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For this post I am going to compare and contrast the three cultures that I chose, which were Yuruba, Uzbeks and Tiwi to the topic that I chose to focus on  which was Religious Practices. For the last three posts that I talked about these three different cultures I didn't only focus on religion, but I also touched a little bit about their cultures and how they live. When it comes to Yoruba and their religion they believe in pantheon religi0n before the introdcution of Christianity and Islam. They practice an extensive system of cults and rituals which explains predictions of mystical powers. Another thing that I have seen was how sacrifices were the core of their worship in traditional religion.  When it comes to Uzbeks, the Soviet Union introduced to them what they called western biomedicine which was on the other hand used for condemnation of indigenous religious-based healing and even said that they are dangerous. After the independence from the Soviet Union the interest in ...
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                                                                                                                          Tiwi are Aboriginal people of Melville and Bathurst islands in Northern Australia. They speak Tiwi language and English. First time that Tiwi were mentioned in historic records was the early eighteenth century, when they came in contact with Dutch, Portuguese and British explorers. Prior to European settlement on the island, the Tiwi had an abundant subsistence economy of hunting, fishing and foraging in the bush, sea and along the shore, but after the  European settlement Tiwi became employed...
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