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In Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the US Southwest, this creature’s name literally translates to "goat-sucker."
What is the Chupacabra?
This harvest festival originally celebrated lunar worship and thanking the moon gods for a successful crop. Families gather under the brightest full moon of the year to light lanterns, give thanks, and share round mooncakes that symbolize family unity and completeness.
What is the Mid-Autumn Festival in East Asian cultures?
In many East Asian cultures (including China, Japan, and Korea), this specific number is avoided in elevators and phone numbers because its pronunciation sounds like the word for "death."
This organization was the founder of MGC.
What is Delta Phi Lambda
In Korean folklore, this mythical creature is a nine-tailed fox that can transform into a beautiful woman to lure unsuspecting victims.
What is the Kumiho?
Families build private altars decorated with marigolds, photographs, candles, and the favorite foods and drinks of departed loved ones. They do this to honor and welcome back the souls of deceased family members and ancestors.
What is Dia de los Muertos in Mexico and other Latin American countries?
Popularized in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and South Asian cultures, this eye-shaped amulet is worn or hung to ward off malicious glares.
What is the Nazar (or Evil Eye / Mati)?
The year MGC was founded.
What is 2018?
In Filipino folklore, this monster often blend into human communities during the day as ordinary villagers, neighbors, or spouses. At night, they transform into terrifying monsters that feed on pregnant women and fetuses.
What is the Aswang (Tik-Tik)?
This major Hindu festival marks the victory of light over darkness as families decorate homes with clay oil lamps (diyas) and colorful ground patterns called rangoli.
What is Diwali in India and South Asian countries?
In Latin American traditions, sweeping over an unmarried person’s feet with a broom is said to bring bad luck regarding this life milestone.
What is getting married?
The three values of MGC.
What is equity, partnership, and diversity?
Originating in ancient Arabian folklore, this flesh-eating, shapeshifting demon frequents graveyards and deserts, often disguised as a traveler to lure unsuspecting victims into hidden places.
What is a ghoul?
On Halloween, children dress up in a white sheet to look like ghosts, or souls stuck in purgatory, and knock on doors to sing and ask for prayers. Sometimes, the children will receive treats.
What is Pangangaluluwa (All Saint's/Souls Day) in the Philippines?
In South Korea, running this household appliance in an enclosed room overnight can lead to fatal suffocation.
What is an electric fan?
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Alpha Psi Lambda - 1996
Delta Phi Lambda - 2002
Chi Sigma Tau - 2017
Kappa Phi Lambda - 2020
Mu Delta Alpha - 2024
In Japanese folklore, this water-dwelling creature has a turtle shell, webbed feet, and a dish of water on top of its head that drains its power if spilled.
What is the Kappa?
Practitioners dress in the signature colors of purple and black, wear sunglasses, and visit cemeteries to honor their ancestors with food, rum infused with fiery chili peppers, music, and rhythmic drumming.
What is Fête Gede in Haiti?
In India, cutting your hair or nails on this specific day of the week (associated with Jupiter) is widely believed to bring bad luck and financial loss.
What is Thursday?
These three organizations were the original members of MGC.
What is Chi Sigma Tau, Delta Phi Lambda, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi