patterns of life lesson #3 click on mursi tribe, ethiopia
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Patterns of Life
Lesson #3
Click on Mursi Tribe, Ethiopia
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Ethnocentrism
Definition: When we judge others based on our own opinion of what is “right”
We need to avoid judging.
Individual cultures have their own ideas of BeautyJusticeFoodEtc.
Family Ties
• Hunting Societies – lived in NUCLEAR families– (MASAI WARRIORS)
• Farming Societies – lived in EXTENDED families– (read p. 14 for differences)
• People associated into • TRIBES• CLANS• LINEAGES
TRIBES, CLANS, LINEAGES
• LINEAGES – People in the same family• CLANS – groups of lineages living in same area• TRIBES – several clans loosely organized
together
TRIBE
CLANS
LINEAGES
TRIBES, CLANS, LINEAGES
TRIBE
CLANS
LINEAGES
COUNCIL ROCK SCHOOL DIST.
CRHS SOUTH
OUR CLASS
Commercial Break• Look at two pictures on p. 86-87; Read captions• Why would Farming Societies need to live in
extended families?
• Why would herding societies prefer to live in nuclear families?
Patterns of Government
• Villages had their own justice• THE MASK was used for an
individual to become a village judge
• The guy who wore the mask would BECOME THE JUDGE, but only while wearing the mask
Economic Organization
• Farming societies – No one OWNED land– Everyone worked farm together
• Herding societies – saw the animal as valuable, and land was NOT owned– Everyone owned all cattle– Example: Massai people
Click on picture
The Massai camp I went to in Kenya
Lives of Women
• Married VERY young (14-15)– Men sometimes purchased a wife– “bride wealth” – purchase price– POLYGAMY sometimes allowed• (men could marry more than
one wife)
• Women ran the homeIn charge of building the homeIn charge of childrenIn charge of food & water
Where I was in Kenya,Women did all the farming
The Age Grade System
• An AGE GRADE is all people of the same age• Each age grade would go through rituals
together to learn the values of society
Lion hunting is viewed by Maasai society as an act of bravery skill, wisdom, and achievement.
Click on pictureJust use first 30 sec.
Commercial Break• What is an age-grade you are now in?
• What is an example of a societal ritual you have, or will go through?
African Religions
• Traditional Beliefs– believed in a single, distant God (MONOTHEISTIC)– Believed ancestors could help connect to God– Believed all creatures had a spirit
• Diviners – Connected the living with the dead
• Healers– Looked for behaviors which caused illness– Provided “medicine”
Click on picture
African Religions• Death– Very careful to provide a proper funeral• To help person find next life successfully• Avoid a wandering ghost• Believe the dead have power over the living
– Remove body through a hole in the wall• Avoids return of the dead
• Medicine– Sometime herbs– Sometimes “created” and blown into a statue
Commercial Break• Why would Africans be so careful to care for their
dead?
• What is medicine?
Final reviewList 5 new things you learned about culture in Africa.
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