Do You Believe In Taboo?
Taboo? English today, our class is reading some passage about Taboos. It is interesting, but do you believe in it? Or is it just nonsense? Well, I do practice certain taboos in my daily routine, though some might sound a bit rubbish or nonsense.
Some of the taboos are still practiced in my family, but some are very new to me. There’s a taboos related to sleeping, which my family and I practiced, that is “not to let your dirty feets go to bed”. Yeap, I always wash my feet before I go to bed. I’m used to it. I did this everynight, automatically, it’s like part of my routine.
An expecting mother should not be frighten by something hideous. If you got frighten by that something during a pregnancy, your baby will resemblance that something.
Well, this story is kinda real, as told by my mom. My mom’s relative was pregnant. And so, one day she got frighten by a monkey. When the baby is born, the baby really looks like a monkey!! Not only that, the baby is also very naughty!! True? My mom can’t possibly be lying rite?
Don’t take picture of the naked baby or the baby will be embarassed of themself when they look at themself naked.
I don’t believe that. Why? Cos I have a lot of pictures of myself when i was a young baby, naked. And now, I dont feel embarass of myself, I mean, why would I? Well, if I do embarassed of myself, then i would believe in this taboo.
Actually there’s more taboo on the book, but I forgot most of them. But the thing is, some i practiced, some i don’t. Hmm….. is this taboo thing real? Some I do believe, some I dont….
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July 14th, 2004 at 10:52 am
when i read this, the first thing that came to mind was faith. you know how those christian evangelist are on tv and they get people to give them money for healing adn stuff, and some of it works and most of it dont. some people say, it all depends on faith. when one has strong beliefs and faith in something, for example a taboo that has been injected into their minds and bloodstreams ever since they were kids, then who knows… if you believe in something so hard, your body and mind could react strongly to it and make what seems like nonsense become real. anyway, most taboos are there to prevent children from doing things that adults dont approve of, like, dont sing while you’re cooking or you’ll marry an old man. They just dont want their teenage daughters to burn the fish to a crisp
July 14th, 2004 at 11:55 am
heh, i wash my feet too before I go to bed. donno why, but i can’t sleep without doing so..
July 15th, 2004 at 9:06 pm
Well all i can say is that it is all in your mind. My dad who used to work in Nigeria 20 years ago told me a story about the people over there, especially the rural ppl. Anyway he befriended a local ‘witch doctor’ u c. Then one day, while he was drinking with him the witch doctor turn round and pointed at one of the locals. He said some chanting and aslo said that he would die the following day. Though the guy was in perfect health, true enough he died the next day. So as one can see here it really is all in the mind. In the end let science, logic and our faith in God dictate our thinking and not some shallow taboo. This has been vital information for your everyday life!