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Tự điển chuyên ngành nông nghiệp thế giới Vol1 - Bắc Mỹ - Vần P | 282 Ozarks tisms community suppers picnics and other church events provide an opportunity for social interaction and the reinforcement of Ozark beliefs and customs. Arts. Music and dancing are central features of Ozark life. Children routinely attend singing classes singing is a basic component of church services dulcimer making and playing have undergone a recent revival and bluegrass music and square dancing are common entertainments. Some utilitarian crafts such as rug making and quilting have been reborn as art forms for personal enjoyment and the craft trade. Medicine. Although most Ozarkers have access to and use modem medical care there was a rich folk pharmacopeia of herbal and vegetable oils tonics and potions to treat most ailments. Traditionally the midwife was a person of considerable importance in the community. Death and Afterlife. In the past all activities concerning death and preparation for burial took place in the home of the deceased. Today these matters are left to funeral homes and their directors though the tradition of neighbors cooking a midday meal for the relatives on the day of the burial continues. In the past widows were forbidden to remarry for one year. Bibliography Gerlach Russel L. 1976 . Immigrants in the Ozarks A Study in Ethnic Geography. Columbia University of Missouri Press. Gilmore Robert K. 1984 . Ozark Baptisms Hangings and Other Diversions Theatrical Folkways of Rural Missouri 1885-1910. Norman University of Oklahoma Press. Martin Gladys and Donnis Martin 1972 . Ozark Idyll Life at the Turn of the Century in the Missouri Ozarks. Point Lookout Mo. School of the Ozarks Press. Massey Ellen G. ed. 1978 . Bittersweet Country. Garden City . Anchor Books. Morgan Gordon D. 1973 . Black Hillbillies of the Arkansas Ozarks. Fayetteville Department of Sociology University of Arkansas. Rafferty Milton D. 1980 . The Ozarks Land and Life. Norman University of Oklahoma Press. Pacific Eskimo ETHNONYMS Aleut Alutiiq Pacific Gulf Eskimo .