Throwing baby from the roof for long and healthy lives. Do anyone believe..? I don’t.
Every year in Solapur (a region in Maharashtra, India) parents get together to throw their babies off the top of a 50 foot tower. The babies are caught in a sheet held by other villagers on the ground. The parents believe that the practice will give their children long and healthy lives. This is practiced mostly by Muslims but some Hindu families also engage in it. Parents that partake are usually those who have become pregnant after praying at the Shrine of Baba Umer Dargah. Local authorities provide policing for the event despite the fact that national government is opposed to it.
The most popular and apt gift for a valentine day gift is Flower, Flowers mean a lot, Flowers is a symbol of love and romance, there are 5 top flowers to gift your valentine…
Rose: Girls love flower, specially roses, Rose comes in all vibrant colours except blue, different colours of rose symbolize different meanings like Red is for passion, Pink is for romance, Yellow is for friendship…
Fishermen collect more than 50,000 kg of fish on the first day of the annual Chagan Winter Fishing Festival. Incidentally, Chagan, home to some 70 species of fish, is one of the 10 largest freshwater lakes in China. It is the only place in north China where fishermen catch fish from frozen water. Before they start fishing, the fisherman hold a small ritual known as waking the Lake Ceremony, as a way of paying respect and showing graduate to the lake. After the catch, fish are thrown up into the sky as a symbol of happiness and abundance. Hundreds of people are known to attend this festival. The amount of fish caught is speculated to be about 2 million kg.
The origin of using the olive branch as a symbol of peace lies in ancient Greek culture. In ancient Rome too, those vanquished during war used to hold an olive branch to indicate that they were pleading for peace. According to Christian mythology, during the great Flood, a dove sent in search of land by Noah, returned with an olive branch. This was seen as a sign that God’s fury against mankind had abated, the floodwater was receding, and land was in sight. According to some, an olive branch signifies peace as olive trees, because of their slow growth, are not cultivated during times of war and, therefore, considered peace-time trees.
In ancient days Egyptians followed a culture of having second Saturday for rest after the six days of hard work in a week. It is stated in the bible’s book of genesis, that the world was formed in six days and so the seventh day i.e. Saturday is meant for worship. And also Saturday is treated as Sabbath which is a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, it is kept by Jews. Sabbath is from Friday evening to Saturday evening of every week. Sabbath is considered as Saturday because, the Saturday is the only day in a week which was named after a Roman God-Saturn. Since Saturn is the second largest planet in the whole solar system, the second Saturday is being treated as a holiday.
This ancient belief is followed among all cultures in the world and this is why most employers provide holiday on second Saturday of every month to their employees.
In public performances, spectators have always needed some way of communicating their appreciation to the performers. The prime requisites being that the appreciation to the performers. The prime requisites being that the communication should be loud enough to reach the performers and be easy to produce. Clapping meets these requirements. Incidentally, in musical concerts, clapping was some times used as a substitute for percussion instruments.
The dove has been a symbol of peace and love since long. In Greek Mythology, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, kept a dove as a pet. Later, Christians believed that the dove symbolized the Holy Spirit. At jesus’ baptism, the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus as a dove.
According to Robert A. Schuller, the dove became a symbol of peace when Noah let a dove out of the Ark after the flood and it returned with an olive branch. This was regarded as God accepting peace overtures from humanity. More recently, artist Pablo Picasso used a dove to symbolize peace. His painting of a single dove become famous the world over when it was used on a poster for the world Peace Congress in 1949.
When many persons congregate to celebrate, they raise a toast or cheer to express that they are in it together. Another view is that in order to enjoy an experience wholly, one should use all one’s senses. When enjoying a drink o two, one can see it, feel, taste and smell it but can’t hear it. By clinking the glasses and saying “Cheers”, we complete the experience.
