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Blueing is a popular product, especially in Surinamese culture. It can be used to protect yourself from the evil eye (nazar). So anything desirable can be captivated by the evil eye.
You heat a bath in which you dissolve half or a whole block. It is mainly used to bathe babies or by Surinamese to have a large ritual washing at the turn of the year, so that they can start the new year with a clean slate.

Evil Eye, Ogri Ai

Whoever is struck by the evil eye can suffer bad luck, illness, loss or other disaster. The belief in the evil eye is more than 5000 years old and was feared centuries ago among Greeks and Romans, but nowadays also among Hindus, Buddhists and Surinamese and Arab Christians and Muslims. At its core, it means to harm something or someone with your gaze. It refers to a curse that someone sends you unconsciously or consciously. An important characteristic of the evil eye is therefore that this ‘curse’ is veiled in a compliment that someone makes, which actually contains a form of envy.