Culture helps shape every human being, whether society realizes it or not. For the Nacirema culture it means self mutilation, sadism, and masochistic propensities. The Nacirema tribe has a soul focus is on the human body it’s natural tendency to deteriorate. The Nacirema people spend most days involved in ritual activities in hope to preclude disease, weakness, and unappealing characteristics. Their soul focus on the body has lead theses people into barbaric actions. Behaviors such as the mouth rite and latipso ceremonies make me wonder why anyone would abide in a culture that conducts themselves as barbarians. The natives visit a holy mouth man time and time again in hopes of curing their decaying teeth. This holy mouth man uses small sharp
