there's a saying in mexican spanish "those who dont bathe have good luck" its just a saying. if something lucky happens to you, someone might jokingly ask: did you shower today? I learned very recently that the reason we say this is because it was Nahua (the larger recent cultural group in the valley of Mexico) custom to offer up a string of days without bathing as a request for luck. often merchants would not bathe for a whole trip to bring luck against bandits. the more i learn, about this and so MANY other little ways that our ancestors encoded their culture into their children, as it was actively stripped from them. -- the more i wonder how what i long to do now is just what would have had a context back when.
on that note, have you ever read We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies?? by lama tsering i think....
i don't know how to explain w/o spoilers but its kind of about this idea of personal cultural continuity without greater contextual continuity. SUPER recommend!! by Tsering Yangzom Lama just looked it up.
there's a saying in mexican spanish "those who dont bathe have good luck" its just a saying. if something lucky happens to you, someone might jokingly ask: did you shower today? I learned very recently that the reason we say this is because it was Nahua (the larger recent cultural group in the valley of Mexico) custom to offer up a string of days without bathing as a request for luck. often merchants would not bathe for a whole trip to bring luck against bandits. the more i learn, about this and so MANY other little ways that our ancestors encoded their culture into their children, as it was actively stripped from them. -- the more i wonder how what i long to do now is just what would have had a context back when.
on that note, have you ever read We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies?? by lama tsering i think....
This is fascinating! Thank you for sharing. And I have not read that book, but I shall check it out!
i don't know how to explain w/o spoilers but its kind of about this idea of personal cultural continuity without greater contextual continuity. SUPER recommend!! by Tsering Yangzom Lama just looked it up.