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| fascination | the state of being held spellbound by an irresistible power |
| primitive | belonging to or characteristic of an early stage of development |
| civilized | to cause to develop out of a primitive state |
| anthropologist | a person who studies human beings in relation to distribution, origin, classification, and relationship of races, physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture. |
| exotic | strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual; introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| initiation | the rites, ceremonies, ordeals, or instructions with which one is made a member of a sect or society |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| petroleum | a complex mixture of hydrocarbons with small amounts of other substances, and is prepared for use as gasoline |
| perception | awareness the act, process, or power of perceiving; especially : awareness of the elements of environment through sensation; capacity for understanding |
| symbolic | of, relating to, or using something that stands for something else |
