Essay About Pregnancy Taboos

What are pregnancy taboos? Well to be precise pregnancy taboos are taboos that will tell what exactly will happen to the baby or to the mother which is considered as a myth. Pregnancy taboos are passed down from our ancestors back in the days.Since Malaysia has more than one ethnic, it is believed that there are plenty of pregnancy taboos to be found. Most importantly, every culture has its own taboos. I will just be emphasizing on several culture but not all of them which are the Chinese, Malays, Indians and also Ibans as extras. First and foremost, the Malays’ pregnancy taboos. In Malay culture it is known that pregnant women should never hurt any living creatures such as dogs, cats, chickens, cows and etc. This is because they believed that if they do, their child will be

to make the baby happier when born. But they are not advised to touch the bride’s accessories for there will be a blame that touching all of these will lead to negative effects. As usual, Chinese pregnant women are also advised not to eat watermelon and pineapple for it is too cool for the baby and will lead to many disease like lung punctured lungs, flu, and etc. Furthermore, during pregnancy, women are never advised and must not eat chicken or mutton as it will cause the baby to be “fat yeung tiu”, for mutton and “fat kai wan” for chicken, or known as epilepsy. Pregnant women are advised not to look at any animals during their pregnancy stage for it will influence the child’s face to look like one. For example, if the pregnant women goes to the zoo and saw a monkey that she loves, her baby will look like the monkey. Last but not least, Chinese women must never ever tell anyone that they are pregnant during the first 3 months of carriage as it is believed that the baby soul will be very shy and didn’t want to be born and ends up