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A short introduction to the ethnics that I chose and the superstitions

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In day to day life, Malays have their own superstitions that they believe in to avoid bad luck.

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In Malay culture, it is important to follow certain rules that we consider now, superstitions to ensure pregnant women have a safe and smoot pregnancy

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Food is considered blessings from God, hence the superstitions made by the older generations are to ensure that the food are treated with care

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Before Islam came, the Malays were practicing shamanism and black magic. Even til this day, shamanism and black magic is still practiced by a few Malays. Most of the time, people use black magic due to jealousy and to seek revenge. In Islam, it is forbidden to practice black magic.

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Most of Chinese people still hold on to these superstitions to ensure no bad things happen in their daily life.

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To have a safe pregnancy, pregnant women must follow these superstitions. However less women practices these superstitions as they feel that these are just words to scare the to-be mothers.

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In Chinese culture, food etiquette is very important, hence superstitions were made so the younger generations learn to respect the food and the etiquette.

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Numbers play such important role in the Chinese culture that some Chinese go to extreme ends to avoid bad luck as well as gaining good luck when it comes to numbers.

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Most of the superstitions that the Indians have are influenced heavily by their religion. In daily life, most Indians will follow these superstitions to ensure a day without any bad incidents.

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To have a safe pregnancy, Indians have their own superstitions that they believed in. However, nowadays not many Indian women believed in those superstitions

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In Indian culture, food plays a huge role in their everyday life. Hence, there are superstitions regarding certain foods as well.

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Festival of Lights or Deepavali is a celebration that every Indian which practices Hinduism look forward to every year. To ensure that they have a happy and blessed Deepavali, these superstitions are practiced.

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Kadazan people have their own superstitions that they still practices til today in their everyday life.

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Jungles or mountains are considered as sacred places by the people of Kadazan and are given the highest respect by the people. These superstitions are still being practiced by the people and they believed that if these superstitions are ignored, the spirits will be angry and there will be consequences.

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Malays in Sarawak has some superstitions that are similar to other Malays in other part of Malaysia. However, their culture are very different from other Malays

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When it comes to food's superstitions, Sarawak Malay take it very seriously. As some of the superstitions come true when it is done like eating catfish

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Pregnant women follow these superstitions to have a smooth and safe pregnancy

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Links of websites where I obtained the information.

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