Halloween or Samhain?

In the celtic way they had a festival  at this time was called Samhain (pronounced Sah-ween). It was the biggest and most significant holiday of the Celtic year. The Celts believed that at the time of Samhain, more so than any other time of the year, the ghosts of the dead were able to mingle with the living because at Samhain the souls of those who had died during the year traveled into the otherworld. People gathered to sacrifice animals, fruits, and vegetables. They also lit bonfires in honor of the dead, to aid them on their journey, and to keep them away from the living. On that day all manner of beings were honoredghosts, fairies, and demons all the dark and dead.

There is some crazy pictures on this stuff go look it up. But this is what a common alter for Samhain looks like.

Becoming One of Them.

I was startled to read that in Mario Llosa's Book The Storyteller the tribe had protected him and excepted him as on of there own. He realises this on page 185. That the tribe had protected him, "They were not protecting the institution or the idea of the storyteller in the abstract. They were protecting him". Why would they protect him a man they didnt really know a man that was not born as one of them? That perhaps because he was trying to keep there traditions and they respected him for it. It suprises me that a Outside tribe would take in this man and make him one of there own. For telling there storys he was seen as one of them in there eyes.

We Forget The Good Things.

Upon finishing up Mario Llosa's book The storyteller, there was always one main idea in the book. It seemed to me that idea is that over time we forget the good, and the bad ways we once had so we repeat the bad and forget how to do the good.

"Good things happen and bad things happen . Its bad that wisdom should be getting lost" (llosa pg 189). We cant forget what we have already leared if we do we are doomed to repeat it many bad things have happened in the past that we forgot and the repeated. The way many people remember these things are though storys. In those story are different lessons. When a tirbe loses those storys they are dommed to repeat what they have all ready done. Zuratas's can see the difference in are societiys and knows what we have lost and forgotten we are a lost tirbe of people . He doesnt what the Machiguenga People to forget these things and become like we have. He twist the storys of there people alittle to help strengthen this idea. At frist I didnt wanna really read this book but once I finished I leared a few things. That we forget the good things.

My Longboard Crash

So i was a dumb kid one time a decided to longboard down a hill, bad idea. As soon as i was about hit the bottom a car drove out infront of me so i had to jump off a crashed cut open my sides and well everything. So I then ran to my friends house and made him bring me to the hospital. Funny thing was is, while i was sitting in the ER of all places i had to wait three hours before i got any help in anyway so i sat there in pain and yelled at the doctors till they helped me. below is a few pictures of the crash.

The Number 1 Rite of Passage Female Infibulation

There not much i wanna say on this or right its pertty horrible. Practiced in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, this gruesome and often life threatening ritual is also known as female circumcision. During the procedure the labia and clitoris are removed after which a wall of flesh forms across the vagina. A small hole is then pricked in it to allow for menstruation and urine. As you can see this is very painful if you were a girl and the survival rate is one in five woman will die. Theres not much more to this i dont wanna add a picture. But enjoy