An extract from Horace Miner’s “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema

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Across
  1. 1. A private place at home where Nacirema perform body rituals
  2. 2. Magical items kept in a box to protect health (like medicine)
  3. 4. Not public; done alone or in secret
  4. 5. To copy someone or something, often to be like them
  5. 7. A sacred building for rituals, like a hospital in disguise
  6. 8. Humor used to show the strange parts of society (like this article!)
  7. 9. A repeated cultural ceremony, like brushing teeth every day
  8. 13. A special temple for healing; spell it backwards!
  9. 15. A strong idea that something is true, even without proof
  10. 16. A formal or religious action, often repeated
  11. 17. Something beyond science — like magic or spirits
  12. 18. Nacirema spelled backwards; who they really are
Down
  1. 1. Giving something up, usually for a greater cause
  2. 3. A person who prepares natural plant-based cures
  3. 6. Something you take to treat illness or stay healthy
  4. 10. The study of human cultures — the field behind this article
  5. 11. To give time or effort to something important
  6. 12. To point out what’s wrong with something — often what this article does
  7. 14. How something or someone looks on the outside