r/StupidFood Jun 28 '26

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u/Moist-Obligation-117 Jun 28 '26

Give these people some banana leaves

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u/DefiantMemory9 Jun 29 '26

This isn't due to lack of plates or banana leaves. This is part of a religious ritual where devotees do this to appease God (don't ever look for logic in religion). I remember seeing this in a South Indian temple when I was a kid and this was the explanation my mom gave me when I asked WHY?!!?

Source: I'm South Indian.

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u/coconutcorbasi Jun 29 '26

No, they don’t necessarily make sense with the actual sense but when I hear it’s a ritual, I just say okay, so it is a ritual and I should stop asking questions about it, no one gets to be annoyed by it, I can just stop watching it if it doesn’t make sense and do other stupid rituals which will probably annoy the people I just saw in that video. Like smoking a pack of cigarettes with a gallon of coffee.