At 07:37 PM Monday 3/10/2008, Doug Pensinger wrote: >Alberto wrote: > > > > > Ronn! asked: > > > > > > There's a religion that believes in wearing holey underwear? > > > > > I guess this was a rhetorical question, but the surprising answer > > is a qualified "yes". > > > > Afro-brazilian religion Umbanda (which is a mix-up of European > > Roman Catholicism, French philosopher Allan Kardec's Spiritism, > > African Candomble and Tupi native religions) preach that people > > should celebrate New Year with white clothes, but that the > > colour of the underwear will bring what you want for the next year - > > so, for example, you should wear yellow to get money, or red to > > get a new love (or some other colour code). > > >8^) > >But I think we were talking about holy underwear with holes in it (holey). > >As in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_garment > >but I see from the article that they don't really have holes in them >anymore.
Not until they've been worn for awhile . . . -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
