Archive for the 'Superstitions' Category

Wak wak Bullets

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Wak waks are the equivalent of the American Bogyman, a legendary ghostlike monster that haunts the dreams and feeds the fears of children.

Since Wak waks can sense a pregnant woman and will come and steal the live fetus, Marissa has put bullets in the windows of our house to ward them off. I can […]

Call The Wind

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

While in Jimenez last weekend Marissa informed me that when it was very hot and stagnant all you had to do was call the wind and a breeze would come. You just had to know how to do it.

Click on the above image to see Issa demonstrate how to “call the wind”.
Here’s how it […]