Strange customs in different tribes. Unusual traditions in different countries of the world

Each country has its own unusual traditions, which may even shock us. In this article we will look at both general information on traditions and New Year’s ones. Some moments may surprise you, some may make you smile, and some may even make you laugh.

General traditions

Denmark

For example, in Denmark it is customary to hang a flag in the window. If you see a flag, it means a birthday is being celebrated in that house.

Thailand

In Thailand there is a festival called Song Kran. On this holiday, everyone pours water on each other. If you are doused with water on this day, it means they wish you good luck. Also in this same country they treat their heads with care, because... It is generally accepted that this is the repository of the human soul.

Advice

If you touch it, you will offend the person, so it is better not to do this.

Eskimo tribe

It is customary among Eskimo tribes to stand in a row to greet a stranger. Next, the first person comes forward a little, slaps the stranger on the head, and also waits for an answer from the stranger. So, they continue to spank each other until one of them falls to the ground.

South America

Another interesting greeting custom can be observed in South America. They spit on each other. Some African peoples greet each other by sticking out their tongues.

Korea

In Korea, if you want to show that the table is delicious and you really liked it, it is recommended to slurp very loudly. This is exactly what everyone does to please their owners.

Northern Kamchatka

In Northern Kamchatka, among a number of peoples, the host could be shown great honor and respect if the guest had sexual intercourse with his wife. The owner of the house will be incredibly honored by such an act. And the mistress of the house tried her best to make the guest want to have sexual intercourse with her. And it was considered the greatest happiness if a woman became pregnant and gave birth to a child after such a relationship. When a child was born, the whole village celebrated this event.

Philippines

You can’t ignore the island of Luzon (Philippines). This custom has existed since ancient times and continues to this day. Even before their death, the deceased carved out graves in logs, in which they were placed. After this, the deceased were taken to caves far into the mountains. So, some caves already contain a huge number of such unusual coffins. And some of them tear out their ancestors every few years and change their clothes.

New Year traditions

What New Year traditions can be observed in Bulgaria, and even so that they surprise us with their unusualness?

Before the last stroke of the night before midnight, the lights in the houses are turned off for a few minutes and they kiss.

Scotland

In Scotland there is a different tradition, a family one. It is customary here to light a fireplace before midnight, sit down with the whole family and look at its fire. It is believed that at this moment all sorrows and sorrows go away along with the past year. Everyone also makes secret wishes. When the clock begins to strike the last beats, the doors of the house are opened so that the old year can leave and the new year can come. After this ritual, everyone goes to the festive table and has fun.

There is another unusual and vibrant tradition in this country. On New Year's night, it is customary for them to take barrels of tar, set them on fire and roll them along the streets. In this way they burn the old year and celebrate the new year.

Ireland

And in Ireland it is customary to open the doors in all houses. If you want, you can go into any house and you will be the most valuable guest. You will be seated at the table, fed with festive dishes, and you will be part of the holiday of this family. The next day the celebration continues with family and friends.

France

If in the southern part of France the housewife is the first to draw water from a source in the New Year, then she must leave a bun from the festive table. And then, the woman who comes for her and takes the pie must leave the pie from her table. So the treats continue until the evening.

Germany

Germany also has an unusual New Year's tradition. In this country, when midnight comes, every person (both old and young) stands on a chair. It can also be a chair or table.

Advice

So, standing on a kind of hill, everyone starts jumping loudly and cheerfully, welcoming the New Year.

Italy

Italians also have unusual traditions and customs. So, it is customary for them to throw all unnecessary things and old things out of the windows. At the same time, success and luck in the New Year depend on the number of things that are thrown away. The bigger, the better. Argentina has a similar tradition, but in a simplified form. So, from offices you can see flying documents and bills.

Conclusion:

As can be seen from this article, there are unusual traditions not only in general terms - such as greetings and hospitality. Also, unusual traditions affected the New Year - the most celebrated holiday in the world. All these traditions are very unusual, funny and interesting. And in some customs you even want to take part yourself.

They don’t really fit in with the progressive 21st century; many even seem like the invention of a writer with a wild imagination. But, whatever one may say, these things actually exist and are widely practiced. Offers you to get acquainted with the most unimaginable sexual customs from different parts of the Earth, which you probably have not heard of before.

"Love Shack" for teenagers

A girl is free to bring an unlimited number of suitors to such a hut. Dating, according to the customs of the tribe, can last until the owner of the hut finds the very same guy of her dreams with whom she will connect her life. This practice is probably related to the law, which strictly prohibits divorce for married couples.

Sharing like brothers

Night of betrayal

Sex with clothes on

Exhibitionism as a way of flirting

Sex lessons

Cocktail of masculinity

Love for our little brothers

Sex in front of witnesses

Exhibition night

How many interesting and unknown things are hidden in the traditions of the peoples of our planet. And, the mysterious and forbidden topic of sex could not remain aside and, naturally, was reflected in various rituals and customs, sometimes very unusual. So, let's go on a journey.

Australia

Northern Kamchatka

Tibet

Polynesia

Germany

Oceania

South Africa

Other African tribes force members of the stronger sex to undergo some kind of test before marriage. Namely, to have sex with the mother of the bride, as many times as necessary, in order to prove his worth. True, before this they undergo a mandatory examination (in the literal sense of the word: teeth, body, and so on) in front of their future father-in-law.

Central Africa: Shilluk tribe

Brazil: Jerusalem artichoke Indians

Micronesia: Panape Tribe

Japan and Korea

From temple prostitution in Mesopotamia to the ancient Japanese sexual tradition with the poetic name "Yobai"

About quirks

For example, in Tibet, a girl was considered an enviable bride only when she changed a dozen or two partners. Virgins, as you can see, were not held in high esteem in the Dalai Lama’s country. But the Brazilians from the Jerusalem artichoke tribe made impressive sacrifices to please their ladies. The fact is that girls found only huge genitals worthy of their attention. To do this, men exposed their penises to poisonous snakes, after the bites of which their manhood met the expectations of discerning Jerusalem artichoke women.

But the Indians, experienced in love, had much more options for extreme entertainment of this kind. For example, their treatises on the art of love taught the use of "apadravia" - male piercings made of gold, silver, iron, wood or buffalo horns! And the great-grandfather of the modern condom “yalaka” - an empty tube inside with pimples on the outside - was also invented in India. In Japan and Korea, there was an interesting practice of enhancing male orgasm. To make it more vivid and memorable, an injection into the groin with a golden needle is enough, oriental traditions say. The inhabitants of the Trobriand Islands were very inventive in bed pleasures. Just look at the habit of nibbling your partner’s eyelashes; this is considered their traditional caress. I would like to see the teeth of these entertainers, because in order to gnaw an eyelash, the teeth must be at least sharp.
The sex-seekers of the Batta tribe of Sumatra had a tradition of inserting pebbles or pieces of metal under the foreskin. They believed that this way they could give their partner much more pleasure. The Argentine Indians also had a similar idea in their arsenal. They attached horsehair tassels to the phallus. It’s scary to think about the hygiene of meetings with such fellows.
Tanzanian women increased their attractiveness in an interesting way. They did not decorate themselves or dress up. They stole from the man they desired... a hoe and sandals! In those parts, the things listed are of particular value, so the man, willy-nilly, had to go and rescue the property, and then, who knows?
What about our compatriots? In ancient times, in some settlements of Kamchatka, a night spent by a guest with the owner’s wife was considered a special honor for the house. The lady, by the way, tried to seduce the guest in every possible way. And if she also managed to get pregnant, then the whole village celebrated it. Which was, of course, reasonable - fresh genes. Such traditions are not uncommon: the Eskimos and Chukchi, for example, also used the beauty of their wives for the benefit of the clan. They gave them to “use” the men who went fishing. Well, in Tibet it was generally believed that if a guest liked someone else’s wife, then it was the will of higher powers and there was no way to resist them.

Japan - crawl up and “yobay”

An ancient sexual tradition with the poetic name “yobai” existed in the Japanese outback until the end of the 19th century. The essence of the custom “sneaking in the night” (approximate translation) was as follows: any young man, under the cover of darkness, had the right to enter the house of an unmarried young lady, crawl under her blanket and, if the chosen one did not mind, directly engage in the delightful “yobai” . In Russian, however, it does not sound like the name of a tradition, but more like a call to action.
If a Japanese girl turned out to be intractable, then the upset young man had to go home. Like any tradition, the Yobai custom was regulated by strict rules. A potential lover had to go on a romantic date completely naked, since a night visit from a clothed man was considered robbery and could end in disaster for him. However, the guy had the right to cover his face and appear before the girl as a beautiful stranger. These are Japanese role-playing games.

Tibet - a one-way trip

Once upon a time in Tibet, visiting men were greeted with genuine cordiality. The travel notes of the famous traveler Marco Polo talk about a local sexual tradition that ordered all young girls to copulate with at least twenty different men before marriage. Either there were few men in Tibet, or, according to custom, fresh girls were intended exclusively for foreigners, but travelers were worth their weight in gold here. And those poor fellows who could not stand up for themselves were literally “torn like Tuzik’s slippers” by sex swindlers. Therefore, the trip to Tibet for some of our brothers was the last.

South America - Indian Babformation

The sexual traditions of the Kagaba tribe can forever discourage a man from conscientiously fulfilling his marital duty and having offspring. Representatives of the stronger half of the tribe are terribly afraid of women. It's all about the strange ritual of initiation of young men into men: a young Indian Kagaba must have his first sexual experience with the oldest lady of the family. For this reason, in marital relationships, a man is lacking initiative, and if his wife hints at intimacy, he prefers to cowardly hide in the jungle in a bunker pre-equipped for such purposes (like going hunting).
It happens that several fugitives are hiding in a bachelor's den at the same time. Then the female half of the tribe equips a search expedition. Role-playing games of slave and mistress always end predictably. Unsatisfied wives comb the jungle until they discover the cache and return their faithful to the bosom of the family.

Africa - food preferences
Who is interested in military parades? Perhaps only to the military, but the common people demand bread and circuses. The King of Swaziland knows exactly how to make a holiday of the soul for his subjects, and therefore every year he organizes a grand procession of virgins. Thousands of seductive scantily clad beauties cheerfully march in front of the monarch. In Swaziland, it has become a good sexual tradition when the king chooses a new wife from the participants in the parade, and each failed wife is rewarded with a large bowl of food. And believe me, by local standards this is a royal gift!

The sexual traditions of the peoples of the world are different, as are the standards of beauty. How can a woman from the Zambezi River valley be considered attractive if her mouth is full of teeth like a crocodile? To become beautiful, a Batoka girl had to get married. On their wedding night, the satisfied husband turned an “ugly” girl into a beautiful woman by knocking out her front teeth. This custom, accompanied by simple plastic surgery, makes the Batok woman happy and the radiant smile never leaves her face. In the Baganda tribe (East Africa), there is a belief that sex directly on agricultural land significantly increases its fertility. By the way, such a sexual tradition was inherent in many nations. However, the natives did not organize vulgar orgies in the plantain beds (the main food crop of the Bagandans). To carry out the ritual, a married couple was chosen - the parents of twins. The event was held in the field of the tribal leader and consisted of the following: the woman lay on her back, a plantain flower was placed in her vagina, and the husband had to get it out without using his hands, using only his penis. According to custom, the family of agronomists had to demonstrate the miracles of balancing act only in the leader’s field. There was no need to play role-playing games in the gardens of their fellow tribesmen; it was enough to dance a little.

Mesopotamia - temple prostitution

Every inhabitant of ancient Babylon had to make a sacrifice to the goddess of love Ishtar. To perform the ritual, the lady went to the sanctuary of the goddess, sat in a visible place and waited for a stranger to choose her. The client gave the chosen one a coin, after which they went to some secluded corner, where they made a generous sacrifice.
Once was enough. However, some particularly zealous Babylonians constantly practiced such role-playing games, offering strangers an interesting vacation for money, which then went to the needs of the temple. It was impossible to leave his territory before the end of the ritual, so the pretty girl “shot back” quickly, and the unsightly young lady had to wait for her prince for a long time, sometimes even years! Housing and food were provided. Similar sexual traditions existed in Cyprus, and Greek girls made sacrifices to the goddess Aphrodite.

Russia is a country of Soviets

Family life in Rus' is not easy! The getting married couple had to feel this statement already at the wedding. All night before the holiday, the bride, according to ancient Slavic custom, unbraided her braids and sang sad songs with her bridesmaids. In the morning, a bunch of tedious wedding rituals awaited her, which continued until late in the evening and on an empty stomach. Even during the festive feast, the bride was not allowed to eat. It was not easy for the groom either - throughout the celebration he was obliged to cheerfully jump around his numerous relatives.
And finally the feast ended. The exhausted young people found themselves alone in the bedchamber and were about to have unbridled sex and go to bed. Let's daydream! The sexual tradition assumed the active participation of relatives in the first wedding night of the newlyweds - the guests shouted obscene ditties under the bedroom windows until the morning, and one of them (specially chosen for this purpose) periodically knocked on the door and asked: “Has the ice broken?” In such a situation, the groom soon began to realize that the mission was impossible, and his efforts were in vain, despite the body of his betrothed, immobilized from fatigue. Therefore, the young spouse was given the opportunity to rehabilitate himself over the next few nights. If things still didn’t work out, then experienced advisers were involved: the groom’s brother or father. It is known that in some villages in Ukraine, an authorized prompter sat comfortably under the bed, from where he helped the newlyweds with good advice on how to do everything right, and at the same time, with his presence, created the atmosphere of an unusual holiday.

Micronesia - love with a twinkle

If you are sure that role-playing games with elements of sadomasochism were invented by the well-known marquis, I hasten to disappoint you - this is a common misconception. The natives of Truck Island were into self-mutilation during sex even before Marquise de Sade's mother faked an orgasm in a simple missionary position. The custom was as follows: while the partner diligently puffed, making back-and-forth movements, the ardent lover set fire to small breadfruit balls on his body. It is quite difficult to imagine how she did this during sex... One can assume that the man copulated not with the whole lady, but with a distant part of her (for example, the heel). These natives are such pranksters!

Shaking hands as a sign of greeting for weaklings
Forget about wiping noses. Men from some Eskimo tribes line up to greet a stranger. After which the first of them steps forward and gives the stranger a good slap on the top of the head, and expects a similar response from the stranger. The slaps and blows continue until one of the parties (the Eskimos or their unfortunate guest) falls to the ground. Want to try this greeting? How would you like the tradition that flourishes among some tribes in Papua New Guinea? There it is customary to greet a man by touching the tip of his penis... men walk there almost naked.

Gender is a relative concept
For many Indians and Native Americans, the concept of “third kind” was quite popular (as a rule, it was applied to men who led a female lifestyle). Anthropologists call them “berdachi”, and contemporaries of such people called them more simply - “two-spirited”; berdachi played an important role in the life of the community. According to an article by researcher Richard Drexler published in the journal Social History, double-spirits tended to spend time in the company of women, doing housework such as cooking, sewing or any other social role characteristic of a woman. Moreover, other men from the tribe could take double-spirited men as wives. Drexler provides evidence in his article that boys, endowed with special beauty by nature, were initially raised as “berdachi”, because their beauty could later attract potential husbands. Unmarried “berdachi” played the role of “companions” of young warriors, who, if there were no double-spirits, would have turned their sexual energy to young girls from the tribe.

Will I marry you? Catch me if you can
When people began to unite into clans and tribes, the concept of “courtship” included a raid on the territory of neighbors, ending with the capture of a woman, who was forced to marry the valiant kidnapper. And although bride kidnappings died down with the advent and spread of organized religious beliefs, some cultural “atavisms” of this tradition live on to this day. Among the Arabs living in the Sinai Peninsula, there is a tradition: a girl receives the status of purity and modesty, which is directly proportional to how much she will resist on her wedding day and how many tears she will shed on this occasion. According to Irish tradition, a marriage is unlikely to be recognized as legal unless the bride makes an attempt to escape and the groom's friends do not catch her. In Wales, the tradition is that the bride's relatives should intercept the bride at the church door and try to escape with her, forcing the groom and his relatives to give chase; when the stolen bride is caught, she will be handed over to her future husband in a ceremonial manner.

A real man
A boy from the South African Xhosa tribe is considered a "thing" and not a person until he undergoes a traditional circumcision ritual called "abakweta". Catherine Stewart writes that the ritual is usually performed after the boy has completed the teenage stage of his life, but it can be performed earlier. To perform the ritual, the surgeon-priest comes to the family’s house at dawn, and as soon as the women see him, they begin to moan. As soon as the priest notices the boy who is about to undergo an initiation ceremony, he begins to scream, calling the unfortunate man a “dog” or a “thing.” The operation is performed with a sharpened blade, the boy should neither cry nor contort in pain. As soon as the foreskin is separated, the “doctor” proudly declares: “You are now a man” and throws the cut skin in front of the boy, who must lift the skin and, clenching it tightly in his fist, repeat: “I am a man.” The boy must bury his foreskin in an anthill, his wound will be lined with special leaves and smeared with mud. After which the priest prepares a mixture of water and earth from an anthill, smears this slurry on the face and chest of an accomplished man and, to top it off, forces him to drink a whole sip of the water-earth slurry. After this stage of the execution, the boy is painted from head to toe with white clay and wrapped in a new blanket, and the father of the “man” pays the priest 50 cents. Unfortunately, as Stewart testifies, many young people are then taken to Eastern Cape hospitals with conditions such as severe dehydration, sepsis and gangrene, many of whom never make a full recovery.

Bath twice a year, but why more often?
Due to the prejudices and excessive dissatisfaction of the church regarding the sight of the naked human body, Medieval Europe practically forgot about regular bathing and personal hygiene. Even wealthy families gave themselves a “full wash” no more than a couple of times a year, in May and October. Twice a year people took a bath in a huge tub filled with hot water. The head of the family or the owner of the house was the first to climb into the clean hot water, followed in order of priority by his sons, immediately after them all male relatives or guests who were currently on the estate. As soon as the men somehow scraped off the dirt from themselves, it was the women’s turn, the mistress of the house went first, after which the female children, the babies had to be dipped into the already pretty dirty water last. By the time it was the babies’ turn, the water in the tub was already so black that medieval matrons were strongly advised not to let go of the baby while bathing. So, actually, there is nothing surprising in the fact that women covered their hair, and men shaved their heads bald and wore wigs. But not everyone, not everyone, could afford good quality wigs. Instead of washing the wigs, they were stuffed into a loaf of bread gutted from the inside and baked in the oven. The heat of the oven fluffed the wig, making it voluminous, and voluminous hair was considered a sign of human health.

Seven times a year for success
Seven times a year, during a festival called Pon, Indonesians go on a pilgrimage to the holy mountain on the island of Java to perform a ritual that brings good luck. In order to receive the blessing of good fortune, they must spend the night of love with someone other than their own spouses. According to legend, wishes will come true only if an Indonesian lies with the same person all seven times.

Burning with love
Despite the fact that the “sati” ritual was banned in 1829, India could not easily and quickly abandon this part of its ancient culture. When a man died, his body was carried to the cremation ground, accompanied by his wife, dressed in her best attire, and her friends and relatives. Arriving at the cremation site, the wife had to walk around the funeral pyre 7 times and sit next to her husband’s body, rejoicing that she could depart to another world with him. After which the relatives tied the unfortunate woman and threw dry branches into the fire after it was lit. Even girls 10 years old had to perform the “sati” ritual if the man to whom they were given as a wife “played the box.”

Author of sadism
The Marquis de Sade, perhaps the most notorious author in French literature, is known less for his manuscript writings than for his penchant for playing hardball. The term "sadism," meaning a sexual perversion in which pleasure is felt in inflicting physical or mental pain on others, first appeared in dictionaries in 1834, 20 years after de Sade's death. In 1768, the Marquis de Salles hired a prostitute named Rose Keller, whom he kept in captivity for a long time, mocking her in every possible way. In subsequent years, he was found guilty of many sexual crimes, for which he was imprisoned for three decades, which perhaps brought a kind of pleasure to his perverted brain.

Creative greetings
According to the Betty and Franz Baumle Dictionary of Signs, the world uses different parts of the body in the most amusing way in the process of communication. For example, in Tibet it is customary to greet someone you know by showing him the thumb of your right hand and at the same time sticking out your tongue. In Tahiti, you can show your joy at your friend's arrival in a completely creepy way: cutting yourself with shark teeth and howling in pain. As a sign of greeting, Filipinos must rub the palm of their hand (or the guest's foot depending on their importance) on their face.

Alternative to "thank you"
In Thailand, it is considered absolutely normal to burp loudly after a hearty meal, but in the same Thailand it is considered impolite to step on food, point at something with the toe of a shoe, or touch another person’s head.

In our world there are a huge number of nationalities that have their own history. We present to your attention the most unusual and interesting customs and traditions peoples of the world.

Samoa. People from these regions, instead of the usual greeting, in the form of a handshake, sniff each other. For them this is a very serious and ancient ritual. In the old days, their ancestors could identify a stranger using such a greeting.

Maasai tribe in Africa. Everyone is taught from childhood that spitting is bad. In the Maasai tribe it's the other way around. With this action they greet each other and thereby show respect for the interlocutor.

Denmark. If, while walking along the streets of Denmark, you see a national flag peeking out of the window of a house, you know that a person lives in that house whose birthday it is today.

Andaman Islands. In this area, a person can walk up to another, sit in his arms and cry. And these tears will not be from grief, but from the joy they experience when meeting this person.

Among the American Indians, the groom had to endure many trials in order to get a bride. The bride's parents had to drive him away in every possible way, insult him, or even use him as free labor. If the groom endures all these tests, then his chosen one is given to him as a wife.

In China, Japan, and Korea, if a person does not slurp while eating, it means that he did not like the food and this may offend the owners of the house.

In the East, it is customary to treat guests to tea. In this case, the tea container is not filled completely and is gradually, during communication, topped up a little. When the hosts are already tired and want their guests to leave, they fill the vessel full, which means that they finish their drink and leave.

Tibet. Here, when meeting, it is customary to stick out your tongue to passers-by. This custom has an ancient history. In the 9th century, Tibet was ruled by a tyrant king, and it is known that he had a black tongue. After his death, the residents were very happy, but they were afraid that the king would not be reborn in another body. This is why, when meeting strangers, they consider it their duty to check the language of that person.

In the Philippines, North Africa and some parts of China, if a guest has eaten everything that was put on his plate, they may be considered to be very greedy. In these places it is customary that if you no longer want to eat, you must leave something on the plate and this will mean that you are full. Otherwise, the owner, according to the rules of etiquette, is obliged to give you more food.

According to the ancient tradition of hospitality, if a guest in the host’s house praises something, the host is obliged to give it to the guest.

In India, it is considered an insult if you shake hands with someone you do not know and have never seen before.

In Central Nigeria, it is not customary to marry thin girls. In order to prepare the bride for marriage, she is placed separately from everyone else and is forbidden to leave the premises. Only the mother can visit her, who brings a lot of fatty and floury food to fatten her daughter for the wedding.

In Vietnam, it is not customary to praise a newborn. Local residents have always believed that if a dark spirit hears all the virtues of a child, it can steal him away. Also, in Vietnam there is a tradition of hanging a mirror on the threshold before entering the house. It is needed to scare away the dragon. The residents thought that if a dragon came to them and saw its reflection in the mirror, it would think that there was already a dragon here and would leave.

In the North of Kamchatka, since ancient times, it was believed that if a guest slept with the wife of the owner of the house, then by this he expressed his respect for the owner. And it was especially appreciated if the wife became pregnant from this guest.

In Spain, it is customary to address everyone as “you,” even if this person is older in age or rank. If you address a person using “you,” this may even offend him.

In China, the number 4 practically does not exist; people try to avoid it. And all because the number 4 among the Chinese sounds like the word “death”.

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