Ice Breakers: An Astrologers Day
1) Complete the activity. What are your strengths?
Strengths | Why do you feel so? | Dream career |
painting and drawing | can visualise, express | commercial artist, cartoonist |
dancing | passion, expression | choreographer, artist |
singing | voice modulation | Singer |
music | passion for musical instruments or to get peace and relaxation | music composer / Musician |
acting | enacting as per situations | actor |
making various kinds of dishes | love to make food | chef |
ask questions | can raise critical issues | News anchor, Journalist |
write stories | can arrange different ideas and events | Writer |
persuade | can convince anyone | salesman/ businessman |
weaving and sewing | can design clothes | dress designer |
2) The scene in a local market of a village/town/city is very attractive. People with different occupations sell their wares. Give the variety of activities at the local market.
1. selling flowers, selling grocery.
2. selling sweets, namkeens, bangles, artificial jewelries, homemade medicines, fruits, vegetables, home utensils, beauty products, clothes etc.
3. bantering, bargaining, discussing, joking, shouting etc.
4. transport of goods and other products.
5. movement of persons and hand carts,
6. use of different dialects or languages.
3) In a village /town /city it is quite a common sight to see an astrologer sitting by the roadside with his professional equipment.
Give a list the requirements for his trade.
1) parrot, cards etc.
2) cowrie shell, obscure things, clothes ,mala, beads, flowers etc
3) lemon, green chillies, sindoor, books, photos of deity, wand, etc.
4) Panchang, mystic charts, palmyra writing, stick, mat, etc.
4) There are certain unreasonable beliefs among people living in our society. Certain common events are linked with superstitions.
List such events, discuss the superstitions linked with them and the means of their eradication.
1) A cat crossing your path
2) To cut the nails at night.
3) To see the women carrying empty pitchers.
4) To scratch the left hand.
5) To kill the cat.
6) To take salt on the palm.
7) To sit on the threshold.
8) To blow the burning diya.(oil lamp)
9) To touch the trees at night.
10) To remove the foot wears in front of the door.
11) To hear the caws of crow.
12) To blink the left eye.
13) Howling of dog.
14) Boiled milk overflowing from vessel.
15) Belief in supernatural powers.
16) Sacrifice of animals toward of evil.
17) Marriage of animals to ward off drought and bring rain.
18) Hang lemon and chillies.
19) Hang black doll on the door.
20) Seeing owl on the way.
21) Donating amount in figure of 11, 21, 51 and so on.
22) Breaking of mirror brings bad luck.
23) Sweeping of home at night.
24) Painting black spot to the infant.
Means to eradicate the superstitions:
1. By keeping scientific attitude.
2. Finding rationale behind them.
3. By exposing their falsehood.
4. By creating social awareness drive.
5. Through literacy campaigns
6. Through stage shows, films, songs, plays and TV programmes.
7. Taking help of local NGOs.
8. Organising Workshops, seminars and scientific forums at school and
colleges.
9. By Scientific thinking
10. By doing practical analysis
11. By doing tie up with organisation that exposes the truth through analytical thinking.
By Prof. Sanjay D. Patil, Dnyandeep Vidya Mandir, Khed Dist. Ratnagiri
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