Like other ethnic in Brunei Darussalam, Kedayan’s people have their own unique traditional ceremony that shared with other communities in this region. ‘Makan Tahun’ held annually by the Kedayan is not only represents the unique traditions inherited but it also as a platform for their brotherly bonding. ‘Makan Tahun’ is a thanksgiving festival held to indicate happiness and appreciation for a successful rice harvest and it’s also a symbolic of the unity of the Kedayan’s people, family and relatives alike. Thus, families, relative and friends from far and near get together during these celebrations. The Kedayan’s has the belief that if there is disunity among them, a curse from the ancestors will fall upon the living. Thus, they still have an …show more content…
Such cooperative activity is expressed when all assemble because of their social and familial ties, for the continuity of culture and safe keeping of tradition, the bond of union between the dead and living thus maintained. Even though rice planting is no longer the main activity among the Kedayan’s in Brunei Darussalam now, the Makan Tahun’ is still practiced and celebrate between the month of May and July every year. The origin, history and the processes the ritual ‘Makan Tahun’ are still not fully understood by many. The unique about this ceremony is every villagers has their own duties and responsibilities to take care and all the task given by the ‘Penghulu’ or ‘Ketua Kampung’ are done and normally these job will be involve all the entire villagers. Other unique things you can discover about this celebration are every inch of the locals will took some of their own foods from their house such as local rice, coconuts, coconuts shoots, or sugar and salt that will be given as a part as to make the sure all the food are enough for everybody. These practices are usually done by the older in the past, to helping and make sure all the ingredients are enough but now days these practices no longer practice anymore by the younger
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing’s book In the Realm of the Diamond Queen examines the Meratus Dayaks, who position themselves in the Southern part of Indonesia. She examines the way in which this particular group is marginalized and in some ways exploited. Through this ethnographic work, Tsing is able to provide a very interesting insight on this particular culture grou...
Rituals are held as a very important part of any society, including ours. They go back to ancient times or can be as simple as maintaining one’s hygiene. Non-western societies have rituals that may seem very foreign to us, but they have been engrained in their communities and are essential to their social structure. This interpretation will focus on the Great Pilgrimage, a ritual performed by Quechuan communities. We will be looking specifically at a community in the area of Sonqo.
Since these traditions have become apparent through centuries they are customary and have a tendency to lack individualism, as the group among which a person lives is seen as more important over the individual. In many parts of the world today, you can examine such cultures and see the ways that individuals offer themselves to family and community life.
Colonel Edwin Hillandale was an U.S. Air Force Colonel who put forth the effort to learn the culture of which ever country he was in. He had already had great success working in the Philippines before he arrived in Sarkhan. Once he arrived in Sarkhan, Hillandale made every effort to learn his new operational environment. He walked around downtown Haidho and noticed the large number of palm reading offices and the level of respect the palm readers received from the locals. Hillandale also studied the biographies of the politicians in Sarkhan. During the Philippines Ambassador’s dinner party, he was granted the opportunity to read the palm of the Sarkhanese Prime Minister, and he took full of advantage of the knowledge he had acquired. Hillandale made a good impression with the Prime Minister because of his knowledge of the culture, their taboos, and the Prime Minister’s personal background. Hillandale was invited to read the palm of the king. He was going to use this opportunity to have the king make a maneuver that would work to the advantage of the ...
One of the first tasks that Raybeck takes on in the ethnography is documenting kinship. He later describes the usefulness of the genealogies he created, but the process of creating them was quite difficult. He says that the Kelantanese often use “Arabic naming conventions” (Raybeck, 1996, p.62), making a task that seems relatively simple, quite complex. Combine that with a high divorce rate and the number of relatives sky rockets. But through his interviews on kinship he discovered that most Kelantanese had a “detailed and accurate knowledge of very extensive kin networks” (Raybeck, 1996, p. 62). This helped him to make the discovery of the level of importance placed on family and village support. Raybeck credits much of his success to this ethnography to his key informants. One that he often praises is his neighbor Hussein. When Raybeck was first conducting his interviews he had to learn the difference in politeness in Kelantanese culture. Hussein had to subtly remind him that Raybeck (1996) must “behave like a hen, not a rooster” (p. 60). His key informant helped to set him on the right path to gaining the information for his research question, but also taught him a key aspect of culture that, until then, he was failing in as a participant
Traditions control how one talks and interacts with others in one’s environment. In Bengali society, a strict code of conduct is upheld, with dishonor and isolation as a penalty for straying. Family honor is a central part to Bengali culture, and can determine both the financial and social standing of a family. Usha’s family poses no different, each member wearing the traditional dress of their home country, and Usha’s parents diligently imposing those values on their daughter. Those traditions, the very thing her [Usha] life revolved around, were holding her back from her new life as an American. Her mother in particular held those traditions above her. For example, when Aparna makes Usha wear the traditional attire called “shalwar kameez” to Pranab Kaku and Deborah’s Thanksgiving event. Usha feels isolated from Deborah’s family [Americans] due to this saying, “I was furious with my mother for making a scene before we left the house and forcing me to wear a shalwar kameez. I knew they [Deborah’s siblings] assumed, from my clothing, that I had more in common with the other Bengalis than with them” (Lahiri ...
1.) Intro: I decided to focus my Religious Ethnography on a friend whom I recently have become close with. Adhita Sahai is my friend’s name, which she later told me her first name meant “scholar.” I choose to observe and interview Adhita, after she invited me to her home after hearing about my assignment. I was very humbled that she was open to this, because not only was it a great opportunity for this paper, but it also helped me get to know Adhita better. I took a rather general approach to the religious questions that I proposed to the Sahai family because I didn’t want to push to deep, I could tell Hinduism is extremely important to this family. Because this family does not attend a religious site where they worship, I instead listened to how they do this at home as a family instead.
“Rituals and Traditions; It Takes a Tribe,” written by David Berreby and “Indians: Textualism, Morality, and the Problem of History” written by Jane Tompkins, both exemplify a typical controversial topic in the United States of America today. The US prides there self on the basis of freedom, and how Americans are made up of individuals with backgrounds from all around the world. Many consider the US to be a “melting pot”, a society where cultures are just blended together and not recognized fully on their own, where as others consider the US to be a “salad bowl”, where people of international cultures hold fast to their traditions and practices and coexist with the cultures around them. Both authors of the readings propose that generally speaking,
In John Barker’s Ancestral Lines, the author analyzes the Maisin people and their culture centered around customs passed from previous generations, as well as global issues that impact their way of living. As a result of Barker’s research, readers are able to understand how third world people can exist in an rapid increasing integrated system of globalization and relate it not only to their own society, but others like the Maisin; how a small group of indigenous people, who are accustomed to a modest regimen of labor, social exceptions, and traditions, can stand up to a hegemonic power and the changes that the world brings. During his time with these people the author was able to document many culture practices, while utilizing a variety of
Family on the other hand is the everyday living environment within which spirituality and historicity are applied and lived out. ‘Family’ in the Armenian community refers to more than the family of origin or the nuclear family. Instead, it includes both of these along with all of the extended family and even the small surrounding community. These family ties are much more important and influential in the decision making process than would initially appear, therefore, they must be acknowledged and understood. All Armenians may not uphold the same spirituality, historicity, and family values, however, they would still approach life’s decisions based on these cultural categories.
The first difference between American culture and Indian culture is marriage. A wedding is a great social event in our society, which establish a new bond between two individuals and families. Marriage is a joyful occasion with plenty of music, dance, partying and merrymaking. It also brings together a long-lost friends, relatives and acquaintances. In India, the parents choose the mate for their child, which is called an arranged marriage. In most cases, the bri...
The Mbuti people are known as foragers because their main source of survival lies on hunting and gathering as they move from one place to another. They originated from a region in Africa called Congo. The Mbuti people even with their fairly decent population prefer to be grouped into smaller groups or bands which are mostly made up of close relatives. They live in the rainforests of central Africa, where they have lived popularly for more than 6000 years now.
Changes occur within societies, cultures, religions, or livelihood, people lose their sense of importance towards their roots and sense of being therefore redefining the meaning of humanity. However, as Ceremony teaches, being in touch with one’s roots and sense of being will bring about understanding of what is true or what is false. An individual should realize the meaning of their essence and in turn would bring the understanding towards the world. Ceremony’s world application evaluates and serves as a guide of how humanity should open their eyes and look at everything in a different a perspective to see it in the way of the ceremony: the way of life. The ceremony should be practiced and adapted throughout all the time, no matter the race, religion, culture or livelihood.
Every culture has several similarities and differences that impact the way they do things. Several of these cultures have distinct traits and traditions that make them differently from other cultures. I believe these differences make each culture different and unique. The two cultures that I have chosen to compare and contrast with each other is Kenya and India. In this paper I will discuss the similarities and differences in each of the culture’s families in context, marital relationships, and families and aging. These are important aspects of these cultures and to examine them will give me a better knowledge of both of these cultures.
The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast between various wedding customs that are prevalent in different continents of the world. The essay sheds light on culturally diverse traditions that originate in different parts of the world. It is the wide variety or cultural conventions that give each nation or tribe a unique identity. Every culture has ...