Monday, April 6, 2009

Similarities and Differences

SIMILARITIES
When others were presenting their powerpoints, I listened and watched as they gave out information. Most tribes' rituals were a bit harsh, compared to how we live. In all the tribes, there's always a special way to celebrate a girl's first menstruation cycle. In the San, for example, the girl is isolated from everything for a week, since that's the time her menstruation cycle ends, and is allowed to go in and out, but she has to know that her isolation isn't done yet.. And in the Sioux!, the girl is isolated similarly, only she is not allowed to go in and out whenever she wants. Usually, environments in all the tribes are harsh, either too hot or too dangerous. Sometimes it's both.

All these tribes are similar in one way or the other. All the tribes that we all presented had something in common; how they live similarly. Even when some of them are nomadic, they still live the same way the rest of the tribes do; they have to conserve a lot of water and food in order to survive. Even those in South and North America, where people are so modern, they still look for their own food. And they still travel by traditional transportations. All these tribes are very similar because they are also aboriginal people to the country they live in.