Analysis Of Body Ritual Among Nacirema

Body Ritual Among Nacirema Who are the Nacirema? The Nacirema are a North American group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico, and the Carib and Arawark of the Antilles. Little is known about their origin but people believe that they came from the east. These people concentrate on the human body, which is their main concern which makes the Nacirema unique in their rituals and ways of thinking. The Nacirema believe that the human body is ugly in the sense that it’s not perfect because it’s weak and prone to catch diseases. They believe that the only way to rid of these characteristics is through rituals and ceremonies. What are the ritual centers that are found in all their houses? In all the Nacirema homes there are one or more shrines devoted to the purpose of riding the ugly human bodies characteristics. The more powerful an individual is in society, the more shrines they have in their houses. Depending on how many ritual centers a house has determines how powerful up the hierarchy someone is in Naciremic society. Each family has at least on shrine, but the rituals are performed privately and not together as a family. In these shrine rooms there is a box or chest holding magical potions that was said to believe no man could live without.
I think Horace Miner was trying to prove the because of these eccentric and rather “odd” customs that ancient people have, like the Nacirema, that man would not have advanced or evolved to how we are today because we would not have had somewhere to change