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What is a totem pole?

We live in a society divided into families. Our family, together with relatives, make up our tribe. However, our distant ancestors, like some modern peoples standing at a lower level of civilization, are united in a slightly different way than ours. These peoples live in tribes, and all members of the tribe are considered related to each other by family ties. This connection can be both real, real, and fictional. Such tribes, as a rule, have an ancient ancestor - the founder of the tribe - which can be either a mythical person whose deeds are revered for many centuries, or an animal, plant, and even an object of inanimate nature.

Usually members of the tribe believe that they are descended from an ancient ancestor who had a special kind of affection for a particular animal, or from this animal itself. In such cases, the tribe calls itself the name of this animal, and its symbolic image becomes the sign or totem of the tribe. Such a tribe is called a totem tribe. Many of the tribes depict their totems as carved and decorated totem poles. On these pillars, the image of a totem animal or ancestor, as well as other creatures that play an important role in the life of the tribe, is carved.

The totem pole, as a rule, is installed at the site of the tribe's settlement in some prominent place. In this way, the tribe tries to gain respect for itself and demonstrate its pride in the ancestor. The peoples living in such tribes in different parts of the world have different customs.

Quite widespread (especially among the North American Indians) is the custom, according to which members of one tribe cannot marry each other, but must seek a partner in another tribe. Children born from such marriages are considered to belong to the mother's tribe, not the father's.

Author: Likum A.

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In different countries, ballads differ from each other and have many names. In France they are called ballads, in Italy - "ballata", in Spain - romance, and in Russia - epic. In America, ballads are divided into several groups. One consists of traditional ballads that take us back six or seven centuries into British history. They have been passed down orally through many generations, and they have a large number of variations. Another group of ballads has its roots in England of the XNUMXth-XNUMXth centuries. They are sometimes referred to as poster ballads. Many of them were printed on the back of breaking news posters and sold on the streets for pennies.

The British brought the ballads to their colonies, where many of them have survived. Using them as a model, the Americans created ballads about gangsters like Jesse James and Billy the Kid, about strong people like John Henry, and about unlucky girls like "young Charlotte". They were often overdubbed with old British tunes, and often even used the same plot but with American music.

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