Nyudlya_Kalmyk+social+taboos

I find Kalmyk sociable taboos very interesting and sometimes rather absurd because most of them do not have explanation. Here are some of them:

1) You mustn't pass anything over the doorstep.

2) You mustn't sing in the bed.

3) Pregnant women mustn't cut their hair.

4) If you are a daughter-in-law you can't look your parents-in-law in eyes and show yourself barefooted and without a headgear.

5) You mustn't give money in hands at night. You are to put them on the floor.

6) You mustn't be afraid of thunder.