pan's labyrinth

I recently saw the movie pan's labyrinth or Laberinto del Fauno, El in spanish! It is the story of a young girl who accompanies her pregnant mother to live with her new husband. The story is laced with tragedy and melacholy but best of all....fantasy and folk tale. Bear in mind, the movie is set in Franco's spain. Seeing that movie reminded me of my latest trip home which brought me closer to my traditions and folk as a yoruba-Nigerian. I remember as my mother specially made moin-moin (steamed bean cakes) for me with ewe (palm leaves used to wrap the bean paste in), she spoke to the moin-moin to cook properly and set. She admonished the fire for being to harsh and prayed that the moin moin came out in tact.
Culture and tradition is a beautiful thing...it is evident in all societies and extremly beautiful in Africa! It is lovely when you think about how when cooks fry puff puff (buns) they litter the ground with the first few they fry or how your oriki (praise song) tells of who you are or where you are from.
In pan's labyrinth, a central character orfelia; tells her baby brother still in her Mother's womb not to kill their mother as he ventures out to the world. Folk and tradition are distinct parts of society, do you know anything about yours?