According to custom, it is believed that many New Year taboos can be broken on this day.
" That's one of the biggest taboos of our times.
According to custom, it is believed that many New Year taboos can be broken on this day.
More significantly, it broke several taboos, including a passionate male-on-male kiss.
' But he didn't get much further: Local villagers, eager to uphold the religious taboos, didn't allow him to collect venom samples and prevented him from taking one of the snakes to Calcutta for examination.
What to do when that happens is a matter of contention here, as India's ancient ways and taboos clash with slowly encroaching modernity.
