another way in which groups maintain their boundaries without resorting to unacceptable degree of violence is by ritualizing their differences, and sport is a good contemporary example. the way in which people support teams playing their favourite sport is also another example of the segmentary system, as it happens, for the alignment varies depending on the degree of separation from the team heroes who are playing at any particular game. thus, groups of supporters who line up against one another at a game in the local stadium may find themselves on the same side for a nation encounter. likewise, in school tournaments, those who support a particular school at one game may find themselves side by side with their 'enemies' at a county match, and again with those enemies at a national one. to assist with understanding the segmentary system, Evans-Pritchard gave the example of how one would answer the question 'where are you from?' depending on where you were being asked. within a street, you would give the house number, within a town or city, the street name, in another location, the town name, and so forth. only in a foreign land would you name your country of origin. the building of nation states around the world has involved much attention to inculcating pride in belonging, and there are