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Emma Gouh.
Sao
lO
Cruz. CA
Food Taboos-
stronger Than
Hunger'?
by
Charles Vonson
Thc uhtm.Hr
tra¡edy
m
thr
"orld food
'hcuu~c
t'
th.at
\O
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of
thc hunl!Cf
tu~
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cumrlt.
sustam~
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man)
aule
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·d~
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cou~.
bu•
<.~mm;~b
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~nvuonmem The~
c.mlt .nc
not
!tntrall~
used
~
a 'IOurtt
Llf
food
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Arnca' 'i m1dS«uon '"
a
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/Onc. In ll
all
animJI
milli. h+l'
tradn•on.1lly
bccn
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body
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as
unne:
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3
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ti
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it
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·l'
o
pt.Hton
by
wrcercrs In sorne
arcas
only
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nHtft.~,
r:ethcr
than
ch•ldren
are
allo\\oed
10
\1011...
milk
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are
onen ...epi
J\
J.
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r.ource
A
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occu~
m L.ast and
)t'ulh
·\~t.a. ahhtlU~h
mtlh.ble
;an1m.al\
+~re
abund;tnl
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Lno"'n
10 re(u.,e
Ul
Llll
an
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cvt'n
thóugh fam-
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mcmbcn
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lno.Ja.an
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w1th
nc.uh
one
tirth
tlf
thc
""orld's unJe. ,,
probabl)
1he
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m
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are
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co
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fhndu,.
lnd•a·,
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relig1ou~
bod).
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ralher than
pcoplc.
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c-ommcnly
lcd
'P~•al
foods and honorcd
wllh
s.acnfic~
ul
cuhcr an1mnh. (",mfc roam
1hrough
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Conferences
by
JeH
Calkons
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tnternation.tl
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t.teu.·c
'P"~ulnlcll
th.11
mtemauonal monCtltry
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d~:llbcr.llcl~
mampulatcd
b)
1hC
hcihh ol
'IJfiOU' ..:cntml
banks
so
thal
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..
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n mttlanl
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1he
c..'Omfor1ablc-
:umv~orhcr-c
rroJuc.."C'\ thrt:c
unfortun;ne
effects:
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lhc
r~ttu,;lp.anl'
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u
•nd
dela~
10
ordcr
ht mttl
;a~.11n
nt"\l
ye~r
tn ornc&her Fun
CH) , (b)
1ht
p.lfllt.:lf\'áln~
.1rc
~
•om out
l'rom
C:\Uol·
C.:Uri'U;Ul.U ACtl\
IIIC\.
tht}·
q011e onrn bccomr
mcohcrenc
.and
tllog~e:al.
and
(e~
thc
hol•d.1y
lltmehrhcre
\:"re.ated
for thc
occa"•on ob-–
\C.:Urc~o
the
~r
..\'lt_\
nr
lhC' real
hfe~and~dCJlh
1'\'-U~
at hand
L.l\1
Novcmber's
largc:ly
unsueceli"ful
Wurt..S
l'ood Confcre-nt-t '"
Romc was
Jll~l
wch u
~tudy
111
conlrat.f i ction.~;.
Oe:tcaatc'
con\unled gcncrou' porllons
o(
smokcd
...ahnon.
fcnucm• with
lrufflcs.
ttnd
Mcak m
w1nc
'aucc
JJI
whttc
;~ucmpting
to mull
O'l·cr
thc (ate
o(
the t:M1ma1ed SOO m1lhon
human~o
JX'II"'td un
tht
brutk
ornarva110n .
The
menu
~tcd
at 1he
conferenct tenter
tl~l(
(lftcrcd
a
f~,·uh
array of
(ood
(or
lhc
1he
~htck.cn
wa>
first dome..;ticated m
Southcoi....t Ñla; ye1
toda}.
chtd.cn Re'ih otmi
es.s' .are
onen
avo•úed
by
rhe
more
pnmth\'\"
anhabei.lnh 10
thuc
rcg•on
and
in
"ome
parl\
of Alnca tOO. Egp
:arto
equ:ncd wilh
C:IC·
cremen
l. f'luc:kc: ns may
be
used ror
renthers.
cod·flglwng. .sacrificc and
mag.1c,
bul not
fur
ftlLtd.
Many beheve thac es:ung chickc•h
m
e~ tlc~troy'
ftruhty
or
hampe~
'>Uual
pcrf~lnnan~.:e
Snmt
nten
belie.,.c
tat•ng
pouhn- rroducl\ mak6 the:m
ctrem•nalc
WQmcn .t\'Oid
lhc:m.
th1nkmg lht)
m1~h1
c.·.au\C d" .utnm.
dcformH)·
or
d\uaacr
ft&'A \
'" thc1r unborn
c:htldren
f •'-"
1!-1
•n
tnt\j'N:nSI~·c
•nd
rc:;;,.sonabh·
pJtnuful
\OVf('('
of
protern 1n ma.n)
aru~
Y
ti
IJif<
numbcrs
of
oll·fed pcoplñ
r<¡ttl
.;c:n•tn
or
111
,.,rnds
of
fish.
In parl'lo of AffH.:ol
u
•~
lh()u¡ht thal
thh
::are
uncle:an
or
J'O'~
~'~d
of
t\·tl
~panes.
E.auog
them
allegedly
•nvue: ... dl\.t\tcr
The taboo tS
!JO
¡lrong
lhitl
\Ctv<~nl'
havc
opu:d
to lose
prcciou~
JOb'i
rathe:r
th;~n prcp;~.rc
fL<ih ror cmployers.
S1mplc
Ull\\lll1ngnes.-.,;
to ch::.ngc
C<lhng
hrtblb
¡.,
one
or
thc
MOSI
pre:v¡¡lcnt
food
cahóo~. Mo~t
pcvple
natur::.lly
rcft•sc
to
in·
gcst
,,I'.HI_gc or
rcpugnnnt
foods
~unply
bc–
Ctlu\C ,111
oub1dtr
10!t\IS
tht) ought tc.t
Sturvm¡..
ru.:t•accustonlcd Asi;tn:.. have m
t1me\
pi*:tl
\hunncd
g~rt~
of
whtas
or
ntJIItt
bec:aU!I.C
the)
v.cren·l
used 10 coolan_g thrm
lñ.u
ma~
;,ound
fuoh~h.
bul mosl ..civ•httd..
pcoplc would
rrot>.lbl)
be
cqually rtluct•n•
t()
cftotncc
•ngramc:d
eaung p.tllerns
bbcd
nn
lh~ oHJ~
t(C Of
In
aboti@.IDC'.
h
•~ P''luu.:.JII~
cluc
for wmc
C()m·
rntnc.uor-. ,,,
portra~
n
pi_ul!.h
Amcnc..J.
¡run1m1
.ao..J
~uc:ahng
Jt:s
v.a}
through
m('IUOI;Un)
or
porlt.rhOUSC':
)tC'al$ and \IIil\\•
btrr) 'hortcakc.•.
wh1lc
rhc
~l
of
1hc
•ori..S
drool'
Ver
C\'~n
tf
Amenea \\. ere 10
81\'C
¡((¡
f~-.od
OIW.I)
ll\
~mt rc~J
Sht
oughltO
tfó
lhc
rrobh~nl
would
\llll not be
~lvctl.
Onty
educ.:1110n
c.1n chmmare
food
taf>oo•
.1n<.l
nnh·
cdUL.lhon can
OOIWÍ I\Ce
O\'tr~
í.'rov.dcd
nÚUolh
of
th~
urgent
nec~.t
for bu th
t.:omr~11.
1
hmtnoucng
~tarvation
,.,
a
que..
twn
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Ulhn,
muHJ ~
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qomach.. O
flr,l
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che
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be
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more
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ntl
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madt.
thtrch~
o1llo"
•n~ dclcga1~
hl
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on 1he
)trect.
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~11
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of
nauonaltcy.
race,
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g1on.
or
ethn•~
b:J<'ksround
Anolhcr
mean~
for stepping up lhe ctrec·
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t)f
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conference.~;
would he 3 rcqusrcmcnt thal a ll dciCSIIlC"\
meet 10
lhc'r
underwcar.
No mih1ary pag.·
e.tntry
no fanfa rc. Th¡s barc-boned upo
1'\ruach
matht
helr deftate
cltauvmism and
m.tkc
all
rarllc•pants -
rega.rdless
of race
and
n41tOnaht>'
rcali1c lhey are-
rc:~IJ)
all
brothrD under
lhe
~k
in.
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WEEK ENDINO FEB 8. l!n5