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TRADITION
A NEW BORN MALAYSIAN WILL RECEIVE RED EGGS AND SMALL GOLD
NECKLACES DURING ITS BIRTHDAY DINNER CELEBRATION FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Date learned: 04-00-1979
TRADITION
THE BUDDHIST NUNS OF MALAYSIA FOR THEIR INITIATION SHAVE THEIR
HEADS, THEN WITH LONG INCENSE STICKS THEY BURN LITTLE HOLES IN A
LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR HEADS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 11-00-1978
CUSTOM CELEBRATION
IN MALAYSIA THE YEAR OF THE GOAT IS A CELEBRATION THAT VARIES EACH
YEAR. IN MALAYSIA EACH NEW YEAR IS LABELED A DIFFERENT ANIMAL.
EVERY TWELVE YEARS THE CYCLE IS REPEATED. THIS YEAR IS THE YEAR
OF THE GOAT, BECAUSE THE GOAT WAS THE FIFTH ANIMAL OUT OF TWELVE TO
REACH THE DYING BUDDHA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Movable Date |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
FESTIVAL CUSTOM
IN MALAYSIA AFTER A COUPLE IS MARRIED THEY MUST SIT ON A DAIS
FOR AN ENTIRE DAY. THEY ARE UNABLE TO SMILE, AND ARE TREATED LIKE
THE KING AND QUEEN FOR A DAY. THEY RECEIVE BOWLS OF RICE, DRIED
FLOWERS, AND PEOPLE THROW RICE AT THE COUPLE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck P881.41 |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
FESTIVAL CUSTOM
TO HELP CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR THE MALAYSIANS DO A DRAGON DANCE.
SEVERAL PEOPLE WILL DRESS IN A DRAGON SUIT WITH A BIG HEAD AND A LON
TAIL, AND SHOOT OFF FIRECRACKERS, HIT GONGS, AND DO GYMNASTICS
BENEATH THE COSTUME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
ON CHINESE NEW YEAR, THE MALAYSIANS BRING GIFTS OF COOKIES, CAKES,
AND FRUIT AND IN RETURN THEY ARE GIVEN A SMALL GIFT AS A TOKEN OF
APPRECIATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
FESTIVAL CUSTOM
THE MALAYSIANS CELEBRATE THE CHINESE NEW YEAR BY GIVING GIFTS
OF MONEY TO THE CHILDREN AND UNMARRIED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR
GOOD LUCK. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY GIVEN DEPENDS UPON THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE TWO PEOPLE. ACQUAINTANCES ARE GIVEN ONE OR TWO DOLLARS.
PARENTS WILL GIVE MORE, SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY GIVEN IS ALWAYS AN EVEN NUMBER.
DEPENDING UPON THE SIZE OF THE FAMILY. AN ONLY CHILD RECEIVES MUCH
MORE-SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. THE AMOUNT
OF MONEY GIVEN IS ALWAYS AN EVEN NUMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Date learned: 12-00-1978
FESTIVAL CUSTOM
ON CHINESE NEW YEAR, THE MALAYSIANS BELIEVE THAT ONE SHOULD NOT
CURSE, SCOLD, OR BE MEAN TO OTHERS AND THAT THEY SHOULD START OUT
THE NEW YEAR ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
AUGUST 15TH MID AUGUST/AUTUMN MOON FESTIVAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
Date learned: 11-11-1971
FLOWERS
ON AUGUST 15TH FLOWERS ARE BLESSED AND THE PETALS ARE SAVED. THESE
ARE THEN PUT UNDER THE PILLOW OF A SICK PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
4TH OF JULY CUSTOM
THE SHOOTING OFF OF FIREWORKS IS TRADITIONAL IN AMERICA ON THE
4TH OF JULY, PERHAPS TO COMMEMORATE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION'S
BATTLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NOISEMAKING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
INFORMANT STATED THAT, AS A CHILD, SHE REMEMBERS THAT EACH YEAR ON
JUNE 24TH, THE FRENCH CATHOLICS IN CALUMET, MICHIGAN WOULD DRESS A
YOUNG BOY IN THE GARB OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. EACH PARISH WOULD
CENTER FESTIVITIES AROUND THIS EVENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
IN UKRAINE, ON ST. JOHN'S DAY, IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR YOUNG GIRLS TO
MAKE WREATHS AND FLOAT THEM DOWN A RIVER TO AWAITING BOYS
DOWNSTREAM. THEN THE BOY WHO CATCHES A CERTAIN GIRL'S WREATH WILL
EVENTUALLY MARRY THAT GIRL.
Submitter comment: INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM RELATIVES AND ACQUAINTANCES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
LITHUANIAN ST. JOHN' EVE
ON ST. JOHN'S EVE (JUNE 24) A DIAMOND HUNT IS HELD. IT IS BELIEVED
THAT A LUCKY DIAMOND APPEARS IN THE WOODS ON THIS DAY. LITHUANIAN
YOUNG PEOPLE GATHER IN A WOODED AREA, BUILD A BONFIRE, AND SING
RELIGIOUS SONGS WHILE HUNTING FOR THE DIAMOND. OFTEN A PLASTIC
DIAMOND IS PLANTED PREVIOUS TO THE HUNT. THE INFORMANT
PARTICIPATES IN THIS ACTIVITY WITH HER LITHUANIAN YOUTH GROUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 23 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
IN UKRAINE, ON ST. JOHN'S DAY, YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS MAKE DOLLS FROM
HAY (WHICH REPRESENT WINTER). THEN THEY BURN THESE DOLLS IN A FIRE
WHILE SINGING AND DANCING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS ACQUAINTANCES AND
RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Secular CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day |
PREDICTION
ON THE EVE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, PLACE AN EGG WHITE INTO A
SEE-THROUGH BOTTLE OF WATER. PUT THIS OUTSIDE OVER NIGHT. THE EGG
WHITE WILL GO INTO DIFFERENT SHAPES. THIS WILL PREDICT THE FUTURE
FOR THE YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN HIS GRANDFATHER WAS VISITING FROM
ITALY. HIS PARENTS TRIED THIS AND THE SHAPE RESEMBLED A BOAT.
THAT YEAR, HIS GRANDFATHER RETURNED TO ITALY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 23 BELIEF -- Use of Object |
THE EVE OF JUNE 23RD
IN IRELAND, ON THE EVE OF JUNE 23RD, WHICH IS ST. JOHN THE
BAPTIST'S FEAST DAY, A GREAT CELEBRATION TAKES PLACE. IN THIS
CELEBRATION A CART OR LARGE WAGON IS SURROUNDED BY HAY, WHICH IS
SET ON FIRE. THE CART REPRESENTS FAITH, AND THE FIRE AROUND THE
CART REPRESENTS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHICH PROTECTS ONE'S FAITH.
AFTER THE CEREMONY A PARTY TAKES PLACE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY A NUN, WHO HAD LIVED MOST
OF HER LIFE IN IRELAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 23 |
Date learned: 04-05-1970
BONFIRE NIGHT IN IRELAND--EVE OF JUNE 24
BONFIRE NIGHT IS THE EVE OF THE FEAST OF ST. JOHN. ON THIS NIGHT
IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF IRELAND FIRES ARE LIT AT THE CROSSROADS.
SOME PEOPLE THINK THIS WAS DONE ORIGINALLY TO BANISH EVIL SPIRITS
WHILE OTHERS SAY IT WAS TO WELCOME SUMMER. AT THE VARIOUS
CROSSROADS THE VILLAGERS GATHER WHERE THEY DANCE AND TELL STORIES
UNTIL THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FIRES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 23 |
SAINT GEORGE DAY
ON SAINT GEORGE DAY, MAY 6TH, SWINGS ARE MADE ON LARGE NUT TREE
(OAK) LIMBS. YOUNG GIRLS MOUNT THESE SWINGS AND ARE SWUNG, EVER
HIGHER UNTIL THE GIRL REVEALS WHO HER SWEETHEART IS.
Submitter comment:
SINCE THIS FESTIVAL OCCURS IN THE SPRING, THE INFORMANT THINKS THIS
FESTIVAL IS CONNECTED WITH PAGAN FERTILITY PRACTICES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 23 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 6 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
SAINT GEORGE EVE
IN BULGARIA THE NIGHT BEFORE SAINT GEORGE'S DAY A YOUNG LAMB IS KILLE
AND ITS BLOOD IS SMEARED ON THE ARBOR OF THE HOUSE. THE LAMB IS
THEN EATEN. CANDLES ARE BURNED WHICH HAVE GREENERY AROUND THEM
DURING THIS TIME.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SEEMS TO THINK THIS FESTIVAL HAS ITS ROOTS IN THE
JEWISH PASSOVER OBSERVANCE.
Data entry tech comment: DATE ASSIGNED SAINT GEORGE'S EVE: MAY 5, SAINT GEORGE'S DAY, MAY 6.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 5 |
Date learned: 03-21-1970