CUSTOMS

(See also Holidays)

Africa: g78 5/22 9-12; w70 732-735

when someone dies: us 51

American Samoa: w79 2/15 15

Burma:

“frying smell”: yb79 52, 63

water festival: yb79 50-51

Christian attitude toward: yb76 219; w74 8-9; w68 571-574; w61 331-333

clinking glasses and bashing beer steins: g85 1/8 27

definition: w79 3/15 8-9

discussion: w79 3/15 8-12

dishonesty: g71 7/22 30

funeral: g77 3/22 12-15; g77 8/22 9-11

throwing soil into the grave: g78 3/8 15

Ghana: g71 10/22 5-8

God-displeasing: tr 140-150; g74 2/8 27-28; g69 5/8 3-8

handshaking: g73 1/8 25-26

international regulations: g66 6/22 20-22

Japan: g73 2/8 20-23

Jesus’ attitude toward: w79 3/15 9-10

Madagascar: w78 11/1 27

Micronesia: g69 3/8 14-15

mourning:

cuttings upon oneself: ad 406

determining whether proper for Christians: w85 4/15 23-25

Muslim women: g75 2/22 29

Oriental: g77 2/22 20; g65 9/8 7; g64 4/8 20

parental blessing: w73 447-448

patriarchal times:

archaeology confirms: w80 10/1 7-8

marriage contract: w80 8/15 27

respecting others’: g71 10/22 5-8

Suriname: g79 1/22 15

wedding: g79 1/22 15; g72 8/8 20-23; g71 4/8 24-26; g71 10/22 8; w69 58-59

Western Samoa: w79 2/15 14

Zimbabwe: w79 3/15 9-10