Written Thursday, 24 January 2008
I wrote on this blog several months ago about how people hang discarded clothes in trees. I asked around about why, and all I could get as an answer was that it is related to a taboo. Well, I finally got a little more information. The discarded clothes are hung in trees because if they are just thrown on the ground or burned, the former owner of the clothes, particularly if it is a child, will get sick. Putting them in trees is supposed to protect them from getting burned accidentally, and thus protect the clothes owner from getting sick.
What happens if there is a wildfire and the clothes get burned while they're in the tree? No clear answer.
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