We live in the world that despite the globalization continues to amaze and surprise us every time we hit the road. This presentation is the follow up to our previous one on what may seem to us bizzare customs. We've selected more this time – some of them are still practiced, some are long past history. All show how differently we view the culture and ourselves. All take open-mindness and sometime courage to discover.

1. MORE BIZZARE
LOCAL CUSTOMS
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2. Hello Traveler,
When you travel you discover cultures that differ from yours dramatically.
One must stay open-minded to avoid trouble traveling and discovering
exotic cultures.
Sometimes it’s difficult to react well to some behaviors that don’t fit to
standards we usually function in. If you react inappropriately, especially
in a small community, they might become suspicious and you might get
yourself into some (or a lot of!) trouble. But if you react the way you are
expected to, you might even gain their trust and get the chance to get
closer to them. And that is a valuable experience.
This is a follow up to our first presentation on 12Local Traditions that also
seemed bizzare, weird or even cruel. But the truth is that our own might
seem equally strange to others…
The pictures that illustrate are not the direct illustration of the customs.
They’re just an impression and inspiration. No matter how strange the
customs may seem we would never discourage you to travel… and share
it with us.
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3. As part of a religious ritual in Karnataka, India, locals throw their children off a temple roof that is approximately 30 feet off the
ground. locals in the village of Nagrala believe the ritual brings health and good luck to the children, many of whom are less
than two years old.According to tradition, this gives the children good luck into their adult years and strengthens intelligence
BABYTOSSINGININDIA
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4. In some cultures such as Vietnam and China the placenta is viewed as a life-giving force. Therefore, it is dried and added to
certain placenta recipes in order to increase a person’s energy and vitality.
PLACENTA A’LA CARTE IN ASIA
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5. The festival was originally organized to keep the Devil away. During El Colacho infants are laid on mattresses in the street
after crowds gather to watch. Jumpers who wear costumes to look like the Devil then proceed to leap over these
mattresses.
LEAPING OVER BABIES IN SPAIN
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6. The Anglo-Saxons believed Friday to be such an unlucky day that they ritually slaughtered any child unfortunate enough
to be born on that day.
FRIDAY CHILD’S BAD LUCK
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7. In China eggs represent fertility. A charming custom is giving hard-boiled eggs, dyed red, to
show happiness as birth announcements.
HARD BOILED GIFTS IN CHINA
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8. Caged birds are often seen on sale in the cities of Vietnam, not to be kept as pets, but for followers of Buddhism to buy, and
release into the sky, thus earning them extra merit in life.
FREE YOUR BIRD IN VIETNAM
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9. The Kanamara Matsuri is centered around a local penis-venerating shrine once popular among prostitutes who wished to
pray for protection from sexually transmitted diseases. It is said that there are also divine protections for business
prosperity and for the clan's prosperity; and for easy delivery, marriage, and married-couple harmony.
PENIS-VENERATING SHRINE IN JAPAN
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10. There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the
privilege of Being Intimate for the first time. Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.
GUAM MAN GET PAID FOR SEX
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11. The Yanomamo tribe of Venezuela and Brazil forbids in preserving or keeping any parts of their deceased. Instead, the body is
cremated and the ashes, which includes crushed bones, are given to the family to be eaten.
YANOMAMO DEADLY TASTE
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12. An ancient traditions in India, where the widow kills herself and join her husband during the cremation of the dead, the
wife jumps into the fire, and this is called “Sati”. For the widow, it is honorable to kill herself during the husband’s funeral.
It is believed that she will enter heaven, become the goddess and built a statue in memory of her sacrifice. But in the late
1980s, the British government banned and imposed the Prevention of Sati Act and as of now the practice is considered
illegal, and is therefore punishable by the law. But there were reported cases that sati still existed.
TILL DEATH DO US APART IN INDIA?
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13. Foot binding in ancient China is intensely painful and agonizing for Chinese women. They undergo this practice for elegant and
beautiful looks. Young Chinese girl’s have their feet bound at age four and up. The practice is done by tying bandages tightly.
Some herbal medicines and tea were used to soak their bounded feet. The soaking of their feet was done by their elderly
relatives. Bandages are kept on and changed regularly until the desired sizes of 4 to 3 inches are acquired. Feet deformities
resulted for years of doing this practice. Also, some of those Chinese women whose feet were bandaged, they have to survive
infections and gangrene. Consequently, women who did not take part of this practice were considered disrespectful and were
considered excluded from the society. In 1930’s this practice was banned in China, but in some areas, the tradition lives on.
CHINESE FOOT BINDING
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14. On New Year’s Eve, the Finnish melt horseshoe tins in a metal ladle. As soon as the tin liquefies, they pour it on a bucket with
ice-cold water. The random shapes that appear in the water is then interpreted. A round shape or ring shape means an wedding
coming up in the following year. An animal shape is considered prosperity. And a ship shape means travel or journey.
HORSESHOE MELTING IN FINLAND
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15. In Taiwan, funeral traditions are practiced weirdly and noisily. The grieving families hire weepers and cries on microphones.
The weepers also recite continuous prayers and traditional Chinese funeral music. This practice last for more than a week, at
times 14 days of mourning is usual. The wakes, on the other hand, are held on the streets under built tents.
NOISY FUNERAL IN TAIWAN
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16. Maybe it wouldn’t be pleasant if you find thrown dishes on your doorstep in the morning, but if you’re in Denmark things
look different. People there use to keep the old dishes throughout the whole year. The purpose: they throw it on their
friends’ doors on New Year’s Eve. So, they don’t think that someone hates them when they find the dishes on January 1st,
but they know that they have many friends.
THROWING DISHES IN DENMARK
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17. Pushkar is a little desert town in the state of Rajasthan, India, which host over 50,000 camels every November, depending
on the moon cycle. Camel owners from the whole country come to the fair to do some weird things with their camels. The
animals are shaved, dressed up, entered into beauty contests, paraded, raced, and finally, traded. The amazing numbers of
200,000 people who appear on the festival every year make it worth visiting.
CAMEL BEAUTY QUEEN IN INDIA
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18. A Testicle Festival is an event held at several small towns in which the featured activity is the consumption of animal
testicles, usually battered and fried. The oldest such festival takes place in Byron, Illinois
AMERICAN TESTICLES FESTIVAL
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