the superstitions in afghan culture

[salam]

do you guys want to hear a true story?

Aoo

[Digital Malang]

share the story grave bro

[graveyardofempires]

There has been a common thing that if my hand touches my throat by chance so I have to do one thing, I have to bring all the fingers of my right hand together and bring it to my mouth and say khoo khoo lol .... and it is done for compensation.

lol

if you accidently touch someones foot from behind ,than you should shake hands with him ot you might get into a fight.

[salam]

lol

if you accidently touch someones foot from behind ,than you should shake hands with him ot you might get into a fight.

loooooooool

[Laila]

Ohhhhh i know a lot!


* Havent you noticed that amongst Afghans....when you are walking lets say in the street. You accidentially step on the person's foot in front of you, yeah you are supposed to shake hands. Afghans think that if you stepped on back of the persons foot in front of you, it means you are both going to fight. Now i have the habit of doing it

* When a baby is born, especially a girl, they put Allah (SWT) jewelry hanging on her bed/crib. It means it will help to keep her safe from other eyes. There are hundreds of photos of me with that jewelry hanging from my crib. They would even place it on my forehead.

* When you move into a new house, you span the entire house for a few days, causing the stench to stay strong in order to keep evils from outside away.

* Havent you noticed your grandfather/father/uncle fold the right side tip of the prayer rug? I dont remember what the reason is exactly, but its something about shaitaan.

* After you go out in safar (trip) you throw water as the musafir is leaving, hoping to keep them safe and good luck.

* The wedding night, when the bride steps into her new home (in-laws home most of the time) they put chickens blood on her heel or feet for prosperity of a daughter-in-law having her first step in.

* The first 7 days of a bride in her new home is not allowed to do housework, it means it will help keep the devil from causing her to be too weakened to fulfill her work.


I have a lot more if you want to hear them

[Janana]

An old lady told me that if I swept the house and at some point the broom touched a person, I would have to spit on the broom otherwise they would die.

[graveyardofempires]

as far as i know this really happend.

if you guys are familiar with kabul you might know the place called chilsitoon and there is also this little village called "kelay".
some far relatives from my mother side llived there,these people were extremely poor.
one day the elder of th efamily was walking alone in the noon while it was very hot weather.he was in this open field with one tree in the distance ,as he kept walking all up sudden he saw three individuals all dressed in white apear to him.He was shocked and than asked these "individuals" for dua and after that this family had good luck and became very rich.

so who were those in white robs?

[torkham]

a superstition i heard one was when you get that high pitch sound in your ear, in the left ear it means someone is talking bad about you and in the right ear it means someone is talking good about you :P

i heard if one has a little shiver, it means his/her grave is thinking of him/her. very creepy.

[Laila]

as far as i know this really happend.

if you guys are familiar with kabul you might know the place called chilsitoon and there is also this little village called "kelay".
some far relatives from my mother side llived there,these people were extremely poor.
one day the elder of th efamily was walking alone in the noon while it was very hot weather.he was in this open field with one tree in the distance ,as he kept walking all up sudden he saw three individuals all dressed in white apear to him.He was shocked and than asked these "individuals" for dua and after that this family had good luck and became very rich.

so who were those in white robs?

wrora, there are so many stories of Chilseetoon.....my father told me while he was growing up, all the street kids thought that area was haunted

[graveyardofempires]

wrora, there are so many stories of Chilseetoon.....my father told me while he was growing up, all the street kids thought that area was haunted

i heard once there was this big reptile found at that little jungle where int he middle there is a castle.
btw that story i told you is said to have really happend and i know another one.

DO YOU GUYS WANT TO HEAR THIS ONE ,IT IS ABOUT THE TIME OF CIVIL WAR AND HOW MY UNCLE ESCAPED FROM BEING KILLED BY HAZARAS.

[Janana]

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* When a baby is born, especially a girl, they put Allah (SWT) jewelry hanging on her bed/crib. It means it will help to keep her safe from other eyes. There are hundreds of photos of me with that jewelry hanging from my crib. They would even place it on my forehead.

* After you go out in safar (trip) you throw water as the musafir is leaving, hoping to keep them safe and good luck.
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I have heard of these as well. Also when the person is going on a journey they pass under the Qur'an before they leave the house, then throw water as they leave.

[Janana]

By the way, what is the word for "superstition" in Pashto?

[torkham]

when you walk under trees at night.....peeryan de pa sar kene....LOL

heard that one.

also not to sleep under trees, the jinns ****() on you,

the other explanation was the jinns suck air out of you

[Laila]

[QUOTE=Janana;485632]

* When a baby is born, especially a girl, they put Allah (SWT) jewelry hanging on her bed/crib. It means it will help to keep her safe from other eyes. There are hundreds of photos of me with that jewelry hanging from my crib. They would even place it on my forehead.

* After you go out in safar (trip) you throw water as the musafir is leaving, hoping to keep them safe and good luck.
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I have heard of these as well. Also when the person is going on a journey they pass under the Qur'an before they leave the house, then throw water as they leave.

Yes they pass the Quran exactly 3 times.

[graveyardofempires]

By the way, what is the word for "superstition" in Pashto?

you may have the honour of making obe up.