I have nothing against Americans, in fact I love being in the states and I am very fortunate to live in the U.S. Unfortunately, I feel for my parents; the war did not kill them physically but emotionally. My parents were very outgoing people, they had travelled all over Europe, Australia, and other Middle Eastern countries. Nowadays, my parents are very plain, they do not have the same amount of friends they did nor the same amount of parties and gatherings. They always think about going back to Iraq just to meet their friends, but can’t because of the terrorist attacks. Black Elk’s story is not as powerful as mine but it does relate to the attacks that occurred to his people and his country, he and his people had travel to other safe places that weren’t his home that must have made him home-sick, just like my …show more content…
Sadly, in my Armenian culture we do not have ceremonies similar to Heyokas, but we do have ceremonies that are in their own ways similar. Once a year, we remember our fallen friends and families in the Armenian Genocide that occurred in 1915 by offering food in public. Madagh “is an act of mercy, thanksgiving and alms offering. It is an ancient Armenian pious custom during which an animal is scarified to be given as offering to the poor and needy.” (St. Mary). Again, both ceremonies have their similarity’s but are different as well, the bison ceremony is used as a vision quest for the seeker and for every animal that is killed, a prayer is given to the animal’s spirit. In Madagh, a goat is used as a symbolic animal to remember the fallen ones, and a big prayer ceremony is given for the death of those peoples and the animal that is used to remember them with. The Native American culture is related to many other cultures, like Asian and European