Eating Christmas in the Kalahari

I have finished reading the "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari" paper, and I would like to say how I admire the Bushmen. The Bushmens' style of forced humility is not just something they do as a family but as something they do as a community. Whenever some young man comes to their Bushmen camp with a big cow they are likely to boast and feel as if they are better then anyone else. No one likes a show off especially the Bushmen. The way they force the the humility upon the young hunters was through always telling them that their kill was too small, too old or too thin. In doing this the young hunter understands humility. Richard Lee is a social anthropologist and was working with Kung Bushmen. He had been there for a few years and always had a very steady supply of food the people always called him hard hearted or stingy for having all the food. When it came around Christmas Time, the Kung had a tradition of one member slaughtering their cow and giving the meat to everyone around, it was a way of saying thank you for your cooperation for the year. This year Richard decided to provide the cow for everyone. So he went to market looking to the meatiest and biggest cow he could find. He found and bought the cow. Then shortly after many members began to criticize him for the size of the cow, saying it was too old and thin. Richard became ashamed of his cow and felt bad for not bringing a big enough cow. After days of sulking he decided to offer up the cow anyway. When they cut into the cow it turned out that the cow was more than meaty and fat enough for everyone to eat. After that day, Tomazo, a friend to Richard, informed Richard on why everyone was insulting him and his cow. It was to teach Richard humility. That just because you have the biggest cow doesn't mean you have to go rub it in other people's faces.