Africa is the most underdeveloped continent in the world. Many people are still living there without basic necessities. This makes it one of the weirdest places in the world. We always show interest in bizarre and shocking things found in Africa.
Let's take a look at these AF things of Africa.
Even scientists already proved that people could get infected with HIV and Ebola by eating bush meat. But Africans just love to eat Bush meat which starting from lemurs and finishing with giant apes. In 2014, people from the Congo basin consumed approximately five million tons of bush meat.
In some African tribes bigger lips mean hotter they look to men. For this purpose, girls pierce huge plates through their lips. The maximum diameter of the plate might get as wide as 20 centimeters.
Madagascar's people have some problems with their dead relatives. Because, after every 5 or 7 years, all the family gathers, exhumes the dead bodies, and starts dancing with them. This unbelievable ceremony is called Famadihana. Locals believe that it is a sign of respect to the dead.
Welcome to WWE of Africa, where you have to fight for your love. The game rules are simple both guys beat each other up without any defense and the one who win got the prize the woman of his dreams.
The Masai tribe has a unique tradition. They spit on their newborn babies because they believe that these babies are evil. By spitting they believe that evil spirits will leave the saliva covered kids alone.
Dung beetles and humans used as a navigation system in Africa.
Seeing a frog with hair is the same as seeing a dog with wings. The main difference is that this frog looks gross.
The Chewa tribe has a very old tradition. When a Chewa person dies, the tribe takes his or her body to a sacred place, cuts the throat, and starts pouring fresh water into the corpse. And the other Chewa people press the stomach so that all the blood would come out of the rear end. Then the village gathers and cooks with the water which is taken from the deceased.
These little insects are disgusting enough even to touch them, but African people love to eat stink bugs.
In Sudan when any man falls in love with a woman, instead of asking for her hand, they kidnap her.
Pokot tribe in Kenya uses cows as currency and you can buy anything there against cow currency.
