Weird cultural superstitions.

Wintermute · #1 08-12-2005, 01:12 PM

I learned at lunch today from my Indian friend (slurpee Indian, not casino Indian) that according to Indian tradition, if you pass salt hand-to-hand to one another, it means you'll get in a fight with that person.

So you have to put the salt down, then the other guy picks it up.

What other bizarre superstitions are there for various cultures?

kurosh · #2 08-12-2005, 01:14 PM

Don't pour out hot water or the Jin will curse your family or kill your children... or something. and i'm pretty sure jin is wrong, but similar to that.

RacersEdge · #3 08-12-2005, 01:14 PM

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Is he from the 7-11 tribe?

jakethebake · #4 08-12-2005, 01:16 PM

On Okinawa (maybe mainland Japan too) it's bad luck to leave chopsticks stuck in a bowl of rice.

2+2 wannabe · #5 08-12-2005, 01:58 PM

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On Okinawa (maybe mainland Japan too) it's bad luck to leave chopsticks stuck in a bowl of rice.

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this is true in many asian countries - it signifies death

jakethebake · #6 08-12-2005, 02:01 PM

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On Okinawa (maybe mainland Japan too) it's bad luck to leave chopsticks stuck in a bowl of rice.

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this is true in many asian countries - it signifies death

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Interesting I didn't know this was across cultures. My first week on Oki, i went with some friends to one of their girlfriend's house. She cooked for us all. Someone left the chopsticks sticking out of his rice and she absolutely flipped out. I mean she went crazy.

M2d · #7 08-12-2005, 02:39 PM

a rice bowl with chopsticks sticking out of them is one of the traditional items at a japanese funeral (food for the journey, etc). As i was raised, it's not so much bad luck as extremely rude.

jakethebake · #8 08-12-2005, 02:41 PM

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a rice bowl with chopsticks sticking out of them is one of the traditional items at a japanese funeral (food for the journey, etc). As i was raised, it's not so much bad luck as extremely rude.

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Interesting. So I guess that's where it comes from. Where are you, or your family, from?

M2d · #9 08-12-2005, 02:45 PM

Japanese from Hawaii. 4th generation, so the culture's been watered down a hell of a lot.

AsiaKurosawa · #10 08-12-2005, 03:09 PM

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Japanese from Hawaii. 4th generation, so the culture's been watered down a hell of a lot.

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Hey m2d, what's after "yonsei"? I asked my (now passed) grandfather once what was after me (yonsei) and he said, "after that, IT DOESN'T MATTER!"

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