Taboos
Below are some taboos in Yoruba land.
· It's a taboo for a child to disrespect an elderly person.
· It's a taboo to collect rain water with bare hands.
· If someone dies in a river, he must be buried the river.
· Don't hold knives when it is raining.
· It's a taboo for a pregnant woman to walk on the street at noon.
· You must not throw salt in the fire.
· People from certain towns are forbidden from eating some kind of animals.
· A king in the Yoruba land must not look into the inside of his crown.
· It's a taboo to open an umbrella inside the house.
· A child must not look at the elder by the eye when the child is being rebuked.
· A child must not talk at the same time when the elders are talking.
· It's a taboo for a child to disrespect an elderly person.
· It's a taboo to collect rain water with bare hands.
· If someone dies in a river, he must be buried the river.
· Don't hold knives when it is raining.
· It's a taboo for a pregnant woman to walk on the street at noon.
· You must not throw salt in the fire.
· People from certain towns are forbidden from eating some kind of animals.
· A king in the Yoruba land must not look into the inside of his crown.
· It's a taboo to open an umbrella inside the house.
· A child must not look at the elder by the eye when the child is being rebuked.
· A child must not talk at the same time when the elders are talking.