In: Psychology
Nacirema is a group of tribal people
who live in the North America near the Canadian border. The primary
thing about this culture is that they consider body as a decaying
thing and in order to protect it, they perform lots of rituals and
they even build shrines in their houses to purify the body. They
consider human body as the ugly thing and prone to diseases. They
also conduct a mouth cleaning ritual and periodical visits to the
mouth cleaning to a holy mouth man.
One of the most important lesson I learn from their life and
rituals is that a sound mind lives in a sound body, this taking
care of my physical health which would help me focus. I should not
damage the physical health through unhealthy behaviors such as
drugs, alcohol etc. that would speed up the physical decay. Their
visit to the holy mouth man remind me of a regular health check-up
to my physician. I should also incorporate few healthy life style
such as exercise, healthy food habits and positive thoughts. Even
the Bible says that human body is the temple of God and we should
keep it clean.
Thank you for your question. Please rate if you like the answer.