This thread shares strange traditions worldwide: Papua New Guinea cuts fingers after death, Thailand pierces bodies during festivals, Brazil’s men wear venomous ant gloves, Spain throws tomatoes, and Japan’s monks starve for enlightenment. Other customs include foot binding in China, exhuming ancestors in Madagascar, and neck stretching in Myanmar. Unique, wild, and fascinating!
The most unique traditions around the world ~ A rare Thread 🧵
1. In Papua New Guinea, when someone dies, family members cut off their own fingers as a sign of mourning.
2. In Pakistan, smoking dead scorpions is a practice where users crush the scorpion into powder and mix it with tobacco or hashish. The effects last for about 10 hours.
3. In Thailand, during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, religious people pierce their cheeks, tongues, and bodies with sharp objects to purify themselves and honor the Gods
4. In Spain, during La Tomatina, people throw tomatoes at each other in a massive food fight held every year for fun and celebration.
5. In Brazil, young men wear gloves filled with venomous bullet ants to prove their strength and masculinity.
6. In Denmark, if you reach the age of 25 and are not married, you will be tied to a chair and pelted with cinnamon.
7. In Madagascar, families exhume their relatives, rewrap their remains, and dance with them as part of an ancestral celebration.
8. There is a tribe in Indonesia that digs up their dead relatives once a year, dresses them well,and cleans them to mark a celebration of their lives.
9. In China, young girls' feet were bound tightly in an ancient practice to achieve "lotus feet," a sign of beauty and status, until the practice was banned in the early 20th century.
10. In Spain, men dressed as devils jump over babies lying on mattresses during the 'El Colacho' festival to cleanse them of sins and protect them from evil spirits.
11. In Japan, a number of Buddhist monks embalmed themselves while they were still alive, slowly starving themselves and meditating in an attempt to seek enlightenment.
12. In Scotland, brides and grooms were pelted with rotten food, ashes and flour in a pre-wedding ritual called “blackening”, which was believed to prepare them for the hardships of marriage.
13. Ramnami Tribe in Chhattisgarh India, is epitome of selfless loyalty towards the Lord Ram, Showing their true devotion for Shree Ram whole community have had tattooed Ram all over their body and still following this customs since more than 100s years.
14. In Myanmar and Thailand, Kayan women wear brass bands around their necks to lengthen their necks, considering it a sign of beauty and cultural pride.
15. In the Amazon, the Yanomami people eat the ashes of their deceased relatives, believing that doing so keeps their spirits alive within them.
16. Hindu festival of GAJAN is celebrated across West Bengal and Tripura, India. It is symbolised by a high pole, from which the devotees hang suspended from iron hooks, as a symbolic sacrifice to Lord Shiva.
17. This Papua New Guinea tribe mummifies past chiefs and places them on an altar
18. The Suri tribe of Ethiopia belives that for a cow to produce more milk, you must "eat" its vagina and caress its udders.
The most unique traditions around the world ~ A rare Thread 🧵1. In Papua New Guinea, when someone dies, family members cut off their own fingers as a sign of mourning.2. In Pakistan, smoking dead scorpions is a practice where users crush the scorpion into powder and mix it with tobacco or hashish. The effects last for about 10 hours.3. In Thailand, during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, religious people pierce their cheeks, tongues, and bodies with sharp objects to purify themselves and honor the Gods4. In Spain, during La Tomatina, people throw tomatoes at each other in a massive food fight held every year for fun and celebration.5. In Brazil, young men wear gloves filled with venomous bullet ants to prove their strength and masculinity.6. In Denmark, if you reach the age of 25 and are not married, you will be tied to a chair and pelted with cinnamon.7. In Madagascar, families exhume their relatives, rewrap their remains, and dance with them as part of an ancestral celebration.8. There is a tribe in Indonesia that digs up their dead relatives once a year, dresses them well,and cleans them to mark a celebration of their lives.9. In China, young girls' feet were bound tightly in an ancient practice to achieve "lotus feet," a sign of beauty and status, until the practice was banned in the early 20th century.10. In Spain, men dressed as devils jump over babies lying on mattresses during the 'El Colacho' festival to cleanse them of sins and protect them from evil spirits.11. In Japan, a number of Buddhist monks embalmed themselves while they were still alive, slowly starving themselves and meditating in an attempt to seek enlightenment.12. In Scotland, brides and grooms were pelted with rotten food, ashes and flour in a pre-wedding ritual called “blackening”, which was believed to prepare them for the hardships of marriage.13. Ramnami Tribe in Chhattisgarh India, is epitome of selfless loyalty towards the Lord Ram, Showing their true devotion for Shree Ram whole community have had tattooed Ram all over their body and still following this customs since more than 100s years.14. In Myanmar and Thailand, Kayan women wear brass bands around their necks to lengthen their necks, considering it a sign of beauty and cultural pride.15. In the Amazon, the Yanomami people eat the ashes of their deceased relatives, believing that doing so keeps their spirits alive within them.16. Hindu festival of GAJAN is celebrated across West Bengal and Tripura, India. It is symbolised by a high pole, from which the devotees hang suspended from iron hooks, as a symbolic sacrifice to Lord Shiva.17. This Papua New Guinea tribe mummifies past chiefs and places them on an altar18. The Suri tribe of Ethiopia belives that for a cow to produce more milk, you must "eat" its vagina and caress its udders.
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The most unique traditions around the world ~ A rare Thread 🧵 ... 1. In Papua New Guinea, when someone dies, family members cut off their own fingers as a sign of mourning. ... 2. In Pakistan, smoking dead scorpions is a practice where users crush the scorpion into powder and mix it with tobacco or hashish. The effects last for about 10 hours. ... 3. In Thailand, during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, religious people pierce their cheeks, tongues, and bodies with sharp objects to purify themselves and honor the Gods ... 4. In Spain, during La Tomatina, people throw tomatoes at each other in a massive food fight held every year for fun and celebration. ... 5. In Brazil, young men wear gloves filled with venomous bullet ants to prove their strength and masculinity. ... 6. In Denmark, if you reach the age of 25 and are not married, you will be tied to a chair and pelted with cinnamon. ... 7. In Madagascar, families exhume their relatives, rewrap their remains, and dance with them as part of an ancestral celebration. ... 8. There is a tribe in Indonesia that digs up their dead relatives once a year, dresses them well,and cleans them to mark a celebration of their lives. ... 9. In China, young girls' feet were bound tightly in an ancient practice to achieve "lotus feet," a sign of beauty and status, until the practice was banned in the early 20th century. ... 10. In Spain, men dressed as devils jump over babies lying on mattresses during the 'El Colacho' festival to cleanse them of sins and protect them from evil spirits. ... 11. In Japan, a number of Buddhist monks embalmed themselves while they were still alive, slowly starving themselves and meditating in an attempt to seek enlightenment. ... 12. In Scotland, brides and grooms were pelted with rotten food, ashes and flour in a pre-wedding ritual called “blackening”, which was believed to prepare them for the hardships of marriage. ... 13. Ramnami Tribe in Chhattisgarh India, is epitome of selfless loyalty towards the Lord Ram, Showing their true devotion for Shree Ram whole community have had tattooed Ram all over their body and still following this customs since more than 100s years. ... 14. In Myanmar and Thailand, Kayan women wear brass bands around their necks to lengthen their necks, considering it a sign of beauty and cultural pride. ... 15. In the Amazon, the Yanomami people eat the ashes of their deceased relatives, believing that doing so keeps their spirits alive within them. ... 16. Hindu festival of GAJAN is celebrated across West Bengal and Tripura, India. It is symbolised by a high pole, from which the devotees hang suspended from iron hooks, as a symbolic sacrifice to Lord Shiva. ... 17. This Papua New Guinea tribe mummifies past chiefs and places them on an altar ... 18. The Suri tribe of Ethiopia belives that for a cow to produce more milk, you must "eat" its vagina and caress its udders.
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