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Translated from srwiki, BTW. Nikola (talk) 10:15, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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greetings Nikola the words shown below in blue are incorrect grammar

Spilling water for luck is a Serbian folk custom.[1][2] [3] According to a Serbian belief, spilling water behind the person who goes on a travel, or to do a job, will bring good luck, and is done so that the travel or the job will end happily. It is also practiced when going to school, on an exam[3], for a job interview, going into the army[3] and the like.[1]

In ethnology, it is considered that spilled, or running water symbolizes mobility, ease of movement[2], since it does not stop or gets stuck, and so that spilling of water is done so that the job someone started would went as smoothly as the spilled water.[1] At the very act of spilling water in some areas it is said: "Let him go clean and clear as water."[2]

Best Wishes Drift chambers (talk) 17:16, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]