Tradition In The Man To Send Rain Clouds

To be accepted into the modern world, the Pueblo people in the story “the Man to Send Rain Clouds” have adapted to the Western culture that surrounds them, but only to a certain degree. They have learned how to keep important traditions alive, while combining new aspects of the Western culture and without changing completely. One of the traditions the Pueblo people did not change was the way they conducted a ceremony for a loved one who has passed. This tradition is the main conflict in this story. Between Leon and Father Paul, the conflict revolved around the burial of Teofilo, Leon’s grandfather. Father Paul was mad at Leon for not informing him of his grandfather’s death. In a Christian burial, the priest is to perform Last Rites and a funeral