in a prehistoric kind of way, but the similarities are just way to coincidental to our way of life. I asked myself, is this what we used to develop ourselves with? I mean is this the basis we have come to utilize our way of life? As I continued to read, I wonder how it is that no one I know has never spoke of such a tribe.
The article speaks of things such as, Body Ritual and how the Nacierma Tribe thought of their bodies as ugly. Well, that sounds amazingly how most if not all people …show more content…
That’s what’s built into my wall which contains my charms such as diet pills and pain killers. I won’t discuss the magical potions which is probably different than the Nacierma potions. The medicine men sound a lot like my Doctor who writes prescriptions for me in very strange writing which I call Doctor writing. Sounds like the ancient and secret language that the Nacierma speak of. The other medicine men would most likely be the Pharmacist, who is also a Doctor and can read the writing. The only gift that I give my Doctor is money in the form of cash, check or credit card. The only difference between the Nacierma and now is, I don’t call it a gift, I call it
By Edgar A. Maceo
September 2008
The article that I read is called “Body Ritual Among the Nacierma”. The Nacierma is a North American Group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico. My first thought was, wow, I never heard of this tribe before, and they are North American. As I continued to read this article, I became more fascinated by it and wondered, how come I’ve never heard of this tribe. They appear to be a lot like us or us like them, and we as a society have seemed to have used their ways to this day.
I continued to read, and the more I read, the more confusing it became. The author speaks of things that this tribe do in their day to day lives in a prehistoric kind of way, but the similarities are just way to coincidental to our way of life. I asked myself, is this what we used to develop ourselves with? I mean is this the basis we have come to utilize our way of life? As I continued to read, I wonder how it is that no one I know has never spoke of such a tribe.
The article speaks of things such as, Body Ritual and how the Nacierma Tribe thought of their bodies as ugly. Well, that sounds amazingly how most if not all people …show more content…
That’s what’s built into my wall which contains my charms such as diet pills and pain killers. I won’t discuss the magical potions which is probably different than the Nacierma potions. The medicine men sound a lot like my Doctor who writes prescriptions for me in very strange writing which I call Doctor writing. Sounds like the ancient and secret language that the Nacierma speak of. The other medicine men would most likely be the Pharmacist, who is also a Doctor and can read the writing. The only gift that I give my Doctor is money in the form of cash, check or credit card. The only difference between the Nacierma and now is, I don’t call it a gift, I call it