discuss What is one cultural practice that you avoid practicing?

[Dr. A]

In South India, there is this practice of celebrating menarche for a girl. The tradition had been there since the ancestors introduced it, with the hope that the society would know that the girl is now matured for marriage and will have eligible suitors. Obviously, it was a good idea back then since, there were no other options like dating sites, internet , phones etc to communicate with everyone important. However, now in the time when, child trafficking and rape cases are escalating, how relevant is this practice of announcing that a household has a mature girl?

Which is one such practice in your culture that you find irrelevant?

 

[Jason]

I avoid handling snakes in church.

 

[ActionAce]

This doesn't really occur to me as I don't think I have any but I know a friend who is a Muslim and he never eats pork meat. He said it's a sin or a taboo in their religion.

 

[Yama]

There are a lot of cultural practices that I don't like but I follow them. That's because the culture I was brought in gives me cultural identity, it defines who I am where I come from.

 

[Jason]

When I was in South Korea, drinking was the norm, but it's not good to get into that scene.

 

[Harsh World]

When I was in South Korea, drinking was the norm, but it's not good to get into that scene.

It's the same here in Japan. It's even normal for kids to hang out with families at "restaurant bars" (restaurants that mainly focus on selling alcohol, but have small food dishes).

The timing of this thread is quite ironic, as yesterday was Showa Day here, as to why I was offline most of the time. On Showa, people gather at the family gravesite/tomb. The first time I did it, nearly 2 decades ago, I had a panic attack because I knew there could be hundreds of bodies in the tomb, and it just didn't sit right with me for whatever reason. So, I don't practice it anymore, but I drop my family off to do what needs to be done.

As I married my wife, she's no longer able to go into that tomb, so we'll need to get our own. If I pass, I don't expect anyone to come around and clean it up, but they probably won't have an issue with it.

 

[Jason]

It's the same here in Japan. It's even normal for kids to hang out with families at "restaurant bars" (restaurants that mainly focus on selling alcohol, but have small food dishes).

The timing of this thread is quite ironic, as yesterday was Showa Day here, as to why I was offline most of the time. On Showa, people gather at the family gravesite/tomb. The first time I did it, nearly 2 decades ago, I had a panic attack because I knew there could be hundreds of bodies in the tomb, and it just didn't sit right with me for whatever reason. So, I don't practice it anymore, but I drop my family off to do what needs to be done.

As I married my wife, she's no longer able to go into that tomb, so we'll need to get our own. If I pass, I don't expect anyone to come around and clean it up, but they probably won't have an issue with it.

I've drunk like Ozzy Osbourne, but there's no way that can be good for you. Lucky for me, drinking is not my thing, so I easily stopped once out of Asia.