Cultural Taboos :)

CULTURAL TABOOS IN MALAYSIA

In this time, I want to share with you all about cultural taboos in our Malay community.There are many culture taboos that have been presented to us from old people, especially when we were children. As children, I always wondered whether the prohibition is true or merely hypothetical. I hope with assumptions, you can leave a comments.

Several common taboos that I have heard are as follow:

        Firstly, the common thing that my father always say to me, “Do not sit on the pillow, lest infected boil around the buttocks”.  It sounds very strange. Since I was very stubborn, I have dared to experiment. Without feeling guilty, I was sitting on a pillow several times to accept the alleged curse. Cis! No boil grow at all! But then I realize now, use the pillows to lay the head, not the buttocks. If we sit on the pillow, actually it is looks like no manner. 

     

       Old people also said that,  "Do not open an umbrella in the house, the snake will enter the house.” About this taboo, I still confused and I am stuck to find the answer. Ah! I do not know what the rationale behind it. But I think there may be sharp corner on the umbrella in case of negligence which may puncture the eye. Don't you agree ?

      Okay. There is also forbidden taboo that it sounds very prank. It sounds like this, “girls who are not married yet cannot sing in the kitchen, as feared would be delayed your marriage”.  Very terrible and obsessive thought all girls? As a precaution, many girls are afraid to sing in the kitchen. They decided to sing in the toilet, they bark with emotions and think of them is like Jaclyn Victor. I took a long time to find the answer. But on this day there may be truth to the assumption that I have derived from the bosom. From my opinion, when girls singing in the kitchen, there is a possibility they will be splashed saliva into the dish or food in the pot. I just think rationally. If you have a more accurate answer or you have your own opinion so lets share with us in Walla Walla Helwaa’s blog.

        Actually too many taboo and customs that do not make sense and it can be found in the traditions of our society. But behind the trickery in the forbidden taboo, there are many lessons we can learn from it. But our ancestors education methods differ, they do not like to tell accurately about the consequences. They prefer intimidating so we do not make mistakes. Effects and consequences will be explored slowly, in line with increasing age. In conclusion, taboo and tradition in our society seems to resemble the teachings of error, but actually implied a very valuable lesson.

singing in the kitchen while cooking

sitting on the pillow