Comments on: Faces of the Dewa Family http://www.quarteryear.com/faces-of-the-dewa-family/ Travel Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Azure http://www.quarteryear.com/faces-of-the-dewa-family/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Azure Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:35:04 +0000 http://www.quarteryear.com/?p=1337#comment-613 I think this tells so much about a person. If you know from the first meeting that someone is the oldest or a younger child, you will have different expectations. For instance, without fail the oldest children here have been the most patient, we'll often times see them carrying their younger siblings. Most people have a lot of children, so you can count on Made and Nyomin being in the middle. I also wonder if this places more importance on birth order than it does on individuality, which is quite opposite from our culture. The fact that families don't seem to record their family history also places an importance on the here and now. With names, I wonder if it doesn't matter so much about who the person is, but more how they fit in to the overall family group and relate to one another in the here and now. Obviously, I have no proof of any of this, so these are just thoughts. I think this tells so much about a person. If you know from the first meeting that someone is the oldest or a younger child, you will have different expectations. For instance, without fail the oldest children here have been the most patient, we’ll often times see them carrying their younger siblings. Most people have a lot of children, so you can count on Made and Nyomin being in the middle.

I also wonder if this places more importance on birth order than it does on individuality, which is quite opposite from our culture. The fact that families don’t seem to record their family history also places an importance on the here and now. With names, I wonder if it doesn’t matter so much about who the person is, but more how they fit in to the overall family group and relate to one another in the here and now.

Obviously, I have no proof of any of this, so these are just thoughts.

]]> By: Mathew http://www.quarteryear.com/faces-of-the-dewa-family/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Mathew Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:49:07 +0000 http://www.quarteryear.com/?p=1337#comment-612 Doesn't this make kindergarten role call very very confusing? Doesn’t this make kindergarten role call very very confusing?

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