It would be extreme cruelty in such a sultry country like India, to ban all use ice cream.But the legislator was condescending and therefore forbidden to eat ice cream mouth - only!
And that's not the most ridiculous laws in force in the country.By the way, violate it every step of both children and adults, and even Buddhist monks.And it - in front of the police, which are likely, and do not represent what steps to take to punish offenders: an icy desert them away, or what?
even curious as to what might make the guards noticed that the man confessed to the asphalt or with socks (and in its whether the mind of such a person?), Or dead who suddenly, without washing before the death of the dishes and did not warn relativesor married to a dog ...
Yes ... all of the above - very serious laws prescribed in the criminal or civil codes of India.So that the law prohibiting eating ice cream mouth , is not the most absurd, if we reflect.
versions of the law
So why India is forbidden to eat ice cream mouth?Perhaps the process of eating (or rather, obkusyvaniya dessert with wooden sticks) are not consistent with the Hindu views on good manners.
There is another option: a modern treat in the package and stick the Indians ranked as the fast-food dishes, and in India, honoring the tradition of a leisurely family feasts, have a snack on the street never welcomed.And the ice cream, the recipe of which has long been known in the country, called "kulfi" and prepared, thanks to the vicinity of the Himalayas and the possibility of delivery of mining of ice and snow, has always been a luxury item.Therefore, it has, by tradition, must be slowly and enjoying.
Some "morozhenovedy" argue that the ban is clearly visible British connection: after many years, India was under British colonial rule and adopt some stiffness in behavior.
It is very tempting!
Hot Hindu men say plants with a twist, once they see something even from afar resembles some juicy excerpt from the Kama Sutra.
And then look-ka: so appetizing woman eating ice cream!From the Association of the peasants and the roof can carry.
Well, the elders, Hindus believe the law is very appropriate and correct, because, according to all the conservatives, then, as a woman eating an ice cream mouth, looks very banal and vulgar.
That moral character for the sake of India prohibited eating ice cream mouth.
echoes of the colonial regime
It would be very strange in the 19th century to see an Englishman, was eating ice cream in the street, quickly freeing it from the package ... And then there was a factory: everything just from your own kitchen Lords.
Looking at the manner koloniatorov rich Hindu homes immediately adopted the habit of serving European and European manners.It was prestigious and, according to the Indians, making them closer to the caste of whites.
Because desires correspond to the "powers that be", and a strong understanding of the Indians who managed to conquer the whole country, and now in India are forbidden to eat ice cream mouth.
kulfi More about: is not eat without a spoon
traditional Hindu cool dessert prepared from whole or almond milk with the addition of herbs, such as saffron, rice flour, sugar, pistachio and mango.All this was heated and then cooled with an ice Himalayan.
food - not cheap, so it is not surprising that the majority of Indians still see any, even the most low-cost and accessible to all sections of the population cream as kulfi, and supports any relic associated with the rules of the use of desserts,in particular the fact that India has prohibited cream mouth.
Actually, kulfi and impossible to eat without a spoon in spite of the length of boiling ingredients and time of cooling, ice cream always turned watery.
use devices or inaccurate
Hindi translator - a very melodious language.It could not miss those once fond of Indian cinema and sang excerpts from unclear and romantic hits, born in Bollywood, "Jimmy, Jimmy, Acha, Acha!" And what is this "Acha" clarify was somehowa lack of time.
Approximately the same story could happen during the transfer legislation.And the phrase "in India are forbidden to eat ice cream mouth" has been translated too literally, word for word, while losing its true meaning: not allowed to bite or gnaw, it is desirable to use cutlery.
children and tourists are allowed to ...
However, knowing to what point rises mercury Indian summer, you can not be surprised that there still exists such a law: eat ice cream from the pack is extremely inconvenient because after a few minutes it begins to melt- and do not leak, and it is literally pouring hand.
sticky hands, plus heat, plus the possible dust and insects ... It is unlikely that such a logical chain can add wishes to print an ice cream on the street.
Although Indian children living in poor neighborhoods, the law does not apply: Well not eat ice cream mouth, and they eat.Even the smell of get wet through the skin or the smell of the pyre, which is constantly hanging in the air in some urban areas, can not spoil it either appetite or mood.
Newcomers arrive with ice cream more cautious: unwrap and eat cool briquettes only in places most pure, cultural and without a specific smell.
And there was still the case that the Indian police, seeing the intruder, was eating ice cream "mouth", applied to it any sanctions.But "illegal" eating dessert often practiced not only children, but also quite respectable local adults.Here
of alcohol in India punished: can be fined for unopened and drank a bottle of gin.Just because you are carrying it unpacked.And ice cream - forgive.
