SUPERSITITIOUS BELIEF

Presented by:
Reachal Shahzad
 WHAT ARE MEANT BY SUPERSTITIONS?

 Superstitions can be defined as “Irrational beliefs, especially with regard to

the unknown”.
 Beliefs that some events bring good or bad luck.
 “Beliefs, or half beliefs that lead to ignorance, fear or belief in magic.
 Superstition is also called fake believe
 WHY WE CALL IT FAKE BELIEF?

• They explain the unexplainable things

• They are based on the fear of abnormal
• They reflects our desire to have some power over our destinies
 TYPES OF SUPERSTITIOUS

• Good luck superstitious

• Bad luck superstitious
 LIST OF GOOD LUCK SUPERSTITIOUS

• If you sneeze it means someone is missing you

• If your right hand itches you will earn money
• If you dream about white cat you will have good luck
• Kids shouldn’t let anyone walk over them otherwise they will stop growing
• When a crow crows at some ones window, it announces the arrival of guests
 LIST OF BAD LUCK SUPERSTITIOUS

• If you break a mirror it will bring you seven years of bad luck
• If you eat from the pot it will rain at your wedding ceremony
• If a black cat crosses your path you will have bad luck
• It is bad luck to open the umbrella in the house
• It is bad luck to see a owl in the sunlight
• When the left eye is blinking indicates something bad is going to happen
 SOME UNBELIEVABLE BELIEFS

• In Africa, Papua New Guinea a group of initiates is enter the final stage of a
long and arduous ritual. They belief no one can have full status as a Man until
he’s been scarred with marks of the crocodile
• In Nepal, the girl marry with Statue of Krishna. There is a cult of live Kumari
Goddesses and it is made up of little girls
• In India, some women marry with trees
 SUPERSTITION BECOME REASON OF
MURDERS
• In June 2013, national commission for women (NCW) reported that according
to national crime records Bureau statistics, 768 women had been murdered
for allegedly practicing witchcraft since 2008
• Between 2001 and 2006 and estimated 300 people were killed in the state of
Assam
 PERCENTAGE OF EXISTENCE ON
SUPERSTITION
Reasons Percentage

Part of religion 13%

Part of culture and tradition 39%

Practiced by adults 20%

Practiced by others 2%

Don’t know about superstition 4%

Don’t believe in superstition 22%

 HOW TO GET RID OF SUPERSTITION
BELIEVE
• Realize that there is no rational proof that these superstitions can affect your
life
• Realize that you have a power to make your own luck
• Avoid superstitious believe when making decisions
• Think logical and be scientific
• Be positive
 CONCLUSION:

• Superstition is irrational state of mind which illogical state we should be

reasonable and rational mind to overcome upon it
• Education is one factor that can wipe out superstitions to some extent

“BE SCIENTIFIC NOT SUPERSTITIOUS”