Nacirema Research Paper

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First mention of Nacirema can be found in the report of Horace Miner in 1956. Professor Miner discovered these eccentric people and thoroughly described some of their strange customs. We decided to revisit Nacirema tribe in order to study the impact of heavy ritualistic system on the society. Nacirema was the perfect object for our research since we learned from Prof. Minor’s writings how strong the life of average individual was connected to varied rituals. It has been more than 50 years from the initial report, and our expedition didn’t expect to see drastic change in Nacirema society. Rather we anticipated to witness dying culture with noticeable decrease in population. Our hypothesis was that Nacirema would be collapsed by burden of such elaborate rituals. We were surprised to see Nacirema culture alive. Indeed their settlements are growing fast and attract many visitors from other tribes, even those from overseas. One of the biggest and most diverse settlement is Kroy-Wen-City, which we select for our research. This city is known for its unusual dwellings: very narrow rectangles with exterior glass finishing. Unlike …show more content…
Nacirema ignite the “magic box” with strange fingers passes, after this manipulation the image appears on the box which indicates that they can enter the parallel reality. Nacirema people believe that each person has its own “spiritual double”, who inhabits the parallel reality. This mystical twin has a strong authority among people in the real world. Thus, friends and even family members cannot meet in person without prior approval of “spiritual double” of the one they want to meet with. They use “magic box” to invoke the presence of “spiritual double”. It can be either a silent communication, when person performs magical fingers passes, or vocal when one verbally calls forth the desired interlocutor. If everything went well and “spiritual double” granted the permission, two people can meet in

Nacirema Research Paper

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Nacirema Research Paper

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