Research Paper: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Research Paper: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Introduction

African Culture was established over a decade ago. Its founders feel Africa to the extent that any of them end up installing their residence in Burkina Faso. Living this wonderful continent makes us a specialized travel agency knows firsthand the reality of Africa. Mbuti culture pertains to foraging as these people dwelled in the earliest forests of Zaire. They are also called Pygmies. They are under 150cm. The staple food the Mbuti eat throughout the year is cassavas and bananas. They also eat other items such as, rice, maize, beans, and peanuts. Both parental and maternal sides of the family are equally treated. The only exception is in the naming of children, the parental side is shown preference. Groups like the Mbuti of Africa and the Agta of the Philippines are specialized hunters, trading meat to farmers for grain and other goods. Traditional hunting of wild animal's pygmies has become a commercial enterprise, not in order to survive, but in order to meet the demand for bush meat in local markets. As a result, the remaining forests are emptied every day.

The Mbuti population lives in the Ituri Forest, a “tropical rain forest” covering approximately 70,000 km2 of the north-northeast of the country. The world of the rainforest is characterized by its dense woodland that penalties can filter the sunlight. The Bambuti share their lives with a great variety of birds, insects and animals in this habitat, which are their food source along with a rich ground flora enriched by a long wet and full of nutrients (Grinker, 2000). This research paper addresses the culture of Mbuti, their mode of sustenance i.e. foraging, and a detailed discussion on their cultural ecology. By the end of this paper, you will understand how the Mbuti society lives.

Thesis Statement

The Mbuti have lived in the Ituri Forest for many thousands of years, and even speculated that they might be the earliest inhabitants of Africa. 

Discussion

Mbuti people, lacking writing, they think that white settlers were primitive peoples to their tradition prevented them from having oral history, capacity for abstraction or a deep spirituality. They would not have made ??this mistake if they had noticed that its art is the key to their culture (Day, 2005). Many of them lead a life of dependence on Bantu neighbors, are used as cheap labor. Some have taken advantage of their skills for hunting in the woods to share the proceeds of their hunt for other neighboring communities. Recently, a new threat has arisen in their habitat, interference in a group of gold prospectors.

Sustenance and Economic organization

Hunting with traditional media (bows and arrows) has been until recently being the main source of funds, both for their own diet as for use in trade with neighboring Bantu peoples. The traditional Mbuti diet consisted of blood, milk and meat animals. According to legend, the Mbuti, they occurred mapping lions. With this superstition is not only a special relationship to cattle, but also some elements of traditional culture, ...