I live in an area where people strongly believe in traditions which has to do a lot with interpreting omens. Yes, this kind of mindset that is deeply ingrained in their minds and everday behaviors. For example, if you're buddhists then you're gay because the term buddha and its initials (b and...
Where I am from people believe in some weird stuff, that number 4 has to do with death weirdly because it is pronounced similarly in Chinese. That if you have number 4 attached to you it's a sign of bad luck. But then recently it is becoming a way in which people "politely" curse each other...