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The Clan Maintaining Function of Totem Culture's Elements

XU Shuang-xi

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Totem culture is a very complicated cultural phenomenon which originated in primitive time.Totem notion,totem taboo and totem art are the main elements which constituted totem culture.The paper tries to illustrate the elements to function to support in the earliest social organization,that is clan.

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Totem culture is a very complicated cultural phenomenon which originated in primitive time.Totem notion,totem taboo and totem art are the main elements which constituted totem culture.The paper tries to illustrate the elements to function to support in the earliest social organization,that is clan.

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Totem culture is a very complicated cultural phenomenon which originated in primitive time.Totem notion,totem taboo and totem art are the main elements which constituted totem culture.The paper tries to illustrate the elements to function to support in the earliest social organization,that is clan.

Key concepts: Totem, Taboo, Clan, Cultural phenomenon, Function (biology), Indian culture, Sociology, Anthropology

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