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i just came from PK so I know of some too:
If u sleep on ur back (for girls mostly) then ur shoulders will get wide and hips will get wide. If u sleep on ur back after pregnancy ur hips will most likely get wider.
In ur first 3 months of pregnancy if u drink coconut water or eat coconut then ur child will be gora.
I have heard abt the eyelash thing too....
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oh and if you wear someone else's hat , you or that person (again i dont remember) will lose hair....
but i guess things that are being mentioned here are more of superstitions than tradtions.... Recently, I did hear about a really weird tradition from my roommate...
She says that in their family when a girl gets her first period, she's not allowed to go out of the house for 7 days in which lots of other rituals are performed on her....like bathing her in some kinda weird water and feeding her weird things....and then getting tonns of presents from like the whole family (which is not bad i guess lol) and then getting blessed by an elder etc etc...... she said that she had to go to her dadis house, dressed in super fancy clothes and then when she got there, they put gajras on her and all her male cousins were just sitting there staring at her....i m guessing that was like the most embarrassing moment of her life...
anyhow, i found this tradition a lil too out there...
oh yes i have heard of that tradition...i beleive it's a tamil tradition...more like it's a part of thier religion....there was a thread about this somwehere..but cant seem to find it right now..
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^It was in culture.
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Stupidest tradition is one where one miltary dictator follows another.
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the worst i came across was the brit culture tradition .
in the 18th century the shariffs spend the first night as a (ransom to the whole state) with the bride ( whom -ever she was supposed to be ) and then let her go with the groom next day ..
talk about weirdos ..
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one of many i have heard of is TWO SISTERS SHOULD NEVER GET MARRIED ONE THE SAME DAY BECAUSE BAD LUCKS STRIKES TO ONE OF THE MARRIED SISTER..
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ohh yes, another one..this is actually quite funny…
ONE SHOULD NEVER LEAVE DIRTY DISHES UNWASHED OVER NIGHT SINCE THE DIRTY DISHES GET THE ABILITY TO SPEAK AT NIGHT AND THEY CURSE THE HOUSE MEMBERS THE WHOLE NIGHT FOR NOT WASHING THEM .lolzz:smack: 
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oh yes another one, that my mother religiously believes in is never cut your nails after maghrib ( dusk) that is at night..because as she states, GHAR SE BARKAT KHATAM HOJATI HAI
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If u sleep on ur back (for girls mostly) then ur shoulders will get wide and hips will get wide. If u sleep on ur back after pregnancy ur hips will most likely get wider.
In ur first 3 months of pregnancy if u drink coconut water or eat coconut then ur child will be gora.
I have heard abt the eyelash thing too....
yes , i have heard about the coconut thing to0o..my nani and ammi have very fair complexions and so do i..my khala has a wheatish complexion but when she was expecting her first baby, her husband made her eat coconut everyday almost throughout the pregnancy term and my cousin is quite fair ( my khaloo is wheatish to0o)...but my mom said she never had coconut when she was expecting me and i have fair complexion...but my sis and bro have wheatish complexion
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Paying the meter reader 1000 rupees per month for electricity is a well established tradition, almost all of my family members believe in that. Paying the traffic sergeant, a few hundred is almost like a sunnah of driving on motorcycle. What else, never going to a thana for an incident and yet be named in the FIR, settling disputes by hiring street thugs are just few of the common traditions. But the most stupid tradition, I have seen in Pakistan is to keep quiet when oppressed, not to fight for justice, and each person is fighting his own war against the corruption while indulging in corruption.
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if a crow do KAI KAI in the morning on ur roof ..it mean guest annai walai hain:)
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I was told that cos i collect dolls, id have a daughter! And i did but what the hell?
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Yea…My grandmother used to say this all the time…
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and I have also heard that brushing your hair after maghrib is nahoosat....
and
if one shoe is sitting on top of the other. it means you'd be traveling soon....
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Oh I have heard of that one too....and it really happened twice. I also have heard that while u make atta that if it purks (urdu meaning: twitches) on its own then guests r coming.
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thats weird because if i can remember correctly, brushing your hair before going to bed (which usually is after maghrib) is sunnat.
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Sigh
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it is?
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aren't theses all superstitions you peepz discussing . i thought the thred was about traditions