The Day with No Sun...
By bodhisatya
@bodhisatya (2384)
India
July 10, 2010 1:24pm CST
Hey there dear friends,
Tomorrow, on 11th of July the Sun would be hidden for some time due to solar eclipse. Now I would like to share a few thoughts and beliefs,which we follow.
From my childhood we were taught that during an eclipse especially during a solar eclipse we must not eat and drink anything. One must finish his meals before or after the eclipse gets over. It is even said and we follow it too that you should not even use the restroom during those hours.
We never participate into something,which we consider auspicious. Our elders say that one must sit in a calm place and pray for sometime and if you have very urgent things to do one can do it provided if it doesn't require to get you excited by any means. The purpose is to stay calm and quite and possibly pray.
I am superstitious so I do follow the rituals,although I don't quite understand it completely. What about you? Do you follow any certain rule or refrain doing from something during an eclipse or for that matter are you superstitious of something?
I guess there must be interesting anecdotes and beliefs from people all over the world about solar eclipses, have you ever seen one wearing those eclipse glasses? 
Bodhi
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3 responses
@chuck2 (183)
• Philippines
11 Jul 10
In our country there was an old belief that, during eclipse especially 'Lunar Eclipse" a huge monster was the responsible for the vanishing of the moon. They thought that the moon has been swallowed by a huge monster. So they will conduct a noise barrage so that the moon came back to normal. the same as in different places there were also different beliefs and rituals to be done during eclipse.
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@bodhisatya (2384)
• India
12 Jul 10
Wow i never heard anything like that Chuck. thats why it is so amazing to come to know different befferent beliefs of different culture which we can share here. So doies the noise barraging still takes place during a lunar eclipse?
So doies the noise barraging still takes place during a lunar eclipse?
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
10 Jul 10
Hi, bodhisatya. I have never heard of anything like this before. This is all new to me. I just watched a movie today about an monster coming out during an eclipse, when there was no moon present. I believe that this is very scary to think about. This monster kidnapped a little boy in this show. I find this very eerie.
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@bodhisatya (2384)
• India
11 Jul 10
Hi Cream what movie is that i would like to watch it too Lol. I am very fond of horro movies. Good that you were not knowing these stuffs as one can get pretty superstitious like me.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Jul 10
ohmy thats tomorrow I did not know that bodhisatya I have no real superstitions and at my age somebody tells me I cannot go to the'restroom well tough going as this elderly lady has to go when she has to go. lol.
I am in the US so am wondering will we see this here or what? this has caught me be total surprise. a solar eclipse. wow. I will be interested'
to find out more about this.
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@bodhisatya (2384)
• India
11 Jul 10
Hi dear friend,
Well I need to talk with the lawmakers of superstitions to make amendments and make a few exceptions. Holly has put on a link with her response if you would like to visit the page.
