Word: tabus
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...Eskimos have many tabus. They believe in spirits, in a cold, horrible Hell and a Heaven at the bottom of the sea, ruled over by the Great Goddess Nuliayok. The Eskimo language is difficult. How did Monsignor Turquetil, an Oblate Father journeying from France to Canada in 1900 at the age of 24?how did he shepherd 7,000 scattered souls during his 30 icy years? How gain entry to the Eskimo hut, be welcomed with "Qujangnamik...
...isolated, unreformed by missionaries, almost uncontaminated by white men. They live in thatched huts set on piles in a lagoon. Children learn to swim, to use a boat, almost before they can walk. For six months Margaret Mead and her husband lived among the Manus, learnt their language, their tabus, took photographs, asked questions, saw as much as they were allowed. Anthropologist Mead's conclusion is that among the Manus only the children have a really good time. Children do exactly as they please; parent's may plead, they never discipline. But with marriage a hard life begins. The married...
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