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"I have some opinions as an outsider who is definitely not Indian, Hindu, or a misogynist"
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Hindus are only a minority there, but since this has been brought up, an anecdote- years ago, the science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke had a TV show called Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World. It was a pretty silly show about UFOs, psychic powers and the like. But the reason I bring it up is that Clarke lived for decades in Sri Lanka and he went to see the local person who did horoscopes and numerology to talk about how it was basically common practice in Sri Lanka to not do anything major without consulting one of them. And that included a couple who were there about getting married.
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In Japan, every day in the calendar has a "luck" associated with it. Weddings and other important events are always scheduled for good luck days, and bad luck days are avoided. Certain years of your life are also better or worse (eg. a woman's 31st year might be unlucky.
At least, that's how it was d when I lived there 25 years ago. I also think this system may have been adopted from China.
Damn, that brings back good childhood memories, watching an episode with my younger sister and following it up with X-Files. Thriller/horror nights were the best. 😄