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presents bizarre rituals around the
world number one the German marriage
ritual when people get married today the
woman chooses a maid of honor and the
man chooses the best man The Best Man
Ritual started in Germany however it had
a very different spin years ago there
weren't many available women in most
parts of Germany on the night before the
wedding the eligible bachelors would try
to kidnap the bride the groom to be
would choose a best man to protect her
the man that he would choose would need
to be strong and someone who he trusted
if the best man could keep the bride to
be from being kidnapped the wedding
could go on as planned today the
tradition has changed during the
reception the best man would kidnap the
bride and take her to a pub the groom
would need to find her and then pay for
everyone's drinks when he does number
two the fukat Vegetarian
Festival every September or October a
festival is held in fukat Thailand and a
strange ritual is performed the ritual
begins with the entire city refraining
from eating meat for 9 days this leads
up to the actual Festival during the
festival both men and women would
puncture their cheeks with Spears and
knives they do this because they believe
that the Chinese gods will protect them
from pain and suffering and they impal
themselves to prove it number three
firew
walking in Buddhist temples and in the
Shinto shrines of Japan people walk over
fire and hot coals they do this because
they believe that as they walk over the
coals they will be able to overcome
their fears they'll find a sudden Moment
of clarity and they can get their energy
flowing this is supposed to help open
their minds so that they can do good
things and be be good people number four
the hen Matsuri fertility
Festival every March 15th in Japan the
largest fertility Festival in the world
is held volunteers line up in hopes to
be chosen as one of the people who will
carry a large wooden penis that is close
to 100 ft long through the town of
komakai the reason for this is to bestow
regenerative powers on local groups to
ensure food all year long
it is also to ensure fertility among the
residents couples who are trying to
start a family without any success are
often the first people in line to get a
place to carry the wooden penis
throughout the city number five bullet
an glove
ritual of the 10 bizarre rituals around
the world this could be the most painful
there is an initiation ritual that takes
place in the Sater mul tribe of the
Amazon boys who are about to reach
sexual maturity must take part in the
ritual to be called men the boys go out
in a group with the medicine man to
where the bullet ants live these ants
have the most painful bite of any insect
it is often compared to being shot with
a real bullet hence the name bullet ant
the boys collect the ants and the
medicine man will put them to sleep
using herbs while they're sleeping
they're placed in woven mesh gloves with
The Stingers on the inside the boys put
on the gloves and when the ants wake up
they get angry and start biting the boys
must endure this pain for 10 minutes
while dancing the pain away to be
considered men they must go through this
20 times number six the Yanomami death
ritual people in the Yanomami tribe
treat funerals quite differently than
people around the world after a loved
one passes their body is burned next the
Ash and Bone powder are mixed into a
soup the deceased loved ones would then
drink the soup they believe that if they
ingest their loved ones their spirit
will live on with the family forever
number seven tooth
filing a popular ritual in the Hindu
religion and in the Balinese culture is
tooth filing this ritual is performed
before a person can get married it is
either done when the person hits puberty
or as part of a marriage ritual these
people believe that tee are a symbol of
greed lust anger confusion and jealousy
during the ritual the person's teeth are
filed down this ritual makes a person
physically and spiritually ready for
marriage number eight the bathroom ban
of
taong when a person gets married in the
Indonesian taong Community they go
through a very strange ritual when the
wedding starts the groom is not allowed
to see the bride's face until he sings
her several love songs
after he finishes the curtain separating
the two is lifted the strange part
happens when the wedding ends for 3 days
and three nights following the wedding
the bride and groom are not allowed to
use the bathroom number nine the death
ritual in South Sulu wasai
Indonesia in South Sulu wasai the
Village People believe that they can get
their dead loved ones to rise from the
grave and walk the people will either
dig up their dead or take them from a
room in their house they will bathe the
dead dress them up and fix their hair
when the dead is prepared the family
will walk them through the
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