The Oscar of the best Iraniansʼ superstition goes to… the Evil Eye! This is one of the kind superstition that you will find in many different cultures but Iranians take this concept much further than the simple " knock on wood" to keep the evil eye away. In fact when someone overly compliments us, or proves particularly envious then people say that this person is likely to bring "Evil Eye" on us
Primary symptoms of evil eye are feelings of physical or emotional tiredness, unexplained bad luck or Un-Favorable incidences and illness
The whole concept the evil eye is something that many cultures believe it. It is fascinating to see how other cultures come to terms with the evil eye or superstition, some people knock on wood, some people knock on their head, others throw salt back over their head and some wear Anti-Evil-Eye accessories
to the fingers of the hand in jewish culture, the Hamsa is called the hand of Miriam. In Muslim culture, the hand of Fatima
Iranians people to avoid of this bad energy use some jewellery like necklace, bracelet, ring that make with Evil-Eye-Stone and Quranic verse
If you want to see or buy this accessories, you can go to Tajrish-Bazzar. By attending this bazzar you can touch the nostalgic Tehransʼ atmosphere and enjoy talking with locals
