Relation between food and human is inseparable. Inspite of the fact that world is developing with a great spread that are few things which origins back from the past. We hail from different countries, religion and backgrounds, where sometime a particular commodity is worshiped, while on other side some religious traditions and taboos involves in slaughtering. Here we brought you food related taboos in the world that will make you think again.
1. In Korea, you should not start eating food at the dinner table until the senior person has began eating. You can start eating only when any one of the elder at home starts eating the food.
2. In Papua, New Guinea, women’s are not allowed to eat fresh meat, bananas, and any fruit with red color due to of their menstruation cycles. If by chance, a women happens to eat any such food it is believed that would be able to conceive in future.
3. In Cameroon, it is taboo for Muslim to drink beer because it was believed that the Muslim would be prevented from observing his devotions and praying five times a day.
4. In China, it is believed that eating long noodles are symbols of living a long life. If you happen to cut them, it symbolizes that you are cutting your long life intentionally.
5. Chinese culture says, while eating at the dining table you should never point your chopsticks at another person. Pointing chopsticks symbolizes hatred and jealousy.
6. In the mid-west state of Nigeria, small children are not allowed to eat meat and eggs because parents believe it will make the children steal, when they grow up.
7. In Japan, you are not allowed to pass chopsticks between two people. Usually chopsticks are used to pass bones at funeral after cremation, due to which it is considered as a bad sign to be done at dining table.
8. Italian culture says, you should never ask for extra cheese unless it is offered to you by them. This is mostly a challenge to Chef’s cooking abilities towards common people.
9. In Russia, the empty bottle of vodka should always be placed on the ground and not on the back. Placing empty bottle at back, can cause bad luck.
10. It is considered rude to rush through a meal or hurry your order in France.
11. In Nigeria, a men is prohibited from snail consumption as it may weaken a warrior’s strength. However, they are allowed to kill and eat some legendary animals that helped them in past warfare’s or would help them in future.
12. In Malaysia, there are many tribes that call themselves the “Orang Asli” and women belonging to this tribe are restricted on diet of rats, frogs, toads, squirrels, fishes and small birds as they carry a week spirit in them.
13. In Brazil, the simultaneous consumption of milk, mangoes, oranges, pineapples and nuts were considered bad for pregnant woman as the combinations could be harmful for her health.
14. In Italian culture you should serve the person as much as you can. But at the same time, accepting food at the first time is considered rude. So, at the first time you need to decline politely and then feel free for the second time.
15. A women offering food to Buddhist monks during the Songkran Festival marks the end of the old year and the beginning of a new one in Thailand.
16. The socially excluded inhabitants of the village of Boitalu are the only people on the Kiriwina Islands those are allowed to eat wild pig and wallaby.
So, did you know about all these facts?