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people can hold there liquor

rinks of theglassful. (20) The person being toasted drinks the other half. If there is a new person inthe group he or she is usually given a myriad of toasts. Also if there is an attractivefemale she is bombarded with toasts. This ritual is very important to the Camba becausethe idea of someone turning down a toast is unthinkable. The Mixe Indians are a people that though are often drunk they have a certainlevel of respect. It is very important to them that if and when they do fight that they fightfairly even if they have weapons. They are a people that when fighting use absolutely noweapons. Nearly all members carry machetes and rifles. The fights usually break outwhile the members are intoxicated. The men in the tribe, before they engage in a fight,hold out their weapons to onlookers, and then begin to fight with their fists. (22) The men will fight but they do not want to deliver a serious injury to their adversary. Not onlydo they not want to hurt their advesary but after the fight is over they help each other upand embrace each other. Another possible answer to this question lies within the Kaingang Indians. Theyare a group that get drunk first then go to war unless they are drinking with members oftheir inner group. If they are drinking with a group that is an outer group the results areusually very bloody. The Kaingang Indians would invite members of an outside group tojoin them to brew beer.(22) These outer groups knew that blood would be shed nomatter what, yet at the same time they couldnt backaway from the invitation either. The third question that a interactionist theorist could ask is how is societyexperienced? Society is experienced by all different factors in our surroundings and enviorment , relative to the article all 4 cultures deal with everday experiences that assist in there interactions. In the case of the Kaingnag , one of aspect of there society is experienced through alcohol. They invite outer groups to drink b...

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