Ian Kelsey – Dartmouth Folklore Archive: Recent Episodes
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Interview with Ahsan Azim Transcript What is your name? Ahsan Azim Where are you from in Pakistan? Lahore Did you grow up in Pakistan? How long have you lived there? Partially; lived there about half my life (i.e. ~ 10 yrs). What is your ethnicity? (Punjabi/Pashtun/Sindhi/Balochi etc?) Punjabi Do you think that growing up, people […]
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Superstition 1: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Item: “Don’t open and close the blades of a scissor without anything in between – otherwise you will have problems at home.” General Information: Customary Folklore, Magic Superstition English Pakistan Informant Data: Sheherzad Mohydin is from Lahore, Pakistan. She spent the first 18 years of her life there before coming to […]
Jinn is a spirit or genie that typically causes harm to an individual. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Superstition 1: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Item: “Applying perfume at night can attract jinn.” General Information: Customary Folklore, Magic Superstition English Pakistan Informant Data: Sheherzad is from Lahore, Pakistan. She spent the first 18 years of her life there before coming to Dartmouth College. She […]
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Superstition 1: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Item: “Nazr, the evil eye, which states that if anyone has a fortunate trait that is enviable, then that can attract the evil eye and be adversely affected as a result.” General Information: Customary Folklore, Religious Superstition English Pakistan Informant Data: Seerat Zahra is a Pakistani student at Dartmouth College and […]
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Superstition 1: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Item: “If a glass breaks, that means evil is leaving your house and good luck is on its way.” General Information: Customary Folklore, Sign Superstition English Pakistan Informant Data: Sheherzad is from Lahore, Pakistan. She spent the first 18 years of her life there before coming to Dartmouth College. She identifies as […]
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Superstition 1: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Item: “To have a good marriage, on your wedding night you must enter with your right foot first.” General Information: Customary Folklore, Magic Superstition Mainly a Punjabi superstition English Pakistan Informant Data: Sheherzad is from Lahore, Pakistan. She spent the first 18 years of her life there before coming to Dartmouth College. […]
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Superstition 1: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Item: “Don’t drink milk after eating fish, otherwise you will be ugly.” General Information: Customary Folklore, Magic Superstition English Pakistan Informant Data: Ahsan Azim is from Lahore, Pakistan. He has spent roughly 10 years of his life there and considers himself Punjabi. Contextual Data: Ahsan believes that superstitions are “definitely” prevalent in […]