A taboo is a strong social prohibition (or ban) relating to any area of human activity or social custom declared as sacred and forbidden; breaking of the taboo is usually considered objectionable or abhorrent by society. The term was borrowed from the Tongan language and appears in many Polynesian cultures. In those cultures, a tabu (or tapu or kapu) often has specific religious associations. Its first use in ...

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TABOO: forbidden object or exercise.

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"There is only one way to destroy a taboo, and that is to break it." -- Hakim Bey.

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Monotheistic faiths believe that there is a supreme being, who is necessarily unique, and the different names given to that being in different languages could in principle be translated as English God. However, the "real" name of God plays an important role in some cultures. Names of God - List of Names. Aten is the earliest name of a God associated with monotheistic thought. See also the Great Hymn to the Aten by Akhenaten. Ahuramazda "Lord Wisdom" is the name of the supreme be ...

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In a religious context, infidelity is an absence of faith in the beliefs or teachings of a religion, such that one who lacks such faith is an infidel. According to recent usages, infidelity or unfaithfulness is a voluntary failure to comply with tacit or explicit sexual (or, less commonly, emotional) mores, such as commitment to monogamy. In polyamorous rel ...

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Meat is animal tissue (mainly muscle) used as food. The common definition of meat is dependent on culture. Many Americans would exclude organ meat, fish, and other seafood from their definition of meat. Originally, the word meat meant simply "food." It is also used as a vulgar way to refer to the human body (see meat market). For the most part, meat for human consumption comes from domesticated animals bred specifically for th ...

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Wardrobe malfunction is a euphemism used to describe the presumed accidental exposure, because of a defect attributed to an article or articles of clothing, of what would be considered an intimate part or parts of the body of their wearer. Most famously, it was coined by Justin Timberlake to explain the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy (a.k.a. "Nipplegate"), a 1 February 2004 incident in which the malfunction resulted in the supposedly un ...

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The clean animals are listed in the book of Leviticus in the Torah. Many animals in the passage that are clean have the characteristic of having divided hoofs and also chew their cud for it to be regurgitated. In the case in fish, scales and fins are present. If they do not have either one of them, they can be considered as an unclean animal. The division is largely used as the basis for identifying taboo meat proscribed by religious dietary laws, which in Judaism are known as kashrut and in Islam as halaal. Clean animal ...

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In various religions, sacred (from Latin, sacrum, "sacrifice") or "holy", objects, places or concepts are believed by followers to be intimately connected with the supernatural, or divinity, and are thus greatly revered. For example, pagans consider the Earth sacred, while Roman Catholics consider the transubstantiated host sacred. Reverence is the "deep respect and veneration for some thing, place, or person regarded as having a sacred or exalted character." OED Analogously, the word "sacred" is also sometimes us ...

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Pakistan has a rich and unique cultural heritage, and has actively preserved its established traditions throughout history. Many cultural practices and monuments have been inherited from the rule of Mughal emperors.The rich traditions of Pakistan before it was subjugated by Mughuls no more exist in the country. Pakistani society is largely multilingual and multicultural. Religious practices of various faiths are an integral part of everyday life in society. Education is highly regarded by members of every socio-economic stratum. The t ...

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The Yazidi or Yezidi (Kurdish: Êzidî) are adherents of a small Middle Eastern religion with ancient origins. They are primarily ethnic Kurds, and most Yazidis live near Mosul, Iraq with smaller communities in Syria, Turkey, Iran, Georgia and Armenia, and are estimated to number ca. 500,000 individuals in total. There are also Yazidi refugees in Europe. Yazidi - Origins. The origins of Yazidism are ultimately shrouded in the mist of the ancient Middle East. Although the Yazidis speak Kurdish, ...

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Incest is sexual activity or marriage between very close family members. It is a taboo, as well as a criminal offense, in most societies. The same restrictions usually apply to sexual unions as they do to marriage. The precise meaning of incest varies widely, because different cultures have differing notions of "sexual activity" and "close family member." Some jurisdictions consider only those related by birth, others also those related by adoption or marriage; some prohibit sexual relations between people who grew up in the same household, while others prohibit sexual relations betw ...

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In Australian Aboriginal mythology (specifically: Murngin), Bamapana is a trickster hero who causes discord. He is obscene and profane and once committed incest, thus breaking a strict taboo. Other related archivesAboriginal mythology, Australian, incest, taboo, trickster

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The swastika (from Sanskrit svastika) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles either left-facing (卍) or right-facing (卐). It is traditionally oriented so that a main line is horizontal, though it is occasionally rotated at forty-five degrees, and the Hindu version is often decorated with a dot in each quadrant. ...

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series that ran from 1993 to 1999. Based on Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, it was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and produced by Paramount Pictures. The main title is sometimes shortened to ST:DS9, or simply DS9. DS9 began while Star Trek: The Next Generation was still on the air, and there were several crossover episodes between the two series. Unlike its predecessor, DS9 was unabashedly original and often broke the rules laid down by Ge ...

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Many contemporary artists deal with taboo images and ideas including: Matthew Barney Maurizio Cattalan Damien Hirst Joel-Peter Witkin Bill Viola and Pedro Almodóvar Luis Buñuel Derek Jarman Tom Green ...

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Taboo, Taboo - Taboo and art

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Many contemporary artists deal with taboo images and ideas including: Matthew Barney Maurizio Catalan Damien Hirst Lennie Lee Joel-Peter Witkin Bill Viola and Pedro Almodóvar Luis Buñuel Derek Jarman Tom Green ...

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Taboo, Taboo - Taboo and art

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Although anthropologists have observed and studied violations of incest taboos (in other words, cases of incest), all anthropological theories of the incest taboo are concerned with the formal proscription against incest (as defined locally), not with actual cases of incest (however defined). These theories are motivated by two major questions: first, given the variation in how different societies define incest, and in which relationships are proscribed, is there any general pattern or universal function of incest taboos? Second, given that ...

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Incest taboo, Incest taboo - Ethnographic research, Incest taboo - Explaining the incest taboo

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Taboo Tuesday - 2004. This event was held on October 19, 2004 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The voting for this event started during the October 18, 2004 edition of RAW and finished during the event. Shelton Benjamin def. Chris Jericho to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship (10:54) Benjamin pinned Jericho after a T-Bone Suplex. Final voting results: who will face Chris Jericho? Shelton Benjamin 37.48% Batista 20.11% ...

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Critics of the show's interactive component claim that the WWE severely restricts their voting choices by having choices that are clearly preferred over others (for example, the choice of matches in a 2005 match between a verbal debate, an arm wrestling contest, or a street fight when the street fight would clearly prevail over the other two). Others criticize the way that WWE promotes its matches so that it introduces a bias to the voting process (an example of this was when Ric Flair, given the choice of match types in the 2005 show, demanded - and got - a steel cage match) - to the point that ...

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