Word: womens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Communist Curtain. Amana's ex-peasants practiced a non-Marxist communism, holding all property in common because possessions foster false pride. Bearded church elders dictated every man's job, had the women cook for all in big communal kitchens, punished any show of vanity, such as wearing "world clothes" rather than modest calico...
...Bhutan army of 2,500, equipped with rifles and bows and arrows, would have only the rugged terrain to its advantage. Bhutan is ruled by a handsome, English-speaking, archery-loving young Dragon King who has freed the slaves, discouraged prostration in the royal presence, and decreed equality for women. He is determined to keep his country's independence. Anxious about Bhutan, Nehru has invited its Prime Minister down to talk mutual defense...
...what is now Kenya and Tanganyika, the Masai were fierce, sensual warriors who used dung and ochre for hair oil and drank cattle blood laced with urine. In periodic sport they swooped down on their Bantu neighbors, ramming seven-foot spears through the males and carrying off their women, who often did not seem to mind; the tall, aristocratic Masai were notable men, and Masai wives did not work...
...nine, then, as his father's "love son" (or favorite), was sent to school. Converted to Catholicism, he ignored most of the various age rituals of the Masai (e.g., Masai aged 17-27 take turns sleeping in the communal hut with the tribe's unmarried women), frankly admitted: "I didn't want this big job, but I took it because someone...
...life, and odds and ends of curious reading. At one point, he is in an elaborate casino which illustrates the sordid side of man's instinct for gain; again, he and his fellow travelers find themselves in a terrifying place where there are only the skeletons of women, but walking skeletons who are taken sexually by visiting soldiers. The travelers visit many lands of the mind and spirit, but never do they find their souls...