Why we should not shake our legs?
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Before getting into the reason, let's see how it came about.
The history of caste system in India dates back to centuries before the vedas were written around 1000 to 1500 BCE. Historically, the Indian caste system was divided into 4 major categories:
- Brahmins (Priests)
- Kshatriyas (Warriors)
- Vaishyas (Traders - cattle rearing, agriculture etc. )
- Shudras (Workmen - Serving the other higher castes)
These occupations served as a means of livelihood. It can be seen that except for Brahmins, all of the other occupations involved physical labour. It is not until the beginning of the 19th century that mechanisation and automation began to expand and change human culture.
Physical labour served means of livelihood for a majority of the population for a long long time.
Automation and mechanisation gained momentum only in the early 19th century.
The origin of the belief:
Voluntary limb movements such as dangling legs happen during periods of minimum physical activity like idle chit-chats and restlessness from boredom. The belief holds meaning from a metaphoric perspective in the sense that one dangles or shakes legs only when idling or when they are not involved in any physical activity. At a time when livelihood relied on physical labour, idling meant losing valuable time and avoiding work.
And thus the saying: 'shaking your legs shakes away your wealth and fortune' .
Significance in today's world:
This belief has passed down generations and has been modified to "shaking legs is an act of sin". The urge to shake legs happens during idling and holds the same meaning as the popular idioms: "Devil finds work for idle hands to do" - If you do not have useful work to do, you will be tempted to do frivolous or harmful things to get rid of your boredom which becomes an act of sin, and "An idle brain is a devil's workshop".
In short, it means stop wasting time and go get some work done.
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