Saturday, March 30, 2019
Lil abner and Things fall apart
After seeing the well performed and witty musical this week with our very talented classmates, I was thinking about the general concept of “sadie Hawkins day” and how it relates to our current cultures as well as cultures in our current readings. Sadie Hawkins day is the day where basically if a girl catches a boy in a race, they get to marry them on the spot. In American culture.. well I don’t think I need to summarize how that generally works.. I think we all know. And in the ibo culture, polygamy is clearly quite common. I think it’s interesting to think about different types of loves and the way they develop in different cultures. Like in “Dogpatch, USA” there’s no alotted time to really fall in love before marriage, in regular American culture, relationships typically take their time before marriage for real and true love to develop, and in the ibo culture, you can apparently be in love with more than one person at once. Thinking about the different ways in which we love one another is such an interesting concept to me. I dare you to ponder it as well.
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Wow Anabella, this is a great connection between Lil Amber and Things Fall Apart. This was the first play I have ever performed in, and it has given me a much greater appreciation for culture. After being in this play, I can see why Achebe wants to place such an emphasis on culture in Africa.
This discussion also provokes thought about the rituals that go into courtship, engagement, and later marriage in the culture of the Igbo people. It is bizarre for us to consider the elaborate waist beads on a young woman's body and numerous pots of palm wine surrounding two families together on the floor of their small huts, for example. In order to put that into perspective, however, we must consider how ridiculous it may have seemed to the Igbo people if a British woman had flashed her engagement ring and explained the wedding ceremony of her people to them. The appreciation and understanding that comes through discussions such as these is enlightening, and I'm thankful cultures are different so that we can give and take.
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