SOCY 101 Chapter 3 Activity 1
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SOCY 101
Chapter 3 Activity 1
Please click here to read an article about the rac. (This is not the RAC on UMBC's campus!)
After reading the article and in collaboration with your group, please submit the group's response
to the following questions:
1. Why would a people put up with these animals if they cost so much and hurt so many?
The people of Asu likely put up with these animals due to their culture that stems from
their history, such as through a fable, a parable, or a tale that shows how the rac was beneficial to
the Asu very much. It is also possible that the maintenance and care for the rac likely is costly
and demanding because it delivers a sense of responsibility and humility for the Asu. Being able
to grow and become better as a human overall with good morals and values becomes much easier
to achieve when done through servitude to an idol. It is similar to any form of donation or charity
work because when an individual donates something of monetary value to an idol, you expect
good to come from it, to gain some favor in life, maybe even luck. It is especially felt that if the
individual is poor or lacks resources, their donation will hurt them and cost them much more, but
they donate in hopes of a better return in their life.
2. Are there customs or artifacts that you know of in your own culture or in other cultures that
don't seem to make good sense?
In my Indian Catholic culture, there is a segment often done during the Easter season
where we take the Body of Christ, which is the bread that has transfigured into the sacrifice of
Christ through prayer and hymn and communion, is processed from one end of the church to the
other and sometimes around a certain area like a parking lot or around the church grounds, and
then is taken back to the church. It can be seen that is it is just God blessing us with his presence
and we want to take him around to help sanctify the area where we worship and praise.
3. Do some customs in your culture seem inappropriate?
While it doesn’t seem inappropriate, and I, as well as other Catholics in my community,
understand its significance and the idea surrounding it, there is another tradition done in our
church where 12 male individuals will be asked to volunteer with consent to play the role as the
“12 Disciples”. These “12 Disciples” take part in the washing of the feet ceremony
commemorating when Jesus washed the feet of his 12 Disciples during The Last Supper. In this
case, the parish priest is the one that washes the feet of the “12 Disciples” during the prayer
service. The significance behind this event is to show immense gratitude and praise that God, the
son, of Jesus Christ, in all his glory, power, mercy, and divine presence, is serving his disciples as
he washes their feet as an act of servitude. Jesus does this to prepare the disciples as he is about
to be betrayed knowingly and later perish, so they can take his place and share his teachings.
While it may not be inappropriate to us who practice this, society from the outside might see it as
weird and unusual, and it especially comes with the negative connotation behind Catholic priests
and the many sins and allegations posed against a few of them. While a select few commit such a
heinous sin, the rest of the priests must deal with that stigma and still carry out their God-given
duty. I personally had the pleasure of partaking in the ceremony, and I want to say I felt humbled
and important as I feel that I am called to be a servant and disciple of God.
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