Nacirema

What is Nacriema? one may ask. It is American spelled backwards and it is part of a joke which lays out the ritual of bathroom activities. Today, we continued on with the topic of rituals, beginning with many fascinating traditions, including a retelling of an Austrailain rain- making ritual, trick- or- treating, and my own Indian ritual which involves dropping a baby from a fifty foot tower. We then went on to hear a lecture with the theme that if a ritual is done improperly, such as a burial or All Halllow's Eve, the entire order of the universe would be thrown out of balance.