Importance Of Food Sharing

Section 1 Question 2

Food sharing traditionally has been a large part of indigenous societies, between the Dolgan/ Nganasan, Batek and the Western Apache food sharing has been a large part of their society. All three have similarities and differences; even our own society has a food sharing implications.

The Dolgan and Nganasan food sharing process consisted of people supplying resources through kinship. Much of the sharing with meat comes from the reciprocal relationships with the animals they hunt. They believe animals must be treated properly even though they are not human. It is said in this society that food sharing will contribute to good future hunting. They believe the animal is giving itself to the hunter and must be cared for by the means of sharing. Food sharing in this society is related to the informal sharing economy. Also, in the Dolgan and Nganasan group’s products that are bought are also shared between people because of how expensive they can be. Another society has had very similar implications in their food sharing process as well.

The Batek another society hunted and gathered both men and women together. Both groups contributed. Food sharing is part of the main society, when someone hunted they hunted for the whole tribe. Food sharing goes mostly off of how much each person contributes. Blowpipe hunting was the most common; men mostly do it. Hunting was also considered vital for the economy. Mostly women also gathered tubers. Batek also gathered other plants, fruits and vegetables. Honey was also collected by Batek men collected 87 percent of the honey. Hunting parties consisted of men who like to hunt together, women who wanted to gather in a certain area gathered together. It was usual for couples to ...

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...conditions. It also shows how tradition has not been broken. In “The Headman was a Woman” shows how people can still live in their own culture even though they have been studied and observed sometimes. This shows that the world has places that are still really one with the original views of their culture. In the Western Apache culture the people still associate themselves how they view the world and understand the past.

These conclusions all have the theme of staying in their original form and not changing. These three monographs help understand human universals by the way that these societies still work in groups and revolve around the entire group and not just the individual. These monographs and conclusions can show us how the world still has some form of diversity. Each monograph shows some from of belief system that is vital to showing cultural diversity.