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The system of total service |
-Collectivities that impose obligation of exchange and contract upon each other -exchanges are acts of politeness -wealth is one element: passing on wealth |
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Potlach |
-"to feed", "to consume" - competition to see who's the richest and most extravagant -political status and rank of all kind gained - promotes not only self but fam up the social scale -an economic and social structure |
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Sumptuary destruction of wealth |
Accumulated to out do rival chief and associates as well |
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Potlach Rules |
1. Honor and prestige conferred by wealth 2. Obligation to reciprocate |
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Tonga |
A possession on the mothers side
Child is main reason why parents can obtain possessions of a foreign kind |
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Maori Law: 1. Hau (spiritual power) of exchange |
I give something to you, you give that something to someone else, that someone else gives you something in return, you MUST give the gift given to you in return to ME!
-why? B/c it is bad luck if you don't |
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Maori law |
-A legal tie between souls - item given to you exert a magical religious hold over you |
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Rules of gift giving |
1. Give: b/c compelled to do so b/c spiritual bond possess a kind of right of property over anything belonging to donor: you get riches for giving 2. Receive 3. Reciprocate: equal or greater value |
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Bonds |
Refusing to give, failure to invite, refusing to accept is equal to preparing war: it is to reject the bond of alliance and commonality |
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Vaygu'a |
A precious object that is an ornament and an object of wealth in exchanges KULA |
