The Eropagnis Society

Eropagnis society has been a newly-discovered tribesmen in the 19th Century, amidst all modernity. Probably, the obscure position at the very tip of the Malay Peninsula has prevented its early discovery. Since then, Eropagnis society has been the subject of attention for anthropologists. One noticeable custom of the Eropagnis society is the ‘Cognitive Ritual’. It stresses the importance of purity of the mind, symbolizing individual holiness, which is seen favourably by the High Priest, also the head of the tribe.

Eropagnis society is obsessed with the holy water. It is special since it is excreted from the Eropagnis people themselves. All members will contribute their body fluids, while the High Priest is responsible to use his magical power to perform rituals to salvage the fluids from all impurities. This holy water will then be consumed and used for body ablution, binding the tribesmen together harmoniously in a unique way. Eropagnis society also faithfully read their sacred books and recites several chants daily. Some are so engrossed in achieving higher-thinking order of the cognitive that they will visit respective chapels and enthusiastically listen to the cognitive preaching of the Low Priests. On certain seasons, Eropagnis society will be tested on their cognitive purity. This will be the time where most will be in complete trance-like mode, murmuring and reciting several chants to themselves, a ritual totally incomprehensible to most of us.

Customs differ greatly in different parts of the world. However it is noteworthy that rituals performed by Eropagnis society are essential for their group survival. It is indeed arguable that ‘modern civilization’ will not have taken place if not for tribesmen worldwide surviving their landscapes and surroundings through such ‘primitive rituals’.

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I did the short 1-page essay above while I was an undergraduate and until today I still smile while reading this. Could you decipher who the Eropagnis is? (*Hint: Spell Eropagnis backwards and re-read the essay to see some ‘peculiar’ rituals which we performed everyday without us even realizing it?