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Top Weirdest Traditions

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Some of the most bizarre traditions from all around the world.

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Sweep the House Report Abuse
hile. Another New year's tradition. Sweep the house from the outside to the inside (bring all the garbage in basically..) to withdraw bad energies.
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Drinking Champagne With Ashes Report Abuse
Russia. New year's tradition. Write down your wish on a piece of paper, burn it and put the ashes inside of a glass with champagne. Drink it before midnight and your wish might become true.
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Walk around with empty bags Report Abuse
Colombia. A new year's tradition. To bring luck and a year full of trips.
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Orange Battle Festival Report Abuse
Italy. Italians celebrate carnaval with a orange battle that simbolizes freedom of speech.
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Moose Poop Festival Report Abuse
Alaska. The objective is to throw feces to a target. The winner takes 1000 dollars home.
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Iron Penis Festival Report Abuse
Japan (obviouly, what were you expecting?) On this time of the year, penises are everywhere. It was celebrated because they believe it helped to protect prostitutes from sexually transmited diseases.
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New Year Dive Report Abuse
Russia. Usually done to bring luck to the upcoming year. Some people dive on the Lake Baikal with -23Cº temperatures.
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Cheese run Report Abuse
England. A cheese is thrown down a hill and a group of men run after it. The first one to arrive to the bottom of the hill takes the cheese home.
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Seppuku and Harakiri Report Abuse
For both genders, it's commonly known as the samurai suicide. They use a small katana to open their abdomen and pull the organs outside.
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Celestial Burial Report Abuse
Tibet. It's a tradition that consists on the offering of the corpse of the deceased familiars to the nature. They put the corpse on an open field, where carnivorous birds can find them and eat the remains.
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Baby Throw Report Abuse
This bizarre ritual consists in throwing newborns from a temple 50 feet tall and catch them with a cloth. It's believed that this ritual brings luck, health and prosperity to the newborn. India.
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Finger Cutting Report Abuse
In West papua, there's a tribe (Ndani tribe) which members cut one finger everytime a close person dies. It serves to demostrate their pain on the funeral.
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Tooth Sharpening Report Abuse
One of the biggest Hindu rituals, this must be completed before the wedding. All of the teeths look like canines when the ritual is finished. For both genders.
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Ant glove Report Abuse
It's a Initiation Ritual of the tribe Satere-Mawe. They build a glove and put ants inside it. Its extremely painful and the boys must endure it fo 10 minutes.
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Yanomami Report Abuse
Their tradition implies that they cannot ake care of any corpse, so when someone dies, they burn it, crush it and them mix it to ashes. after all that, the mix is eaten by the family of the deceased. This Happens on Brasil.
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Spit Ritual Report Abuse
The Masai, african tribe, spit on each other as geetings! Also, when a baby's born, all the men of the tribe must spit on the baby. This works as a form of "baptism".
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Feed the deceased Report Abuse
Recently discovered. The romans used to offer food and drinks to their death as a display of respect.
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Suspense Coffins Report Abuse
This happens in the Filippines. Instead of burying theyr bodys, they hang their coffins on the walls of caves.
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Matam Ritual Report Abuse
xiita muçulmans wlk around the streets while using hips and knifes tp jurt themselves. This happens every year in honor of one of the grandchilds of maomé!.
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Aghoris Report Abuse
They're an hindu denomination of Shiva adorers. They usually look out for corpses, meditate over them and then eat them raw.
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