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Kelton Wright's avatar

My mom also warned me about jumbees and ghosts growing up, and I always thought, "well surely all these 'evil' spirits are just misunderstood. I'm going to say hello whenever I notice one." And I still do it, never investigating further whether it's habit, superstition, or just-in-case good manners.

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Sneaky Footprint's avatar

Haha what a lovely read :) Well you know, in several places in India, people believe that one can't really plan a trip to visit a temple. Only when the temple deity calls out to you is when a trip fructifies. They refer to it as 'mata ka bulava aaya hai' - loosely translating to 'the Goddess is calling out to me to visit her' :-) So lots of calling out happens everywhere, sometimes its a deity, sometimes its Hidden People, sometimes trees in a forest and sometimes maybe the Loch Ness monster too. If you do spot the monster, do scream out a loud "Hi" on behalf of all of us :)

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