Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Superstitions in malay culture



Superstitions Part Of Malay Tradition



Superstition is a belief in a non-physical causality: that one event causes another without any physical process linking the two events. The word is often used pejoratively to refer to practices other than the one prevailing in a given society, although the prevailing religion may contain just as many supernatural beliefs. It is also commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, prophecy and spiritual beings, particularly the belief that future events can be foretold by unrelated prior events. It is well known that Malaysia are generally superstitions lot. Irrespective of race, Malaysians still believe that they can better achieve wealth, power, career, love etc with the help of supernatural means. We all know  of people thst have sought the assistance of bomohhs (Malay witch doctors), Feng shui masters (Chinese and Indian astrologers and mediums etc to achieve whatever their goals are in life.

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