Beliefs
About 70%-95% of people living in Colombia identify themselves Roman Catholic.
Etiquette is important to ? Colombians. An example is when eating, it is unusual to use your hands when eating and also no talking with your mouth full. dying terminal and food eating utensils.
Tradition
A girls Quinceaniera, 15th birthday, is extremely important to Colombian Culture. An extravagant party is held and gift, usually gold, is given to the birthday girl. It is a huge party that includes eating, dancing, and drinking.
One particular tradition that I also celebrate at my house is on New Years Eve everyone is to eat 12 grapes that signify the 12 months that passed from last year.
One particular tradition that I also celebrate at my house is on New Years Eve everyone is to eat 12 grapes that signify the 12 months that passed from last year.
Bad luck
- Unlucky for the bride put the wedding dress before the wedding day, if you do regret the groom in the door of the church.
- When you are walking, and of surprise a black cat crosses itself to you, of insurance already the day was damaged to you. Disagreeable problems will appear.
- If accidentally salt is spilled to him on the floor or any object, the destiny was already made bitter to him for a long time, perhaps by the rest of the life.
- To sleep with the socks putting, shortens the life to him and attracts the death.
- If you drop scissors or a knife to the ground, this it unlucky will bring fights and misfortunes to you.
- To load an umbrella in summer brings rains and damages.
- To load in the pocket a human bone removed from the cemetery, will be able to gain a lot of money.
- Holly Thursday nobody is due to bathe, because that day Christ washed the feet with its apostles. If it does he will be a wretch.
- If you give handkerchiefs, the person who receives them will have a full life of weeping and tears.
- One gets used to taking to a snake bell and to clear the bells to him, leaving it lives and to cross seven rivers. The bells will sound at the moment at which all the money or important sums is due to bet because it is the moment of the luck.
- When a dark butterfly settles in a site of the home it is because it announces that somebody near one is going to pass away.
Good luck
- Lucky to bet one number that has been dreamed.
- To have good luck in the game are usually killed at Easter and take a black cat bones all buried at the intersection of two roads, hopefully well traveled. After a year and dig up a pot and roasted residues are cast in a leather pouch made with the skin of a frog. This bag is ever to be making a play for money or business.
- Being able to get a rattle snake and remove the bells, leaving alive and crossing seven rivers. The bells will sound at the time to be betting any money or sums because it is the moment of fate.
- If you find a totally black cat him, a white hair, remove and guards it. That will bring luck to you.
- When it finds a clover plant with four leaves, safe it, try a lot of money.
- To have behind the door of the house or the store a aloe plant hung of an fiber cord, so that the good luck stays all along.
- If the woman spinster prays to Saint Antony of insurance obtains husband.
- To prune the trees holy Fridays improves the fruits.