Hakuna Ghorofa ya Nne Popote
In much of East Asia, elevators skip the number four entirely, because it sounds exactly like the word for death.
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Keep it on your phone โJengo hili halina ghorofa ya nne. Mtaje rafiki yako ambaye hakika angeuliza kwa nini. Unaingia kwenye lifti ya jengo refu Asia ya Mashariki na kubonyeza kitufe cha ghorofa ya juu. Namba zinaenda tatu, kisha tano. Nne haipo tu.
Si kosa. Katika Kichina, Kijapani na Kikorea, neno la nne linasikika karibu sawa kabisa na neno la kifo. Watu wengi huiepuka namba hiyo kama vile majengo mengine ya Magharibi yanavyoruka ghorofa ya kumi na tatu. Kwa hiyo wajenzi huiacha kabisa, au huandika tatu A badala yake.
Tazama lifti za kutosha Beijing, Tokyo au Seoul nawe utaona pengo lile lile tena na tena: hakuna ghorofa ya nne, hakuna ya kumi na nne, hakuna ya ishirini na nne. Namba nzima, imeondolewa katika maisha ya kila siku.
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