Scarification

Specialized workers Specialized workers were ranked to the high class and low class. Pharaohs, Priests, Nobles, soldiers, scribes, merchants, farmers and salvers. Kings and Pharaohs were by far the most glorified and most important position. They thought to be the representatives of the gods and goddesses. People thought they were a cross between humans and gods, because of that, they received obedience and respect. They were the rulers of upper and lower classmen of Egypt. They owned the…

The Book of Negros is an invigorating Canadian miniseries that has portrayed the perilous journey of an African woman, starting with her abduction in modern day Mali, then moving on to her enslavement in North America, and winding-up with her return to Africa as a freed woman. The show concludes with her going to London to promote the Abolition Movement with her personal account of the misfortunes of slavery. This woman, Aminata Diallo, is the protagonist of The Book, directed by Damon…

So throughout both of the rituals even though they were different rites of passages the common thing witnessed was pain. Pain was the common theme throughout these two rituals, and it is with many others. As well as this idea that you have to get through all these things and it makes you an official “man”. The characteristics that they believed a man should carry with them such as bravery, endurance of pain, . Their masculinity is so fragile, they have to prove that they are men via aggression…

specific conditions2. The survey and application of phlebotomy has spanned centuries; it’s still being studied today. Phlebotomy in Ancient Times The Egyptians were one of the first cultures to practice phlebotomy in the form of ritual bleeding and scarification. Yet, the procedure became immensely popular in Greece around the time of…

the course of the film is also accuracy. The film’s cast was designed by a specialist group of make-up and costumes artists and designers. The cast had costumes and make-ups that depict the Maya look. The Maya look in the film included tattoos, scarification and earlobe extensions among others. On the other hand, the film inaccuracies were scenes within the film that were out of the historical context that the film is set in. The way adapted to do the make-ups in the film was the main…

A. M Holmes’ May We Be Forgiven and T. Geronimo Johnson’s Welcome to Braggsville both explore themes of gender. May We Be Forgiven was published in New York in 2012. It follows Harry Silver, a middle-aged author, as he navigates his divorce, his brother’s incarceration after murdering his own wife, and his relationship with with his niece and nephew (Nate and Ashley) after he becomes their legal guardian. Welcome to Braggsville was also published in New York, three years later. It follows D’aron…

The Baule Tribe One of the largest tribe in Côte d'Ivoire, which is between Liberia and Ghana, the Baule (also spelled Bauole or Bawule) people are one of the most unique tribes of all of Africa. The name Baule, or “baouli”, means “the child has died.” “According to a legend, during the eighteenth century, the queen, Abla Poku, had to lead her people west to the shores of the Comoe, the land of Senufo. In order to cross the river, she sacrificed her own son.” They are an Akan group, so they…

and wonder how that was once a logical treatment for such a variety of illnesses. Erstwhile physicians strongly believed that ¨bloodletting was divided into a generalized method done by venesection and arteriotomy, and a localized method done by scarification with cupping and leeches¨ (The History of Bloodletting 1). Venesection, otherwise known as phlebotomy, is the opening or puncturing of a vein surgically to let blood or allow a different fluid in, and arteriotomy consists of the same…

The definition of beauty is interchangeable. What one culture might define as beautiful and desirable, another would define as undesirable. Social change occurs as society develops over time and the opinions of those in society develop as well. (James, 2013) Body image has been constructed over centuries. The society constructed the idea of body image and at the same time it keeps changing. Mass communication has the power to influence the group of people and/or individual in big amount within…

‘imagination’. They married in the most humanized way like wearing wedding rings, white veil and dress, reading poems, or inviting their relatives. They touch the other objects without feeling any guilt. They don’t do many things that require scarification for partners. To critic their selfishness, I made an assumption of ‘what if...’ there were a school (The Object Right School) where the OS people learn the object right and their right to learn how to behave to their partners. The OS people…