Naciremans

Imagine having hot wax plastered on your body and then removed in such a way that it is ripped off the most tender areas of you skin? In addition to the barbarity the women of the Nacirema tribe undergo, according to Professor Miner’s [1] research, the ritual involving hot wax is by far one of the most painful of body rituals. This particular ceremony is performed in the sacred temple known as the nolas. This …

…horror these women are subjected to, upon leaving the women are required to give rich gifts to the maidens who performed the ceremony. This whole procedure is quite routine for the women of the tribe. The upper class women are able to go to this sacred place more often then the rest. Regardless of what took place, the women still chose to participate in these body rituals as a devotion to their beliefs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**