Cultural Anthropology

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Cultural Anthropology
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The context of the topic related to anthropology relates towards the understanding of the
various cultures through out the human societies. The countries that have a more diverse cultural
population tend to more socially healthy and tolerant in comparison to the monocultures.
According the report, the more diversified a region is, in the term of cultural diversity and
ethnicity, the higher is the chance towards rich cultural quality. The places that are generally
culturally diverse tend to promote and encourage the bonding and the mutual respect (Hussain et
al., 2016). The diversity restrictions in the certain parts of the world have been influenced
towards the elimination due to the context of the globalization and its effect has been on an ever
changing pattern for the social scenario of the world. In the changing world with the boon of the
context of the globalization, the conflicts from the practice and the beliefs have been flourishing
to a greater extent. Thus it is extremely essential for the creation of the opportunities for a
culturally and socially secure place for the enhancement of the cross cultural diversity.
The diversity in the culture is one of the most intriguing factors from the context
of the human history. The numerous context of diversity including the race that has evolved
throughout the years and the numerous social beliefs, religious orientations that has been
developing towards the historical origin are some of the main factors for consideration. The
ethnic origins of the community tend to identify the group of the individuals sharing some of the
common beliefs and practices and some of the similar rituals as the integral part of their social
lives (Chesler, 2015). The essentiality towards the understanding of the different cultures and the
ethics tends to allow us towards an insight of the cultural beliefs and the thoughts that are diverse
for identifying the similarities among the cultures. The context of the cultural relativity lies on
the fact of the understanding of the other culture and the practices without initiating any sort of
hamper or interference. Respect towards all the cultures is generally challenged by the issue or

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the difficulty for the criticizing of the cultures that initiates the violation of the basic human
rights. The assignment highlights the context of the honor killing, which is one of the most
internationally argued violation regarding the rights of the women and the girls.
The harmful tradition and practice in the context of cultural customary, the concept of
honour killing is one of the major violation of the human rights rules and regulations. Included
and denoted as one of the most pathetic aspect regarding the disrespect towards the concept of
the human rights, the context of honour killing includes instances like forced marriage, rape,
imprisonment by the family, torture and even murder by the members of the family (Churchill,
2018). The context of honour killing is a customary practices which challenges and violates the
human life, equality, liberty and freedom without the context of any categories of
discriminations.
Honor, the word can be illustrated or defined as a latent trait that serves as one of the
essential factors that the people tend to regain for the reestablishment of their status in their
community. The loss of the honour has both the inner and the outer quality. This is because the
loss is not only accompanied by humiliation, disgrace and shame but also the loss of reputation.
The context of the honor killing in the current scenario is generally accompanied and associated
with the assassin or the murder of the female member of a family or a group of people in the
community or the society on the basis of the beliefs and the perceptions that the targeted victim
has brought dishonor and shame to the community and the family by the means of their acts ( El
Guindi, 2015). Most of the cases that has been reported till decade illustrates the victims to bee
women or the girls.