Superstitions

Superstitions

Activity 4: Culture interview (1 page limit: use approximate space provided)

|Name: |Wong Jia Chuin |

|Student Number: |21340002 |

|Tutorial day and time: |Friday (9AM) |

|Think about superstitions from your background and describe them. Then, interview a person from a different cultural background to you. Ask them about |

|their own superstitions from their background and describe them. |

|List at least 3 superstitions from your cultural background that you or your family members that might influence their behaviour or emotions. |

|I am a Chinese that is born in Malaysia, below are a few superstitions that I would like to talk about from my cultural background and it also applies in |

|my family: |

|My family members believe that the number 8 is a lucky number because the pronunciation of the number 'eight' and the pronunciation of the word for |

|‘prosperity’ in Chinese are similar. Hence, the number 8 has much value in the social life in Chinese race. So if a house number or the registration number|

|of a car has the 8 as a number, people think it is a lucky sign. |

|My family does not sweep the floors during the Chinese New Year because they believe that by doing so, one will sweep away all the good fortune. Hence the...