In Javanese culture, you are not allowed to step over gamelan instruments, as it is considered disrespectful. If you cannot avoid stepping over one, you must immediately apologize to the instrument. In gamelan class at Wesleyan, we were expected to adhere to this convention. Hope you feel better soon.
In Javanese culture, you are not allowed to step over gamelan instruments, as it is considered disrespectful. If you cannot avoid stepping over one, you must immediately apologize to the instrument.
I will remember this if I am ever around a gamelan.
(If you drop a siddur, you kiss it when you pick it up, for the same reasons.)
I had a music teacher in elementary school who had this ethic for any musical instrument, insisting that it's disrespectful to step over anything imbued with a soul (as they all are, you see). Because of this, I now find it distasteful to step over someone lying on the floor, no matter how informal or friendly the circumstance.
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Hope you feel better soon.
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I will remember this if I am ever around a gamelan.
(If you drop a siddur, you kiss it when you pick it up, for the same reasons.)
Hope you feel better soon.
Thank you.
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