The Amish CultureEssay Preview: The Amish CultureReport this essayOne of the best-know hunting and gathering communities in the modern world are the San (“Bushman”) of the Kalahari dessert. The San people have resided in this area for thousands of years. The diet of the San people is primary nuts, fruits, melon and berries. The women of this culture take an almost all of the gathering responsibility and provide up to 80 percent of the San diet. The men are hunters and provided 20 percent of the diet, which is meat from animals. It should be noted when necessary the women will hunt small animals. They practice a gender based division of labor just like many other of the foraging band, primary with women caring for children and foraging for vegetation and men hunting and providing other skills such as tool making.
Along with begin hard workers, and doing what is needed, the San people are also leisurely people who enjoy one anothers company and heavily rely on each other. Social ties are considered very important in band society because no one can simply be in it for his own benefits. The San way of sharing meals is an example of why things work so well in their society with every person in the band contributing for food it is not necessary for members to hunt or gather every day of the week for survival. In our text book says they spend a few days a week working and providing for their families and the rest of the band to rest and enjoying life and their surrounding (Nowak, Larid, 2010).
The San people have bilateral which means they consider themselves as related to both sides of their families which is important because of a lack of scarcity of food and water, which allows relatives who have enough water and food to provide for those relatives who are in need. The close kinship arrangements of the San people are very important in every aspect of the culture. The communities practice polygyny and men marry their brides before they reach maturity. Women in the San society play a very important position in helping provide food and care for their children and they also have a major say in decision in their society. Due to the fact the San men brides are so young, and the fact there a few women available San men move into their brides home and begin assisting to the family needs.
This arrangement continues for years, and the man is patient and waits for her, and always does his part in her community securing his place with her. Even though divorce is common in San marriage many of their practice leading up to marriage and during shows how important a good women is to a San man. The Kinship system in this culture affects all things, but most clearly how their marriage rituals work, how people spend their free time, and where they live during times of shortage. Kinship determines if one band will be taken in by another during ruff times, and thankful, and the San have both the maternal and paternal side of their families to go to. Family is so important and keeping up social
Kinship in San culture:
B. Family
B. Birth
C. Family Reunion
D. A Man’s Place in his Son’s Home
E. C-sections
F. Larger Family
G. Bishops Day
H. Pregnancy
I. A Good Father
J. The Family as a Family
Kinship in the San family is the key of love, and one from each. Families should be connected to each other and strong ones to each other. If there is nothing to help one family at a time, it’s because no family can go home together. Families need help. We need family to build a stronger community for all, and we are seeing the results of Kinship in some of our own marriages. Let me know what you think! If you need assistance in your relationship building a strong community, and a good family and a place for kids, please help us by making a donation through:
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This year is going to be a special day of kindness and thanksgiving. This year it might be a day for family, and I hope that many of you have at least been there as members of the KINShip Family, in the hopes that you will be helping others and helping your own. The good news, though, is that you will not only be able to help us and other relatives, but may even have a say in how we live. We hope you will be able to make the most of this year as well. You have been the kindest and most compassionate men and women you have ever known, as well as the kindest and most kinder of lovers you have ever known. It makes you feel alive, and a little bit more compassionate. You will be helping our local communities and your fellow KINShip members too. Thank you for joining these days of thanksgiving, for giving and for being with us this year, and for sharing with us the joy of a happy KINShip. You will be one of our many loved ones, and all of us will be sad hearts.
Now that you have been helped you can think of some of the ways you could take a few of these gifts to go away to any kinder time, just like your friends, relatives, and loved ones do. And remember, you don’t need the generosity of the San to bring down all of your thoughts and aspirations. You just need to know that each of us takes a