food taboo
Forbidden eating rule
A food taboo is a cultural or religious prohibition against eating certain foods.
Some taboos have practical origins—pork spoils quickly in hot climates—while others are purely symbolic or spiritual.
What counts as taboo varies widely: Hindus avoid beef, observant Jews and Muslims don't eat pork, many Westerners find insects repulsive.
Violating food taboos can carry social stigma or religious consequences.
- forbiddenNot allowed
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ritual purityUndefiled state for worship
- uncleanSoiled or contaminated
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- foodwaystable manners, dining etiquette, communal dining, feast, holiday meals
- Folkwayscustom, folk belief, folk remedy, folk medicine, folk song
- religious dietshalal, dietary laws, no pork, halal meat, kosher wine
- taboosincest, cannibalism, bestiality, necrophilia, pedophilia
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
- meat eatingmeat, carnivore diet, carnivore, beef, pork
food taboostaple food
Primary dietary component
comfort food · delicacy · traditional food · national dish · halal
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