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If some Filipinos believe in superstitions during a wake, it is no surprise that our lolos and lolas also believe that certain signs could lead to someone needing cremation funeral services soon. The following may sound ridiculous, but Filipinos actually believe that these signs serve as a warning to someone’s impending death.
Loss of tooth in a dream
Common Belief: Some people believe that dreams can predict the future. In the Philippines, for instance, when someone loses a tooth in his dreams, it can mean someone close to that person is about to die. According to the elders, an adult will die if a molar is loss and consequently children will perish if an incisor falls off in a dream.
How to Break It: Bite a piece of wood before telling anyone about your dream. You may also get a nail and pin it on a tree near your house to get rid of the curse.
When a picture frame falls and breaks
Common Belief: A picture frame falling and breaking means certain death to whoever is on the image. This superstition is often depicted in local teleseryes as foretelling device that every Pinoy must have known it. Other variations include items like mugs or glass breaking during wakes.
How to Break It: There may be no way to negate the curse of the broken picture frame, but there is a way to “break” the curse of breaking something during a wake. Elders advise to break another item during a wake to prevent the impending death.
Missing head in pictures
Common Belief: When you appear headless in a photograph, the elders believe you’re going to die soon. Other versions of this popular superstition include people seeing you headless in person or seeing yourself without a head in front of the mirror.
How to Break It: Slap the headless person abruptly or ask him or her to burn/bury the clothes, jewelries and accessories he or she is wearing.
Posing in the middle for a picture
Common Belief: They say that when three people pose for a picture, the person in the middle will die. The reason behind this belief is still unknown, but it is quite popular in the Philippines that you’ll hear Pinoys ‘kidding’ almost every single time they take a 3 person photo.
How to Break It: Just… don’t pose in the middle?
Throwing a palayok on sand or soft soil during wakes
Common Belief: During a wake, it is advised that a family member throws a palayok (cooking pot) on sand or soft soil to determine if someone would need a cremation funeral services soon. It is said that when the pot breaks, someone in the family is also near death.
How to Break It: There is no known way to negate this curse so just pray hard that the pot won’t break when you throw it.
Yes, some Filipinos actually believe in the superstitions above. Ridiculous or not, one thing is for sure though: you’ll die eventually with or without a sign. That said, it is still best to arrange a burial or cremation funeral services in advance to avoid the hassle of preparing them when you already die.
