Evil Eye/God
I could be wrong but I don't think someone who would hang a crucifix would go to a psychic or believe in the evil eye. The two things just don't mix.
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Only thing they got wrong (at least here in actual Portugal, Portuguese families might have "other" influences over there) the "evil eye" is cured by special prayers. Not burning stuff. 😄
I am Portuguese and the 'Evil Eye' is a sack of shît. Never in my life, anywhere around Portugal encountered anyone who believed that, however, my grandpa used to go to a fortune teller aka a scammer.
If "Portuguese-American" citizens speak Portuguese like that.. it sounds like a pretty weird mix. At least there were native Portuguese speakers on Maria's family.
Well, maybe it's the region? Where I live, at least the previous generation (my aunts, parents of friends of mine, etc) still believe in it. And I still see a lot of people of my generation being skeptical, but not dismissing it.
I mean, if it doesn't hurt anybody, I seriously don't care what people believe or not. No need to offend them 😉
If they are going to fortune tellers and believing in superstitious stuff they're not just insulting themselves but others around them. If fortune tellers weren't full of B.S. then they'd be billionaires and not deceive people.
This film showed that superstition can do harm to a relationship.
Btw, my family is superstitious but I'm not. They're religions, I'm not.
To be fair, she didn't want to date him because of what the fortune teller said, not because of the olhado 😄.
Fortune Tellers and being superstitious are two different things. Everybody I know that believes in the whole "olhado" doesn't go to "bruxas". And it's really not well accepted to go to them. Unfortunately I know one lady that does it, and everybody thinks she is crazy and is crazy in spending money with that. Especially because when people "cure" the evil eye, they never charge you for it.
So, idk about you, but I don't feel insulted when my aunt decides she needs to cure my olhado. I just let her. There are better things to worry about than someone praying some stuff for you 😉