Analysis Of The Nacirema Culture

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The culture that was described in the article is Nacirema it is a North American tribe. The Nacirema culture is developed from the rich natural habit, which is developed by a high market economy. They spend most of their time focusing on mysterious ceremony activities. However, the mysterious activities tends to reflect people’s health, sprit and appearance and body. The reason why this culture was described in the article is to tell a story of a lifestyle in this particular culture. In the article, it wants us to be able to become familiar with the diversity of ways in which people behave in similar situations that sometimes we are not familiar

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