Culture Notes – Sept 30 ’07
Hollywood Fails to Anticipate Afghan Views on Dishonor in Filming of Kite Runner. The movie version of the excellent and hugely popular novel by Khaled Hosseini was filmed with an Afghan cast. Some of the actors, including the boy who plays the lead role, didn’t completely understand some of the plot elements before agreeing to be filmed. Now the actors – and the boy’s parents – are concerned for their safety and their families’ honor. Read more in this BBC story.
Blackberries: Cursed by the Devil
Hot Buttered Toast writes that, according to British folklore, Michaelmas day is the last day to pick blackberries. Apparently, when St. Michael expelled Lucifer, the devil, from heaven, “he fell from the skies and landed in a prickly blackberry bush. Satan cursed the fruit, scorched them with his fiery breath, and stamped and spat on them, so that they would be unfit for eating. A Traditional Irish proverb says: On Michaelmas Day the devil puts his foot on the blackberries.” Includes a yummy recipe for Blackberry pie.
Iranian Paradise: Photos of the four seasons by Shaharzad, along with other posts about the tradition of Iranian hospitality and Iranian kebabs.
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