Sunday, May 29, 2011

Raramuri

According to my Chihuahuain coworker the Tarahumara, (the tribe native to that part of northern Mexico,) have a few interesting quirks about their language.

One notable oddity of the language is the fact that, apparently, there is no word for romantic love. There are words for sex and words for platonic and agape love, but romantic love remains unnamed. What this implies about the perception of love within the culture I can only speculate about, but certainly it must somehow affect how people relate to the concept.


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