ahhhhhhhhhhh.. my ever soooooooo sweet, Sistah Els!;) What will i do without u? :P
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Sistah Barb, yeah im with u. Just posted it up to inform others some things about the olden times. lol I think there are only few of us who take time to read it.
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Oh well.. till next time.....
OFF I GO AGAIN TO NEVER NEVER LAND!!! lmao
Re: Beliefs and Practices By: BarbieQueen / Knowledgeable
Post # 7 Nov 19, 2008
It kinda sucks because it made me feel that it was bad to be a female when in all actuality its one of the best so in a way I'm glad that I grew up with them because as I got older and I became a woman I noticed that these taboos were just stupid.
I did find your post interesting Oakwood, thank you.
BarbieQueen I was going to refrain from commenting because I do not wish to offend anyone's beliefs but since you brought it up I will ;-)
Personally I dislike the practices/beliefs of women being unclean, and you hit it on the head! I'm glad you were strong enough to see through it and know being female is powerful and wonderful!
We give life, and are only "unclean" if we choose to be...I feel modern Women of ANY belief should take outdated practices (that I think were put into play to "keep us down") with a big grain of salt as they relate to us :-)I am big on honoring the Ancestors but realistic enough to know men were always trying to be boss however they could...not that it ever will work ;-)
I grew up with some taboos and some really important superstitions. Most people that grew up with Romany families are still bound to them. I bind my boyfriend to them and even though he doesn't believe, he listens to me because he knows it is important to me. :)
BarbieQueen, do your whole family join in roma celerbrations and have the same structure in their lives as you or are they like my family and basically split off?
My family don't practice anymore. I think one of my aunties do and I know my cousin is gifted like me, probably moreso because she suffers from mental illness but as far as my family go, theres only a couple of us that live our lives by it and even then, we are solitary because the otehrs in our family would shun us if we told them. I mean when my mother and my gran were alive, they would openly practice, but then nobody would question my grandmother. She was tough old lady.
I do know what you mean with being a girl and growing up with a certian ammount of principles, taboos and superstitions around you. Personally, I felt trapped, I began to spite my heratige and became rebellious (especially after my gran passed on) and was disowned my one of my aunties for it who still hasn't spoken to me in over ten years now.
I did see the error of my ways before my mother passed on and grew up a lot because of my heratige. I have respect for any girl brought up in the same lifestyle as I was. (But then, I have respect for all of you that make this place a covern.) ;)
Cool I like it
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