Plate Smashing in The Philippines
In the Philippines, the breaking of plates during the wedding ceremony is seen as a means of shooing away bad luck. It is also customary in Davao City to break plates before taking coffins out of any edifice.
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Famous quotes containing the words plate and/or smashing:
“Say “Yessum” to the ladies, an’ “Yessur” to the men,
And when they’s company, don’t pass yer plate for pie again;
But, thinkin’ of the things yer’d like to see upon that tree,
Jes ‘fore Christmas be as good as yer kin be!”
—Eugene Field (1850–1895)
“But always and sometimes questioning the old modes
And the new wondering, the poem, growing up through the floor,
Standing tall in tubers, invading and smashing the ritual
Parlor, demands to be met on its own terms now,
Now that the preliminary negotiations are at last over.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)