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If you read about the Inca . you will see that the king whose clothes
were made by collecting a 1/10 th of each Crop of cottons , 1/10 of each spun thread and woven cloth . Wore a set of clothing Only once and than it was burned , reasoning that he was a God . But in fact it might have been an inducement for better and more efficient production. Many tradition have mainly an economical reason. Some have a psychological reason. And some might be Sanitary. mirjam On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 03:55:58 GMT, cheshirecat wrote: On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:12:15 -0500, Cheryl Isaak opined: I did not mean "strange" as in odd or weird or even wasteful. More along the lines of interesting or leading to new questions; why would such custom originate? Would there be enough resources to allow this? Cheryl Point taken. I suppose we'd have to know more about which tradition this custom originates from. Is this just their family, or is it a cultural thing connected to antiquity? These are the things we'd first need to know. v |
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