I'm not so sure what the eclipse means in other culture but in the Hispanic culture (which is very spurious) we believe that the eclipse has enough power to harm our baby..we believe that the eclipse could "eat" pieces of the baby..and by eat I mean damage parts, like the ears, toes, lips, noise..so we wrap red string around our bellies and pin safety pins on our bra..thats supposed to ward off the rays of the eclipse from the baby...