Animal and birds are the part of human culture. They are taken as signs of different things in different culture. some animals are so important in certain cultures, that the survival of people heavily depend on them.
Lets explore importance of different animals in cultures around the world in this thread. The way they are mentioned in folk songs and folk stories, etc
I start with crow. sound of crow is considered as symbol of guests in Sindh and some parts of Punjab.
Animal and birds in folklore
^ I read cow 
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Cow got religious importance in our part of the world. gae mata. Do you know what gayetri means?
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^ No 
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I think Gayetri is cow’s tongue, which is sacred in Hinduism
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^ acha 
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Have you heard this If a black cat crosses your path, walk backwards ten steps and you will not have bad luck. 
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Yes heard that. why Black cat is detested and Mullas and Pundits like black goat and black murgha?
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Another is "if one kills an owl on Dussera day, it is brings good to the family"
and this leads to widespread killing of owls :D
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Another is "if one kills an owl on Dussera day, it is brings good to the family"
and this leads to widespread killing of owls :D
Thats interesting. Both owl and donkey are considered as stupid in east and wise in west :D
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Thats interesting. Both owl and donkey are considered as stupid in east and wise in west :D
Then westerns might be right as we believe more in culture than in science, and even in past they have proved themselves fine.
Owl is considered as transportation of Laxmiji, and killing her means killing the transportation and hence movement of money out of house :D
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Aaj kalli bili ne mera rasta kata tha 
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assi punjabi/urdu ch phoenix ki kehnde ne? Koi lafz hai? 
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If its the bird that was mentioned in Arabian Nights (Sindbad) that is called Anqa.
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Billi mar gayi kya 
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arey hum apne bhagwan logon ko local animals, like rat, owl, peacock, eagle par baitha kar kaam chala lete hain
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Thanks! Been looking for a word for so long now!
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I think if I were a god I'd pick something really slow and silly looking to sit on. Like a hippo or giraffe or something :D
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I think if I were a god I'd pick something really slow and silly looking to sit on. Like a hippo or giraffe or something :D
No matter which animal you chose, if you stuck up in Karachi's traffic jam, your wish would come true :p
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No matter which animal you chose, if you stuck up in Karachi's traffic jam, your wish would come true :p
If the traffic there is anything like it is in Dilli or Bangalore, I understand perfectly hahaha. There, you need to have a license to cross the street it's so stupid the way people break the (non existent) traffic rules.
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If the traffic there is anything like it is in Dilli or Bangalore, I understand perfectly hahaha. There, you need to have a license to cross the street it's so stupid the way people break the (non existent) traffic rules.
In Karachi, its roz ka rona