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Culture is important in any society especially when the people are united by it. In Blossoms of the Savannah, the Maa people have cultural practices that lead to the disintegration of the community. Resian leaves her parents' home and runs away because she wants to escape circumcision and early marriage.
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In a society, there can be retrogressive cultural practices that can disorient members of that community. Among the Maa people, female genital mutilation is one such cultural practice. Resian and Taiyo are attacked twice because they are intoiye nemengalana; uncircumcised. this, in turn, causes their father, Ole Kaelo, to be angry.
He calls upon his Ilmolelian clansmen to find the vagabonds and take action. they are from the Ilukumae Clan and they are fined for their action. Ole Kaelo has a homecoming party and he is welcomed into the Nasilian culture. After that, he asks Mama Milanoi to prepare the girls to be 3. circumcised and for marriage. He embraces the Maa culture and the things it brings with it. This worries Mama Milanoi but she can do nothing about it as the culture has no place for women to voice their concerns. Olanrinkoi tries to rape Resian when he forcefully takes her as he is wife. She is uncircumcised and he is reprimanded for it and his mother has to go back to her pebbles and chart out new directions, Joseph Parmuat and Taiyo fall in love with one another. they are not related by blood and only come from the same clan. They are not allowed by culture to marry as they are brother and sister in terms of culture. Should they break tradition, the repercussions are great including being regarded as outcasts. Parmuat chooses the Maa culture over his love for Taiyo.
Oloisudori is allowed by culture to marry as many wives as he can. He has six already and desires a seventh one. Resian is young enough to be his daughter but he wants her to become his wife. This is permitted in a society that does not value women.
Women are equated to children. Elders would usually not enter a hut with girls and the girls had to be sent out if they (elders) came in. Resian suffers because, culturally, a boy is considered better than a girl and when she was born. Ole Kaelo had wanted a boy. He resents her for that.
Conclusion
The Ole Kaelo family disintegrates because Ole Kaleo wants his daughters to be circumcised and married while still too young. He does not see why a woman should go to school as he believes women are meant to be married. His family falls apart because of the very culture that he has embraced; Nasilian culture.
marto answered the question on August 27, 2019 at 07:50
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