11 Best Honduran Beliefs

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Witnessed by Christine during her first three months in Honduras.

1.You must, under no circumstances, shower after sweating. If you decide to shower after doing any sort of physical exercise, you will die a horrid death that involves your muscles freezing up and your heart stopping. This has been witnessed by most Hondurans since they will explain how their aunt or uncle died under these same conditions.

2.You must, under no circumstances, use soap in the shower after sweating. The chemicals from the soap will seep into your pores. The result—death. Once again witnessed by many Honduran families who have relatives who have unfortunately died from this.

3.After eating soup, under no circumstances, can you drink a cold beverage. Absolutely not. If you choose to drink a cold beverage, you will die from the dramatic change in temperature that the body experiences.

4.To cool your body down on an extremely hot day, you must drink a hot beverage like coffee, tea, boiling water, etc. Once you sweat all of the heat out of your body, your body cools down. You will feel refreshed and ready to take on the heat again. Of course there are a few side effects—a wet shirt or pants from sweating, dizziness, and dehydration. But, DON'T YOU DARE DRINK A COLD BEVERAGE.

5.A person with a lot of acne on their face is most certainly thinking about sex or looking for a sexual partner. The poor parents of this child must live in shame while their neighbors judge the youngster for being promiscuous.

6.When someone falls and hurts themselves, you must run and grab the salt. After rubbing salt on the wound—open or closed—the wounded person will begin to feel better. Sometimes children cry uncontrollably after hurting themselves, mostly because they know the salt is on the way.

7.Red meat is bad for you but it is a necessity for maintaining a healthy diet. Children do not grow unless they eat red meat. It is only for those with strong stomachs and a daring nature. Side effects include diarrhea, bloated arms and legs, and pain.

8.Cold milk is always contaminated. In order to safely drink milk, you must boil it and drink it immediately. This includes the consumption of milk with cereal, bread, or donuts. Image—corn flakes and boiling milk. It is a typical Honduran breakfast....yummmm.

9.Laxatives cure all stomach problems. First, you must get a massage from an old lady who gives you permission to take the laxatives. The massage cleans the system and the laxatives kill anything bad living in your stomach.

10.Walking on a cold floor with bare feet will give you a cold or you could potentially get warts. If you are wearing shoes but you have a cold, you cannot walk on a wet floor. Your cold will get worse when the water somehow seeps through your shoes.

11. When a woman has her period or is suffering from a cold, she cannot go to the cemetery. If she decides to go to the cemetery, she will experience weakness and death due to the decaying bodies in the graveyard.