Edward Curtis photo of a Kwakwaka'wakw potlatch with dancers and singers.


Celebration of Thanksgiving Day here in Canada on Monday inspired this gift for our readers to ponder:

The origin of the potlatch from which potluck dinners are derived; why turkeys are sacrificed; and a short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges entitled "The Lottery in Babylon", from a compilation called "Labyrinths".


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