Introduction
-Taboos are past beliefs related to customs and cultural heritage of their ancestors. Taboos are things that block us from doing something because there are disadvantages versa. It is often practiced by the elders among the Malays, Chinese and Indians. Most of verbal taboos lowered down to wane. Importance of customary taboos to be observed as clearly expressed by saying "let the child die, do not die custom."
Taboos imposed by the elders to educate the community, especially the younger generation that can lead to better application of values that can be practiced in life. Some taboos are already a practice or principle of life today.
All taboos are actually passed to the virtues of itself as taboo during weddings, festivals and also during pregnancy.Actually, taboos handed down by ancestors concerned about health care that a person is healthy.
Taboos during wedding
Marriage Indians in Malaysia are classified into several types, namely tamil tirumanam, eliyat tirumanam and vaitiikat tirumanam. There are many customs and taboos to be followed by Indians during the marriage.
Spy is taboo during a response will be the couple visits as a spy. But when the bride's entourage, the bride is forbidden to follow as well as considered rude.
In addition, before the marriage takes place, the invitation should be made and are based on Hindu almanac without error, if there is an error means the marriage will not be carried out smoothly.
If the wedding reception is done in the temple, the only vegetables can be served to guests and other food can not be served especially beef, because the Hindu religion prohibits eating beef.
In conclusion, in the days modems now many Indians continued to comply with the customs and taboos inherited from his ancestors because this situation proves traditional and unique culture of Indians.
Taboos during Diwali
-Diwali is celebrated by Hindus all over the world. The word Diwali is a combination of the words "Dipa" meaning light and the word "Gavali" meaning row. The festival is celebrated on the 14th day of the calendar month Aipasi Tamil (between October and November). The festival is also known as the festival of lights. Light means 'hope', 'win' and 'happiness'.
On the evening before the festival, the whole family would gather for dinner together with various kinds of traditional Indian food dish. At night held ceremonies must install the lamp by the whole family. Lamps installed believed that the brightness can overcome all evil. There is also a ceremonial head stacking rice husks that have been or are colored with different colors on the front door. This ceremony brings deep meaning to all Hindus including small beings in this world, such as ants as a sign of welcome speech to the guests.
On the morning of the festival, the whole family should wake up before sunrise to bathe and cleanse themselves. They need a bath with sesame oil to be applied to the head of each family member by their older like mother or grandmother. According to Indian belief, figuratively sesame oil bath bathing in the Ganges River for clean up of all kinds of evil and hatred.
After washing, the clothes worn should be a fierce color such as red, blue and orange. They are forbidden to be dressed in black clothes or white over means sadness. Then it shook hands and apologized to the parents and other family members. Conducted prayers at the temple for themselves and family well-being as well as commemorating the family members who have passed away.
Taboos During Pregnancy
-For the Indians, there are some taboos that should be practiced by a pregnant mother.
-Forbidden to leave the house alone at night
-Forbidden to sleep during the day or sleeping excessively.
-Prohibited from doing bad deeds like backbiting, making defamation, fighting, slaughter animals and so on.
-Within 2 months after delivery, the mothers should abstain from doing heavy work.
Indian community to adopt a 60-day period of confinement. On the first day, relatives and neighbors are not encouraged to visit the newly born baby home for fear that interferes with newborns and cause surprise.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Indian religions
Guru Nanak About this sound pronunciation (help·info)[1] (Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; Hindi: गुरु नानक, Urdu: گرونانک, [ˈɡʊɾu ˈnɑnək] Gurū Nānak) (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539) is the founder of the religion of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus, the eleventh guru being the living Guru, Guru Granth Sahib. His birth is celebrated world-wide on Kartik Puranmashi, the full-moon day which falls on different dates each year in the month of Katak, October-November.
Guru Nanak travelled to places far and wide teaching people the message of one God who dwells in every one of God's creations and constitutes the eternal Truth.[3] He setup a unique spiritual, social, and political platform based on equality, fraternity love, goodness, and virtue.
It is part of Sikh religious belief that the spirit of Guru Nanak's sanctity, divinity and religious authority descended upon each of the nine subsequent Gurus when the Guruship was devolved on to them.
Guru Nanak travelled to places far and wide teaching people the message of one God who dwells in every one of God's creations and constitutes the eternal Truth.[3] He setup a unique spiritual, social, and political platform based on equality, fraternity love, goodness, and virtue.
It is part of Sikh religious belief that the spirit of Guru Nanak's sanctity, divinity and religious authority descended upon each of the nine subsequent Gurus when the Guruship was devolved on to them.
List of Indian Drinks
Indian drinks form an integral part of the Indian cuisine. With a climate as varied and extreme as India's, the people require myriad options to keep their thirst appropriately quenched according to the weather conditions, be it a steaming cup during winters or a frosty glass in the summers. Different regions in the country serve different drinks made with an eclectic assortment of ingredients including local spices, flavors and herbs. Available on the streets as well as on the menus of posh hotels, these drinks add to the delicious cuisine of India.
Alcoholic, traditional
- Hadia: rice, Central India
- Mahua: Mahua flowers, Central Indian
- Fenny: coconut or cashew apple, Goa
- Toddy, Arrack: also called Sarayi,Kallu, made from various kinds of palm saps, South India
- Sonti: rice, (unknown)
- Bhang: Bhang (Hindi: भांग) is a preparation from the leaves and flowers (buds) of the female cannabis plant, smoked or consumed as a beverage in the Indian subcontinent.
- Chhaang
- Chuak
- manri:fermented rice, Mithila
- Gudamaba: sugar cane, Hyderabad : it was a traditional drink which is brewed from sugar cane.. in the due course it was produced from methane and other chemicals due to which the government banned it.
- Sekmai: from the state of Manipur, sticky rice
Alcoholic, non-traditional
- Indian Wines
- Indian beer
- Brandy such as Bejois Brandy
- Indian Made Foreign Liquor
- tamsin
- shito pito
Non-alcoholic
- Variants of Tea/Coffee
- Other milk-based
- Lassi
- Falooda -
- Buttermilk - Chhachh in North India, Mor in Tamil, Majjiga in Telugu, Taak in Marathi
- Bhang Lassi (intoxicating)
- Badam Milk (Almond flavoured milk)
- Sattu
- Others
- Coconut water
- Sharbat and its variants
- Jal jeera
- Nimbu pani
- Kokam Sarbat
- Aam panna
- Kala Khatta
- Thandaai
- Kokum Sarbat
- Mastani, Pune
- Sambharam
- Laopani
- Apong
- Kanji
- Mango pana
- Gajjar Ka Doodh
- kesar kasturi
- Jigarthanda, Madurai
- Ookali(hot drink made by boiling coriander seeds), Western India
- lassie
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Dayakattai
-Dayakattai is an Indian dice game played by two to four people. It is very similar to Parchesi in terms of gameplay. Typically all players start with six coins/chips at a 'home' in the center of the board. They each take turns rolling the Dayakattai, a pair of dice that are shaped like long cuboids. They are typically made of brass, and have dots punched onto the long faces (1, 2, 3, 0). When a player rolls a Daayam (0 on one die, 1 on another), they get to move one of their pieces one space out of their home, and roll again and they advance their piece by the number inicated by the dice. For all the pieces to move out of the home, Daayam has to be rolled out till all pieces are out. Pieces advance along the board by initially moving down their owner's leg of the board, and then in a clockwise direction. When a player rolls a one, five, six, or twelve (two 0s), they get to roll again. The numbers rolled can be distributed among the player's pieces (e.g. A player rolls 5, 12, 2. They can move one piece by twelve, move another by 5, and then move one more by 2. Alternately, the player could elect to have the three numbers shared by only two pieces or even move only one piece by the total number rolled.). Pieces can 'cut' other pieces by landing on the same spot that they are in. A 'cut' piece is sent all the way back to the home. However, while on one of the safe zones on the board (marked by an X), a piece cannot be cut. After completing one lap, a piece starts to move up the outer edge of the right side of its owner's leg of the game board. It stays on the corners instead of the spaces. The piece then needs to move the exact number of spaces to get to the center of the board. While at the corner of the home, a piece can be cut by another piece getting to the corner of its home. Players win by getting all of their pieces to the center of the board. For clarification as to the shape of the board, see the link below.you can also take out coin from home when you get five in the dice.
There is yet another format for this, the above mentioned is like a T20 cricket match. There is also a longer format in this, like a 50 over match. The rules are a bit different, players start with 8 coins, out of which 4 coins have to move around the board in pairs, i.e. 4 coins form 2 pairs. They can move this paired coins only when an even number is rolled by the player and the no. of paces moved get halved(e.g. if a player rolls 2 or 4 or 6 or 12, the paired coins can move only 1 or 2 or 3 or 6 paces).Once the inner lap is continued, there is also an outer lap which has to be completed before the player can take it to the outer edge and win the game by bringing it to the center of the board. One reason why this format takes a long time apart from the fact that it has two laps, is due to the "paired coins". Since it can move only when even numbers are rolled, if a player has taken all his single coins to the center of the board, its a daunting task to take the pairs back to the center. However, an advantage of the paired coins is that it cannot be cut by a single coin but the vice versa is not true. Though, this format is longer there is ample excitement in this too, in fact, maybe a bit more than the shorter one.
-Dayakattai is an Indian dice game played by two to four people. It is very similar to Parchesi in terms of gameplay. Typically all players start with six coins/chips at a 'home' in the center of the board. They each take turns rolling the Dayakattai, a pair of dice that are shaped like long cuboids. They are typically made of brass, and have dots punched onto the long faces (1, 2, 3, 0). When a player rolls a Daayam (0 on one die, 1 on another), they get to move one of their pieces one space out of their home, and roll again and they advance their piece by the number inicated by the dice. For all the pieces to move out of the home, Daayam has to be rolled out till all pieces are out. Pieces advance along the board by initially moving down their owner's leg of the board, and then in a clockwise direction. When a player rolls a one, five, six, or twelve (two 0s), they get to roll again. The numbers rolled can be distributed among the player's pieces (e.g. A player rolls 5, 12, 2. They can move one piece by twelve, move another by 5, and then move one more by 2. Alternately, the player could elect to have the three numbers shared by only two pieces or even move only one piece by the total number rolled.). Pieces can 'cut' other pieces by landing on the same spot that they are in. A 'cut' piece is sent all the way back to the home. However, while on one of the safe zones on the board (marked by an X), a piece cannot be cut. After completing one lap, a piece starts to move up the outer edge of the right side of its owner's leg of the game board. It stays on the corners instead of the spaces. The piece then needs to move the exact number of spaces to get to the center of the board. While at the corner of the home, a piece can be cut by another piece getting to the corner of its home. Players win by getting all of their pieces to the center of the board. For clarification as to the shape of the board, see the link below.you can also take out coin from home when you get five in the dice.
There is yet another format for this, the above mentioned is like a T20 cricket match. There is also a longer format in this, like a 50 over match. The rules are a bit different, players start with 8 coins, out of which 4 coins have to move around the board in pairs, i.e. 4 coins form 2 pairs. They can move this paired coins only when an even number is rolled by the player and the no. of paces moved get halved(e.g. if a player rolls 2 or 4 or 6 or 12, the paired coins can move only 1 or 2 or 3 or 6 paces).Once the inner lap is continued, there is also an outer lap which has to be completed before the player can take it to the outer edge and win the game by bringing it to the center of the board. One reason why this format takes a long time apart from the fact that it has two laps, is due to the "paired coins". Since it can move only when even numbers are rolled, if a player has taken all his single coins to the center of the board, its a daunting task to take the pairs back to the center. However, an advantage of the paired coins is that it cannot be cut by a single coin but the vice versa is not true. Though, this format is longer there is ample excitement in this too, in fact, maybe a bit more than the shorter one.
Aadu Puli Attam
-Aadu Puli aatam ((Tamil: ஆடுபுலி ஆட்டம், Game of goats and tigers ?)) is a strategic, two-player (or 2 teams) board game that is played in south India. Like Pulijudam, the game is asymmetric in that one player controls three tigers and the other player controls up to 15 goats. The tigers 'hunt' the goats while the goats attempt to block the tigers' movements.
-Aadu Puli aatam ((Tamil: ஆடுபுலி ஆட்டம், Game of goats and tigers ?)) is a strategic, two-player (or 2 teams) board game that is played in south India. Like Pulijudam, the game is asymmetric in that one player controls three tigers and the other player controls up to 15 goats. The tigers 'hunt' the goats while the goats attempt to block the tigers' movements.
Golli Gundu
-Golli is one of the most popular traditional Indian games played all over the India, it is also called as kanchey in North India and Marbles in English. This game is considered as one of the street game and is banned by many parents nowadays. This game increases the aiming and concentration skills.
Things Required:
A set of Golli (kanchey) (marbles or small colored glass balls about 1 cm in diameter)
2 or more players
A shallow hole is dug in open ground
How to aim?
The marble is held tautly in the forefinger of the left hand. Then the finger is stretched back like a bow-string by the pressure of the forefinger of the right hand the golli is shooted by releasing the finger Remember, while pushing the marble, the left thumb should firmly touch the ground.
Who plays first?
To decide the player who gets the first turn, two lines are drawn on the ground - one about half a foot and the other three feet away from the hole. The players stand at the second line and try to throw their marbles into the hole. The person whose marble closest to the hole gets to play first.
How to Play?
The objective of the game is to throw the Golli into the hole.
Each player contributes two gollies. The first player throws them together aiming at the hole using one hand.
In those two gollies one may fall in the hole and other outside the hole or both outside the hole. Then the co players choose a golli, and then the first player is asked to hit the selected golli with another golli that belongs to him. If he succeeds, he wins all the gollies in the hole. If not, he gets the one with which he hit.
The next player takes his turn with the remaining gollies.
If all the players golli does not go into the hole at the first try then second starts, in this the players have to strike out of the way the goli thrown by the other boys. Or, with a gentle blow from one’s goli, push the other goli, so into the hole.
The player who ends with the largest number of marbles is the winner.
-Golli is one of the most popular traditional Indian games played all over the India, it is also called as kanchey in North India and Marbles in English. This game is considered as one of the street game and is banned by many parents nowadays. This game increases the aiming and concentration skills.
Things Required:
A set of Golli (kanchey) (marbles or small colored glass balls about 1 cm in diameter)
2 or more players
A shallow hole is dug in open ground
How to aim?
The marble is held tautly in the forefinger of the left hand. Then the finger is stretched back like a bow-string by the pressure of the forefinger of the right hand the golli is shooted by releasing the finger Remember, while pushing the marble, the left thumb should firmly touch the ground.
Who plays first?
To decide the player who gets the first turn, two lines are drawn on the ground - one about half a foot and the other three feet away from the hole. The players stand at the second line and try to throw their marbles into the hole. The person whose marble closest to the hole gets to play first.
How to Play?
The objective of the game is to throw the Golli into the hole.
Each player contributes two gollies. The first player throws them together aiming at the hole using one hand.
In those two gollies one may fall in the hole and other outside the hole or both outside the hole. Then the co players choose a golli, and then the first player is asked to hit the selected golli with another golli that belongs to him. If he succeeds, he wins all the gollies in the hole. If not, he gets the one with which he hit.
The next player takes his turn with the remaining gollies.
If all the players golli does not go into the hole at the first try then second starts, in this the players have to strike out of the way the goli thrown by the other boys. Or, with a gentle blow from one’s goli, push the other goli, so into the hole.
The player who ends with the largest number of marbles is the winner.
Kabaddi
-Kabaddi(Tamil : கபடி) is a wrestling sport played in South Asia. The name is derived from the Tamil word (கை-பிடி) "kai" (hand), "pidi" (catch), which is translated into "catching hands".[1] Two teams occupy opposite halves of a small swimming pool or field and take turns sending a "raider" into the other half, to win points by tackling members of the opposing team; then the raider tries to return to his own half, holding his breath and chanting the word "Kabaddi" during the whole raid. The raider must not cross the lobby unless he touches any of his opponents. If he does so then he will be declared as "out". There is also a bonus line which ensure extra points for the raider if he manages to touch it and return to his side of the field successfully.
-Kabaddi(Tamil : கபடி) is a wrestling sport played in South Asia. The name is derived from the Tamil word (கை-பிடி) "kai" (hand), "pidi" (catch), which is translated into "catching hands".[1] Two teams occupy opposite halves of a small swimming pool or field and take turns sending a "raider" into the other half, to win points by tackling members of the opposing team; then the raider tries to return to his own half, holding his breath and chanting the word "Kabaddi" during the whole raid. The raider must not cross the lobby unless he touches any of his opponents. If he does so then he will be declared as "out". There is also a bonus line which ensure extra points for the raider if he manages to touch it and return to his side of the field successfully.
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