Cultural Anthropology Under the Kapok Tree The ethnography, “Under the Kapok Tree: Identity and Difference In Beng Thought”, was in my opinion, a very excellent detailed description of the daily life, rituals, customs, and traditions, and religion of the Beng. The Beng are from a West African forest and have managed to construct a society and live out their daily lives in relation to an interconnected series of meditations on the notions of identity and …showed first 75 words of 1325 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1325 total…Tree that they worship so. The Beng are very religious and live under very strict customs and traditions. The marriages between the cousins are by far the most taboo. In my opinion, of course, since I have not been exposed to their culture and probably never will. Overall the ethnography was very well written and full of details. The topics that I spoke of were just some of the many that I found most interesting.