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[Fraid]

Where im from, they say that monkeys are having a wedding if it rains while the sun is shining.

Dont ask, i got no idea either.

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[Avani]

Monkeys?

In my country it's Jackal's wedding if it rains while the sun is shining simultaneously..

 

[Fraid]

Monkeys?

In my country it's Jackal's wedding if it rains while the sun is shining simultaneously..

i can reason with this

you are getting both rain (good for crops) and sunshine (good for grass, ergo sheep), which means all sides of natural life (in the form of farming, here) are being served or all sides of life (needs in the form of rain for crops and wants in the form of enjoyable sunshine) are being served with perfect balance (neither the rain nor the heat will be too much as their sources are sharing the sky), thus it is fitting that even the likes of jackals are having it good on such a prosperous day.

 

[minamoto]

mesn't..

 

[Avani]

i can reason with this

you are getting both rain (good for crops) and sunshine (good for grass, ergo sheep), which means all sides of natural life (in the form of farming, here) are being served or all sides of life (needs in the form of rain for crops and wants in the form of enjoyable sunshine) are being served with perfect balance (neither the rain nor the heat will be too much as their sources are sharing the sky), thus it is fitting that even the likes of jackals are having it good on such a prosperous day.

Interesting theory.

I looked it up before and search results showed similar stories are said across the world in many cultures. Just the animal changes:

Afrikaans / South Africa: "Jakkals trou met wolf se vrou" (The jackal marries the wolf's wife) or a "monkey's wedding" (umshado wezinkawu in Zulu).
India: "The sun is shining, it's raining — the jackal is getting married.
Japan: Kitsune no Yomeiri or the "fox's wedding".
Bulgaria: Bear is getting married,
Koreans: Tiger is getting married.

 

[Fraid]

@Ndlovu, you heard of this one?

Interesting theory.

I looked it up before and search results showed similar stories are said across the world in many cultures. Just the animal changes:

Afrikaans / South Africa: "Jakkals trou met wolf se vrou" (The jackal marries the wolf's wife) or a "monkey's wedding" (umshado wezinkawu in Zulu).
India: "The sun is shining, it's raining — the jackal is getting married.
Japan: Kitsune no Yomeiri or the "fox's wedding".
Bulgaria: Bear is getting married,
Koreans: Tiger is getting married.

Also, if you dont mind, are your ancestors Sotho or Zulu?

 

[Ndlovu]

@Ndlovu, you heard of this one?


Also, if you dont mind, are your ancestors Sotho or Zulu?

Yeah people call it a monkey’s wedding, it’s really common. I got taught that when I was a kid.

 

[Avani]

@Ndlovu, you heard of this one?


Also, if you dont mind, are your ancestors Sotho or Zulu?

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Indian. I'm not sure how I caused the confusion.

 

[Fraid]

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Indian. I'm not sure how I caused the confusion.

the question was for @Ndlovu, but thanks nonetheless

Also, if you dont mind, are your ancestors Sotho or Zulu?

 

[Avani]

the question was for @Ndlovu, but thanks nonetheless

Ah, now it makes sense. I didn't see the initial sentence earlier. It probably got scrolled up and I only noticed the quote and question.

 

[Fraid]

Ah, now it makes sense. I didn't see the initial sentence earlier. It probably got scrolled up and I only noticed the quote and question.

say, with the diversity of the subcontinent, do you not have it that some tribes are closer related to outsiders (mid/far easters) than to everyone else in the country? what of this so far, if so?

 

[Avani]

say, with the diversity of the subcontinent, do you not have it that some tribes are closer related to outsiders (mid/far easters) than to everyone else in the country? what of this so far, if so?

Eh? The context? There is no such thing as closer related to outsiders. India borders with China, Myanmar etc on East and on the west side, it bordered with Afghanistan( further west before Pakistan was created). People from the western side won't be ethnically closer to the eastern tribes with thousands of miles in between. Populations are shaped by centuries of migration and geography both.

There are Parsies (Persian Zoroastrian), Syrian Christians ( From Syriac), and even Jews . ( ironically all three refugee groups who persecuted each other at one point, landed in India escaping each other)

We have central Asian migrant groups as well as an ethnic minority group of largely Bantu and East African descent whose ancestors arrived in the Indian subcontinent starting around the 7th century and since. A lot of people wouldn't even notice their ethnicity, until their dance and music comes up.

Ahom dynasty was started by a Tai prince from Mang Mao in Assam. While Bengal that's right next to it had an Abyssinian dynasty started by Shahzada Barabak.

And so on.