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Wes Janzen

Mr. Hill GR. 8

Oct. 5th, 2010

Cultural Patterns

The Pokot and Canada The Pokot people live in the Western, Central, Northern and the South Western parts of Kenya, Africa. The population is around 220,000.The Pokot have two main groups “Herdsmen” and “Grain People” That make up their society. The Pokot have very different economic and political ways then we have here in Canada. As well as their economic and political differences between Canada and the Pokot there are many others such as; kinship differences, Artistic differences, Religious differences, Educational differences even the way that they have fun and play is different. In this essay I will compare and contrast all of these differences. The Pokot people are considered wealthy or poor based on how much cattle they have, in both groups Herdsmen and Grain People. Herdsmen are typically wealthier than Grain People but they need both to function as a society. Because the cattle are worth so much they are rarely slaughtered so the Pokot’s diet consists mainly of a mixture of cattle blood and milk. Where as in Canada people are considered wealthy or poor based on what kind of job or career that they have and how much money they have and are making. The Pokot are governed by a series of age grades. Where as is in Canada we elect our leaders such as our Mayors, Members of Parliament, Prime Ministers and so on. Like Canada the Pokot settle their disputes at Kokwo a sort of open court where arguments, disputes and disagreements are settled. To the Pokot the first wives have the true power in any family (that’s right first wives their polygamists). In Canada that is sort of true to the wives and mothers do have some control but in some families but husbands and fathers typically get a say in what goes on. The Pokots art consists mainly of body ornamentation such as elaborate hair styles and jewellery and wigs made for young men to specify what age grade you are in. where as in Canada there is to many forms of art for one to count just about everything is a form of art painting, writing, dancing, cooking, sculpting, welding, music etc. The Pokot are polygamists and believe in having many wives but you must first buy them from their family using cattle. They also have three Gods “Tororut”, “Asis” and “Ilat”. These Gods rule the realm known to them as “The Above” While plants animals and humans rule the realm know to them as “The Below” (Earth). The men and the women have the responsibility to maintain peace and prosperity in “The Below”. The Pokot fear their Gods and believe that wrongdoings are punishable by their Gods. Because Canada is so rich in cultural differences and is so diverse Canada has a very wide variety of religions, more than I can count. The Pokot people do not have an educational school system like the people in Canada do instead the boys are raised to one day be either a “Herdsman” or a “Grain Person” and when they reach a certain age (15-20) they are sent out to work at a cattle ranch or something along those lines to become wealthy enough to get married and the girls are of marrying age beginning at the ages of 10-12. The Pokot children play games such as hop-scotch and marbles and a game called rounder’s. Rounder’s that is sort of like base-ball. And in Canada we play games similar to those. And in Canada we can grow up to play those games professionally. To summarize even though the Pokots culture and things like economic, political, kinship, artistic, religious, educational and even recreation and play views are different than our own they have some similarities. And these differences are good they are what make the world unique and diverse. Without these differences the world would be bland and boring these differences make us great.

References • [] l  • • [] • [] • [] • []   chose to put my Pokot essay on my wiki because I put a lot of work into it and I am proud of the way it turned out and it was one of the few things that I have written that the words just flowed while I was writing it. -  The Rubbaround My business provides both a service and a product. The product is a special rubber bumper that goes all around your car (and is attached in pieces so you can still open your car door) so if someone without Rubbaround crashes into the side of your car they will still bounce away leaving you and your car unharmed. The Rubbaround was built by the best team of auto- technicians the world has to offer. And the service is having our team of specially trained and certified auto-technicians mould you a Rubbaround to fit your car and paint it the right color, and preform any and all repairs needed for free for the first 18 months. To start out we will need 10 auto-technicians, a supervisor, 3 salesmen, customer support worker and 5 mechanics and then if needed we can expand in the future. For our location we will need a two story factory. The first floor will be used as our workshop where the Rubbarounds are built, designed, specially moulded and installed to cars. And the top floor will serve as the office were clients can phone and salesman can sell. Customers can reach us on our website online that has an easy to fill out order form and our phone number (370-0910) is listed, they can also look us up in the phone book and we will have booths at most major car shows in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Once they have contacted us they can either drop off their car or we can pick it up for a small additional fee (prices very per distance) then they can either pick up their car or we can deliver it for another small additional fee. I chose my career ed. business project to put on my wiki because I really got in to it I even made a Rubbaround email and a business card on my laptop and I really enjoied writing it I`m proud of what the end result of what I wrote and I`m really exited about the second part. --- - I Chose my science water cycle quiz because I worked hard on it and got the marks to show for it.