Eunuchs In India

Life isn't as always 'straight' as we want it to be.


Life may seem confusing, even more so when we talk about gender. It is assumed that everyone is born to be a boy or a girl. When they grow up they conform to societies expectations.

But what if you were born between this line of gender, or later in life you may find yourself steering off this path.

This leads itself to another realm.

Today's post delves itself into another realm as I came across an article on Eunuchs. Eunuchs are people, generally males who have castrated their manhood in order to become a woman. On some cases it can be about baby boys who were born with a dysfunctional genitalia.

Like all occupations, they hold a status in our society. In India, Eunuchs have an occupation that stems into the tradition and value belief systems of its society. They play a vital role and are paid handsomely for their work, which is having a duty to give blessings at weddings and new births.
 
The following article talks more into detail about Eunuchs history.


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Witch doctors

Who do you go to when you're feeling sick and in need for medical advice? Who do you go to see when you have financial and personal problems? In our society we often have someone for everything. Teachers to teach students. Accountants to deal with our money. Mechanics to deal with our cars and so on.

In African societies, witch doctors are part of their daily lives. We may feel skeptical about them and may not believe in witch doctors because of its practices which conflicts with science.

The following article tells us a chilling story about a the owner of a farm and how he went bankrupt. He also provides details about witch doctors and their practices. It opens up a discussion and lets us get involve with the debate.

For example, if the practices of the witch doctors do not work then how else did people back in the medieval times get through?

Hope you enjoy the article just as much as we did. Tell us what you think.

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Russian Superstitions

A big aspect of Russian Taboos is the amount of superstitions involved in their culture. It controls their everyday lives, such as not being able to return back home if you forget something, otherwise you will have bad luck, and if you do return back, you must look at yourself in the mirror before leaving again.

For Russian people, superstitions are taken very seriously and a lot of people abide by them religiously.

As a child growing up with Russian parents, I was raised knowing and taking part in these superstitions. Even till this day I won't whistle indoors as it brings bad luck, as my mother told me.

The article linked below lists many of the Russian superstitions which are well known by all of the Russian community around the world. One of them listed says that you should never celebrate your birthday early. For my entire life my parents wouldn't let me celebrate my birthday the weekend before it actually came up because again it was bad luck to do so. I had to wait until the week after to have a party.

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My point to this is that superstitions in Russian culture is a big taboo of its own, and revolves around their lives just like a religion would. Of course their are many other countries that have their own superstitions too, so let us know the superstitions you were brought up with in your home.

Cultural taboo

What is it? Well first of all, in this world of ours we have many different cultures. As a result, as human beings we fail to appreciate and acknowledge each others differences.


Why is it that one thing may seem normal to one culture and yet seem weird to another.


Why do we all see things differently but yet we live under the same sky and breathe the same air?


We believe that if two people went on the same exact journey, then the end result would still have the two people see things differently - and this is due to their culture.


This blog aims to explore topics and ideas that occur in different cultures and nationalities with an open mind and in an environment where we can all discuss these issues without being prejudiced towards one another.


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