10 Bizarre Traditions From Around The World That Will Make You Cringe!
#1 Festival Of Piercing
It is hindu festival crated by tamil community of India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mauritius, Singapore, Thailand and Myanmar.In Tamil Nadu, they celebrate their devotion to the birth of Lord Murugan and his killing of Soorapadman, a vengeful spirit, with a spear. They do this with painful piercings around the various parts of their body even tongue.
#2 La Tomatina
Next we go to Spain. Come on you knew the spanish were going to be somewhere on this list.This tradition is no doubt the world's most pointless tradition.On the last Wednesday of August every year, a huge crowd gather's in the town, and then comes the most bizarre initiation ceremony to ever begin a food fight.
#3 Man Enough?
When a young boy comes of age in the Satere-Mawe tribe, before he can become a man in the eyes of his fellow tribesmen and women, he must prove himself. To do that he must insert both his hands into specially made gloves containing an angry hive of the most painful stinging animal on earth, the bullet ant. This little deviant's sting is 30 times worse than a bee sting, in fact they are called bullet ants because the pain of their sting is said to be similar to a bullet hitting your flesh.
But apparently even that's not man enough for the chiefs of the Satere-Mawe tribe, the poor boy has to repeat this agonising ritual 20 times, over the course of an entire day, before he is truly considered a man. Never mind a "man", anyone who can withstand that deserves to be king of the bloody Amazon in my opinion.
#4 Drinking the Ashes of the Dead
The Yanomamo tribe of Venezuela and Brazil believe that burying a body after death and leaving them to decay is a truly horrifying prospect. So corpses are cremated as quickly as possible after death. Okay that all seems pretty normal! Well I'm afraid this is where things get weird.They ingest the remains of their dead relative as they believe that by ingesting the remains of a loved one, their spirit will live within them forever. Yes I did just say "ingest"..
#5 Dancing With The Dead
The Famadihana is a traditional festival OF Madagascar.It is a funerary tradition, known as the turning of the bones, people bring forth the bodies of their ancestors from the family crypts and rewrap them in fresh cloth, then dance with the corpses around the tomb to live music.
#6 Mourning of Muharram
This event is very important for shia islam.It marks the martyred of the grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)The event reaches its climax on the tenth day morning, known as Ashura. Some groups of Shia Muslims join in an ardous practice that involves body whipping with special chains that have razors and knives attached.
#7 Finger Cutting
In West Papua New Guinea, there's a group of indigenous people called the Dani who show grief of losing their loved ones by smearing ashes and clay across their faces.And not only this but they also cut off their fingers to show ther love to them.
#8 Bathroom ban after marriage
Newly married couples of the Tidong community in Indonesia are prohibited to use bathroom after their marriage for THREE DAYS.They are watched by their relatives.Breaking the rules will bring bad luck to their married life.
#9 Tooth Filling
In the Balinese culture, there's a Hindu religious ceremony called Tooth Filling. The teeth of males and females are believed to be symbols of greed, anger, lust, confusion and jealousy all things that hinder the physical and spiritual growth of a person. The teeth are smoothed down to ensure their freedom from these negative traits and to mark the passage from puberty into adulthood.
#10 Baby Throwing
The bizarre ritual of throwing newborn babies off a temple 50ft high and catching them in a cloth has been celebrated in India since last 500 years.It is practised by those couples who are blessed with a baby after taking a vow at sri Santeswar temple in Karnataka.
