There are many kinds of taboo (folk beliefs) in different countries.  In fact, there are common ideas between different countries.  No matter in Western or Eastern countries, they both have many taboos that related to night.  In Chinese, people are not encouraged to cut their nails or hair after sunset as they believe these actions will bring unlucky to them.  In Western countries, people believe if they look in the mirror at midnight and call "Bloody Marry", they may die.  In both taboos, we can see that they all have fear of the night.

 

Are there any rules when taboos created?  Since they have a lot of items or storyline that are similar in different countries, for example, night, mirror, body parts, unlucky animals, some kinds of spell, etc.  This project combines the context-free grammar method to create some ‘taboos’ with common items and actions.  New taboo will be created.

 

Is taboo real or not?  There is no definite answer.  Since people will still believe them no matter they are scientific or logical or not.  In my opinion, the value of taboo is not focussed on its authenticity but how people believe in them.  This found out makes me feel interested in taboo making.  If there are some taboo that generated by coding, will you still believe in them?