Read the following excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds."

The sky in the west was full of pale yellow light. Louise stood outside with her hands in the pockets of Leon's green army jacket that was too big for her. The funeral was over, and the old men had taken their candles and medicine bags and were gone. She waited until the body was laid into the pickup before she said anything to Leon. She touched his arm, and he noticed that her hands were still dusty from the corn meal that she had sprinkled around the old man. When she spoke, Leon could not hear her.

Which detail in this excerpt indicates that Leon and his family still carry out traditional Pueblo practices?
A.) the funeral service and the candles

B.) the sky in the west and the pale yellow light

C.) the body in the pickup and the army jacket

D.) the medicine bags and the sprinkled cornmeal

Respuesta :

Answer: The detail in this excerpt that indicates that Leon and his family still carry out traditional Pueblo practices is D)  the medicine bags and the sprinkled cornmeal.

Explanation: In this excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko's "The Man to Send Rain Clouds", the medicine bags and the sprinkled cornmeal are elements that belong to the Native American culture, which is also the culture that Leon and his family share. A medicine bag, which contains supernatural items, is usually carried by Native American men to lead a harmonic life and to be more powerful. Moreover, sprinkled cornmeal is part of the burial ritual of Native Americans to prepare the dead person for the afterlife. In "The Man to Send Rain Clouds", Leon organizes a burial for old Teo following the Native American traditions.

Pueblo refers to the Native tribes of Puebloans having fixed-location communities with permanent buildings which also are called pueblos.

The correct option is D:-the medicine bags and the sprinkled cornmeal.

Which detail in this excerpt indicates that Leon and his family still carry out traditional Pueblo practices?

In this excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko's "The Man to Send Rain Clouds", the medicine bags and the sprinkled cornmeal are elements that belong to the Native American culture, which is also the culture that Leon and his family share.

A medicine bag is usually carried by Native American men to lead a harmonic life and to be more powerful.

Sprinkled cornmeal is part of the burial ritual of Native Americans to prepare the dead person for the afterlife.

In "The Man to Send Rain Clouds", Leon organizes a burial for old Teo following the Native American traditions.

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