The leaders and more powerful individuals of the Nacirema society had huge walls that where always painted red and covered with jewels and rhinestones within their shrine rooms. A leader was elected by the Nacirema people. He would have to be the eldest male with no female off-spring within his family. The shrines was important to the leaders because it held what they believed most valuable to them, their so-called "magic" that protected them from everything. Very large chest made of stone with straw and gold was built into the walls that held their magic potions that they concocted from plants, herbs and food extract and large paper scrolls that held the ingredients such as, frog leg, lard and over boiled water recipes for the potions. They had potions for everything. Potions for sicknesses, potions for worshiping and magic potions for learning, just to name a few. The poor people of the Nacirema tribe could not afford big shrines, so to imitate their leaders, they put pottery plaques on their walls and lined the floors that was usually the made from dirt, pebbles and straw along their walls with their scrolls and magic potions. When a potion became old and had served its purpose, it would not be thrown out, instead, it's ingredients would be painted onto a scroll with finger paint made from old potion for future use and the potion continued to take up space within the Nacirema shrine until it is remade for future use.
