A brother marries his sister.
Superstition, beliefs, and performing rituals are associated with many tribes and ethnic groups in different parts of the world. For example, Saturday is the Sabbath for the Jews.
It is a day for religious services and abstinence from work. Clans, tribes, and people who carry out traditional values believe in punishment when the law is broken.
One belief that from ages people have considered taboo is incest. Sexual intercourse between very closely related people. But as the generation advances, some of these taboos are no longer taken into consideration. How serious is the act of incest, by the way?
Incest is a common issue these days, even though it is illegal or prohibited. Just imagine a father having sex with his own daughter. A mother making love with his son.
What about a brother making love with his own sister and vice versa? These acts people consider abominable, used to be a hidden matter, but are now mostly a public issue.
"I don't see anything wrong with this. People look at us like we are from a different planet. I love my sister, and we have a baby now". Here are the words of a young teenager who is defending his actions. The question is, does incest pose any health hazard?
The Holy Bible speaks against incest in many ways. Also,
most social scientists believe that children from incestuous affairs have
higher risks for hereditary disorders.
The cursed twins? Madagascar abandons twins because of the superstition that they bring bad luck.
Africa is bound by so many outdated superstitions and other issues considered taboo. Nothing better is seen in these superstitions and traditions they keep on holding from their ancestors than poverty that has engulfed the whole continent.
Madagascar is one of the most superstitious countries off the coast of Africa. They believe that twins bring bad luck to the community and to this day still hold this primitive ideology and philosophy about twins.
According to history, twins are immediately separated, or one is killed or abandoned in the forest after birth. Why? To avoid the harsh punishment from the traditional chief and the community, because families are not allowed to keep twins.
One of the bad lucks they believe could happen to them if families kept twins is that the whole village would die.
With this kind of superstition, what future do the Madagascar twin children have? This is the beginning of how children are traumatized, all for the sake of outdated, stupid superstitions. However, a media campaign and discussions with local leaders are taking place.
In another development, the country is implementing new ideas designed to change these traditional and superstitious beliefs. Until the harsh treatment of twins in Madagascar is eliminated, world organizations in charge of children's rights must step in to intervene.
The twins' children of Madagascar are like normal children in any part of the world. They need parental care, good health care, and education. The world must fight to end this senseless superstition in Madagascar.
