My sister in law has recurring a nightmares,not about herself but about her 2 and half old daughter.A really bad frightening dream.She don't want to mention about her dream,but i'm sure it's really bad i guess.
Eventhough in modern christian society but,We still believe that if you have a really nightmare, it's maybe a sign of something consequence negative will be happening cause by bad spirit.What we do is we have a family gathering and pray together with the villagers to cure it.Last long time ago,my grandma do believe that shaman can cure a negative element or bad spirit by using 'ubat or pengaruh ' mean a 1001 medicine(it's not in capsule or tablet) used by 'manang' shaman.
Sometime i ask myself why do i believe that,its really hard to explain the reasons or we call it superstitious.
Another superstition is the word 'PUNI' mean if you want something to eat and really mean intention that you want to eat it,you must fulfill it otherwise you will be 'PUNI' mean something bad really happen.However, you can just 'touch' negu the food before you go anywhere or somewhere.if not something bad along the way could be happen.For example, the most dangerous one if you say you want to have a 'tuak' mean a rice wine, you must fullfil it or just touch by saying' udah aki' or 'pas pas'.Mean although you not drink it but you just touch on your lip,should be ok.
My sister tell me a story about a teenage boy,who want to have a rice wine with his friend but he not fulfill it then forget to 'negu' or 'udah ki'.Then the same day he got a really really terrible accident and died on the spot.
It's really hard to explain to you,but it's do really happen.We train by our culture to believe it.Until now i still practice it mean always' negu' if i said i want something to eat but not fulfil it.
However,i think maybe not at all to be follow nowaday.For example, a woman who just give a birth cannot have shower for a month.I don't know why.But i think it's better to have a shower otherwise will create a germ.How do feel not getting shower within one month?.Even one day also cannot stand.
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mina anang mikir utai tok igak meh enti kitai dah sembayang nadai la apa-apa. sembayang selalu
Yalah...Pelik gak enti kitai mikir kan??Ka madah utai nyak ridiculous,tapi iya amai2 erjadi...dalam idup kitai bisi the spirit world :)
Amat ko seduai kaban ba dunya tu bisi ga utai ti enda dipeda ngachau kitai munyi ko niang inek aku,suba bedara sida diatu kitai sembahyang aja.
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