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Tooth of a sperm whale. A tabua (Fijian:) is a polished tooth of a sperm whale that is an important cultural item in Fijian society. They were traditionally given as gifts for atonement or esteem (called sevusevu), and were important in negotiations between rival chiefs.
The Tabua is a whale's tooth and is a valued gift in ceremonial presentations, [9] the greater number of teeth presented the greater the gift. It is important for the presenter to always play down the offering, but those receiving will always talk up the offering: if it is small they will say it is great, the point is eloquence and humility.
In traditional Hoodoo, if there are several people needing love, the root worker or conjurer created different mojos for each of their clients. One mojo created the same can not work for everyone. By the twentieth century, Hoodoo was culturally appropriated by outsiders to African-American culture to make a profit.
Engraved on the tooth is a picture of the ship Francis, which artist Fred Myrick served on during the early 1800s. Now, sperm whales are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. So, in ...
Agra Hadig (Armenian: Ագրա Հադիգ) or Atam Hatik (Armenian: Ատամ Հատիկ) is a ceremony in Armenian culture commemorating the first tooth coming in of a newborn baby. In the ceremony, the young baby is set before several symbolic items relating to different professional vocations. Whichever item the child first selects is meant ...
The "singeing ceremony" was given to both Aztec boys and girls. It is uncertain of the age in which this ritual occurred. It was indicative of becoming one with the stars, as the burns on the wrists were aligned with certain constellations. A stick that had been placed in a fire would be pressed onto the skin of the child and the scar was thus ...
Teeth blackening or teeth lacquering is a custom of dyeing one's teeth black. It was most predominantly practiced in Southeast Asian and Oceanic cultures, particularly among Austronesian , Austroasiatic , and Kra–Dai-speaking peoples .
The volume contains an array of scholarly investigations into American social anthropology as well as one more article in the Nacirema series, by Willard Walker of Wesleyan University: "The Retention of Folk Linguistic Concepts and the ti'ycir (teacher) Caste in Contemporary Nacireman Culture" which laments the corrosive and subjugating ritual ...