Customs And Traditions Of Filipino Superstitions

`The Hmong New Year is a cultural celebration that occurs annually, in the months of November and December, in areas where large Hmong population exists. In this speech, I am going to share the three main components that make up the celebration of Hmong New Year, such as the culture of the food, tradition clothes, and the activities that are involved.

In Philippines, most of the people are Catholic and people there are very religious. One of the most common superstition is when someone walks over someone when the other person is on the floor. When you walk over someone and they are on the floor, you are taking away their soul so if you accidently do that, you have to walk back over the person. Another one I know is when you go in the cemetery and after you are finished, you have to walk through smoke one you or wise the dead spirits will follow you. Do not cut down trees that has spirit living in it. You can tell by the look of the the tree. People say that the ones that looks old and very big are the ones that has spirits living in it. When you walk through a spirits property you have to tell them to excuse yourself by simply saying “excuse

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My family believes in the same superstition. Also, a man should be the first person to walk in the house, and you are supposed to eat greens and black eye peas to have good luck in the New Year. According to Chance (2014), Superstitious behavior is any behavior that occurs repeatedly even though it does not produce the reinforcers that maintain it (Chance 2014, p.184). This is why I agree with Skinner’s explanation of coincidental reinforcement. If you washed clothes on New Year’s and a person happens to passes, di you really wash them out of your life? They could have been secretly ill, and it was an coincident that it happen on New Year’s.

There is also a tradition called “Noj Pebcaug”. This is where the “Hmong” celebrate the New Year and ask our fore fathers for good luck in the upcoming New Year. The Hmong are not the only ones that have certain traditions that are important. The Jewish culture also has a tradition

First, Chinese Americans preserve their ethnic identities through holidays. One of the biggest holidays is the Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year is different from the regular New Years in that it relies on the moon cycles instead of the western calendar, so it falls on different days each year. There is a lot of preparation that goes into the Chinese New Year. People start cleaning their houses and decorating them with spring couplets on the twentieth day of the twelfth moon. Spring couplets are short poems written on red scrolls of paper in black. A popular New Years tradition in the United States is the exchanging of red envelopes containing money, which are called hong-bao. Most families spend this holiday celebrating together because this holiday, above others, emphasizes family and family ties.

I belong to a Filipino community where there are mixed feelings about religious beliefs. I grew up in a family that believes in Catholic religion but, when I got married, I became a Christian. Catholic, Christian, Jehovah's witness, Baptist, and many more are some of the religious practices. I think that in my community, everyone believes in celebrating special holidays and traditions such as Mexican Independence day and Philippines Independence day.

In what concerns cultural practices, Yang, Kou studied the 30th annual Hmong New Year event celebrated in the United States, defined as a unique Hmong festival, which turns to be the occasion of displaying the Hmong culture. However, the researcher noted that this New Year event was also dominated by other activities and concepts, largely influenced by the American culture. Therefore, the research aimed at presented the Hmong New Year in the USA as a festival that combines two cultures. However, the paper missed to present the influence of said Festival on the Hmong international community.

There are many important traditions that were kept until this day. From generations to generations, the Lunar New Year was kept the same and we did not change anything about it or how we celebrate it. But the Lunar New Year, it is not only celebrated in the Vietnamese culture. It is also celebrated in many other Asian cultures, such as Korea and China. Korea celebrates their New Year on the same day as the American New Year is celebrated. I can tell that the most well known and popular holidays in the Viet culture is the Lunar New Year. Vietnamese culture called Lunar New Year as Têt. “In the Vietnamese old cultural beliefs, families believe that their activities during Têt must involve happiness, joy, and good luck.” Many families would have to prepare themselves ahead of time. Others would tell their children to behave on the day or week to avoid bad luck for the whole entire year. Vietnamese family take this old beliefs very seriously because it helped and motivated us that we have good lucks by our side throughout the year. That is why even before the beginning of Têt, families must prepare by cleaning and even painting their home in anticipation of spring, settle old debts and disputes, and pledge to behave nicely and work hard in the New Year. People also traditionally buy new clothes to usher in the New Year. Family goes visit our ancestors, like going to temple to pray or grave. The night before the New Year, families perform a ritual where incense sticks are burned, inviting the spirits of their ancestors to join them in celebration. “This is also a time to bid farewell to the family's Kitchen God (Ong Tao), who then returns to heaven to report on the family's behavior in the past year to the Jade Emperor.” This old belief will continues to spread throughout the country to new generations and will never be forgotten. During a Korean New Year, family comes together to celebrate. Family does

Asia is such a large continent that being Asian already means you are part of a culturally diverse community. As an Asian American, you are mix of two cultures. We celebrate the lunar new year with huge family gatherings, gift exchanging, and food. Lots of food. Whether it be dumplings, kimchi, mattar paneer, mee goreng, or pho, our native cuisine will always make it to the dinner table. During the lunar new year, my family always prepares a huge hot pot, stuffed with shiitake and enokitake mushrooms, vegan fish balls, tofu, carrots, cabbage, ramen, bean sprouts, beancurd, and many other delicious foods. My grandparents hand us red envelopes and we bow to them to show our respect.

The first holiday I will discuss is La Nocheviaje/El Año Nuevo, known in the United States as New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day. This holiday is celebrated in all Spanish-speaking countries on December 31st and January 1st. It is based on the transition from one year to another. The new year is typically welcomed, while the past year is reflected upon, and in some cases, ridiculed. There are many traditions that accompany this holiday that differ by country. To pass the old year, the people of a few countries wear masks. Some countries create figures that are then adorned with sayings, poetry, and other things the builders wish to decorate it with. Later, they are stuffed with flammable materials and are set to explode once midnight occurs. To

From the information given, New Year in each country has a unique celebration; especially there is a big

You personally have your favorite holiday here, but for the Chinese the Lunar New Year is hands down the most important festal to everyone.

Chinese New Year is the most widely celebrated tradition in Asia. The tradition is usually celebrated on the first day of the first month on the Chinese Lunar calendar. This tradition is rooted in centuries-old customs and is one of the most popular public holidays in China. Apart from China, this tradition is also celebrated in many Asian countries like Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan. There are many values and rituals tied with this tradition. For example, people would wear red clothing, decorate the house with red paper, and give children "lucky money" in red envelopes. According to legend, it is said that red can drive away bad luck, which is why the color red is highly emphasized. In myths, our ancestors would

It sounds normal and there is nothing special about it anymore because even our ancestors practiced this before. It is not also a problem because we are hospitable and we have the innate ability to entertain our guests. The Bayanihan, on the other hand, happens especially when we help each other cooking foods, setting places or organizing events --- there's unity between us. These characteristics of ours prove our country's slogan "It's more fun in the Philippines" is accurate, most especially in the eyes of foreign people. It is undeniably true that many tourists enjoy to stay here and some of them actually visit our country intentionally just to witness the colorful and unique fiestas we have. They surely do not regret their decision for choosing the Philippines because their experience is guaranteed to be priceless and the best. There's a lot of hanging colorful bunting anywhere, the loud noises from the live bands or karaokes set under the tents, the laughs shared by everyone and the indefinite stories people talked, these things make us feel the presence of the real fiesta and this is the quality which makes our country stands out among other nations. While there are thousands of fiestas around the world, there is only one kind of festival like ours. This is the perfect time to showcase our talents and promote the