tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18623485.post7924871483479037466..comments2023-10-28T05:24:43.691-07:00Comments on BITTER CHOCOLATE: Ironical SuperstitionsRachnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12237516640673368951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18623485.post-13238257554522367792009-10-31T15:23:31.327-07:002009-10-31T15:23:31.327-07:00In Sri Lanka, boiling milk over the pot signifies ...In Sri Lanka, boiling milk over the pot signifies prosperity, something that we do first day of going to a new house. <br /><br />This is why people should not generalize cultures and countries and combine parts of the world. If things can be this different within India, you can imagine how I feel when many Indians (most of whom I don't know well) have told me that "Sri Lanka, India.. it's the same".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156491728923734846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18623485.post-52392812311819261152009-10-28T18:14:13.733-07:002009-10-28T18:14:13.733-07:00Hahaha..I am exactly opposite of you in that way. ...Hahaha..I am exactly opposite of you in that way. If you tell me a superstition, I will do exactly the opposite thing: While growing up I was told not to wash hairs on Thursday so that would be the day I will wash them. I will cut my finger nails on a Saturday and was never bothered about my chappals. :)<br /><br />But I know what you mean... I lived in TN for 2-1/2 years and was surprised to hear these superstitions the other way round. But then that's what they are: superstitions, aren't they?Richahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567916687338546057noreply@blogger.com