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The Batek | =Culture= | ||
The Batek believe that someone who is unjustly angry at may cause the target of their anger to catch a disease called ''ke'oy'' involving fever, depression, and shortness of breath. The angry person needs to control their emotions to cure the sick person. This belief promotes peacefulness by discouraging extreme anger and grudges.<ref>"Batek," ''Peaceful Societies", https://peacefulsocieties.uncg.edu/societies/batek/.</ref> | |||
Batek society treats women and men equally. Marriage is monogamous, and divorce can easily be attained by either partner.<ref>"Batek," ''Peaceful Societies''.</ref> | |||
Children are raised with enormous freedom, and their minimal restrictions or discipline have to do with safeguarding them from tigers, strangers, and the thunder god. To teach them the value of sharing, children are often encouraged to deliver food to other families.<ref>"Batek," ''Peaceful Societies''.</ref> | |||
=Economy= | |||
The Batek share all food, including vegetarbles and meat. They do not have private property.<ref>"Batek," ''Peaceful Societies''.</ref> | |||
=Crime= | |||
Interpersonal violence is strictly prohibited and violators may be ostracized.<ref>"Batek," ''Peaceful Societies".</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 15:06, 27 March 2022
The Batek are an egalitarian, immediate-return foraging society in Malaysia.[1] Anthropologist Ivan Tacey reports:
"In Batek life, personal autonomy is highly valued but alongside mutual sharing. So, it's egalitarianism, gender egalitarianism, there's no chiefs, men are not more powerful than women, there's no corporate groups, there's no age sets. People are equal. You can't even boss your children around [...] They are very much anarchists in the way they have these high, high, high levels of individual autonomy (which is not to be equated with individualism) but also extremely high levels of sharing."[2]
Culture
The Batek believe that someone who is unjustly angry at may cause the target of their anger to catch a disease called ke'oy involving fever, depression, and shortness of breath. The angry person needs to control their emotions to cure the sick person. This belief promotes peacefulness by discouraging extreme anger and grudges.[3]
Batek society treats women and men equally. Marriage is monogamous, and divorce can easily be attained by either partner.[4]
Children are raised with enormous freedom, and their minimal restrictions or discipline have to do with safeguarding them from tigers, strangers, and the thunder god. To teach them the value of sharing, children are often encouraged to deliver food to other families.[5]
Economy
The Batek share all food, including vegetarbles and meat. They do not have private property.[6]
Crime
Interpersonal violence is strictly prohibited and violators may be ostracized.[7]
- ↑ James Woodburn, "Egalitarian Societies," Man 17, no. 3 (1982): 433.
- ↑ Ivan Tacey, "Predation and Monstrosity among Malaysian Indigenous Peoples- history, violence and ontology," Radical Anthropology Group," 1 March 2022, https://vimeo.com/686366082.
- ↑ "Batek," Peaceful Societies", https://peacefulsocieties.uncg.edu/societies/batek/.
- ↑ "Batek," Peaceful Societies.
- ↑ "Batek," Peaceful Societies.
- ↑ "Batek," Peaceful Societies.
- ↑ "Batek," Peaceful Societies".
