If you are planning a trip around the world soon that's great but have you prepared yourself

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the countless customs that you will witness on this trip. Well if you haven't here's what you need
to know. Just like our country other countries cities towns and villages have their own customs
that others do not. You may find them charming weird inhuman and super intense. Some of them
you will find hard to comprehend but the truth is it's all normal to the people who practice them .
So to prep you for your trip we've put together a list of 15 strange customs you ought to know
about before you hop onto your journey [Music] Number one pulterra bun how would you like
to clean up the mess deliberately created when you host a party this german tradition derives its
roots from the verb poulton to make a lot of noise and a bond evening the family and friends
of the couple break porcelain dishes outside their home to honor this tradition they believe that
the broken shard brings a lot or as the germans say it shevin briggin gluck if we put the luck
aside the broken shards amount to one hell of a mess that the couple has to clean up which is
also a symbol that they can work through tasks no matter how challenging things get number
two blackening the couple this custom from scotland gives the bride a makeover in the worst
way possible the custom starts when the husband to be and wife are picked up from their stag
and hen parties they are then bound while friends and family throw spoiled milk eggs mud and
anything disgusting at them so that they are blackened following this the dirty couple is carried
around town this series of events is a metaphor for the tough life they will experience once
they are married the ritual is also supposed to help them ward off evil spirits before the
marriage ceremony all customs aside we're sure both of them will crave a nice hot bath after
turning into a beautiful mess number three the newly married bathroom band imagine being
told that you cannot use the bathroom for three days and three nights that's exactly what
Indonesian couples have to follow after they just get married the couple is kept inside a room
with no access to a bathroom they are also guarded by members of the family to ensure the
couple does not deflect from tradition and we thought the bouncers at clubs are scary the
couple is given very little food and water as well so in a way there's a little bit of starvation in
there too after they've completed the extensive long days and nights together they are finally
allowed to use the bathroom according to the ritual this helps the couple to lead a long happy
and fertile marriage number four fire walking with a pregnant wife some use coal to warm the
furnace or generate electricity while others use it to burn their feet in china the husband has to
carry his pregnant wife on his back while walking over hot coals yikes the people who practice
this in china the motive behind doing this is simple you see the wife goes through a lot of pain
during pregnancy so according to them it's only fair for the husband to share a little bit of that
pain too they also believe the custom shows compassion and love the father has for the soon-
to-be newborn child number five salto del calacho speaking of being a good dad here's a
custom dedicated to these toddlers this tradition dates back to the 17th century the festival
takes place in a small town called castrillo de marcia it begins when babies born in the previous
year are placed on mattresses in the middle of streets with people crowding to watch the events
men dressed in red and yellow masked as devils leap over these babies and though this custom
is not supported by the church the people who practice it believe that it allows the devil to
cleanse the babies of their sins and protects them from diseases and misfortune [Music]
number six throwing babies off a 30-foot ledge though the indian government frowns on this
custom there are still a few rural pockets that practice this tradition originated around 700 years
ago when the child mortality rate was high a saint advised people to throw their babies off the
roofs of shrines he said that god would magically produce a sheep below to catch them as a
gesture of their faith this practice has become quite rare in india given its dangerous nature but
those who practice it make sure that actual people are waiting below to catch the babies instead
of waiting for a magical sheet to appear number 7. the crocodile men what does it take to
become a man not much right the people of sepik in northern papua new guinea will tell you
differently these daring men have their backs shoulders even their upper torsos sliced by razor
blades to leave raised permanent welts that resemble a crocodile's hide they believe that man
has evolved from crocodiles from the nearby sepik river the welts are a way to pay tribute to
their crocodile ancestry it is also a way for them to hypothetically rid the mother's blood that
flows inside the boy and replace it with brand new adult blood the fact however is that many
boys pass out from the pain of the cuts number eight the sature maway tribe initiation in the
amazon rainforest of brazil lives a tribe that has a strange initiation process they believe that
for boys to become men they must endure the worst pain of the jungle the bite of a bullet ant
the boys have to wear gloves with not just one but many bullet ants stitched inside that stings
them they must wear these gloves for five minutes but for a total of 20 spread over months or
years the pain from the stings lasts hours so kids don't try this at home number nine famidean
you've obviously watched the video of pallbearers in ghana who dance with coffins as a tribute
to giving them a send-off by now well there's a lot more about this ritual than you are aware of
the marina tribe that live in madagascar bring out the dead bodies of their ancestors from their
tombs the relatives of the deceased strip the old burial garments and re-wrap them in fresh silk
shrouds next they dance with the decomposing corpses while guests drink and converse with
each other finally before the sun sets the bodies are returned to the crypt which is closed only
to reopen them and reenact the ceremony every seven years this custom originated back in the
1820s when soldiers remains were returned to their home from far away the next one is a bit
too much to handle so drop what you're eating before you watch it number 10. consuming the
dead okay are you ready to hear it here we go members of the yanomami tribe isolated in the
south american continent practice endo cannibalism which is eating their dead as part of a
ritual they burn the bodies of the dead and blacken their faces with the ash after this they collect
any leftover bones turn them into a powder mix it with banana making a type of banana soup
the people of the tribe eat this soup together they believe it's the only way the dead can find
their way to peace stomach this before you can go back to eating what you were before but
since we're talking about eating let's get into a few fun food customs this festival is known as
one of the world's biggest food bites this messy but fun festival is celebrated on the last
wednesday of august in bunol the food fight celebrated since the 1940s started when a festival
with musicians went wrong leading to a massive food fight and even though people from
around the world flock to the event only twenty thousand get inside due to the limited space
the people who enter the event are given over a hundred tons of overripe tomatoes they throw
these tomatoes at each other in the streets this massive mess is cleaned with the help of fire
trucks after the one-hour event ends number 12 the battle of oranges here's another festival but
instead of tomatoes people throw oranges at each other but let's understand why they do that
the tradition is a reenactment of the war that broke out between the people of evreya and the
royal napoleonic troops after a marquis tried to rape a woman the woman defended herself and
cut off his head first as a tribute to the war a woman is picked who pretends to be the lady who
cut off the marquis head nine teams are created representing both commoners and royalty these
people then act as war heroes in the streets throwing oranges at the opposing team as tradition
goes the orange symbolically kills them on contact but in reality they leave a lot of scars and
bruises on the victims if we were in their place we'd ask them for the oranges but to eat them
sometimes even asking for something is a bad thing as with this other strange custom number
13. skip the salt as kids we're taught to ask if we need something passed on the table in egypt
asking for salt to sprinkle over food is a bad thing the logic behind this is simple at least to
them it is if you need to season your plate with salt the taste of the food served is repulsive
which is in turn insulting to the host so make sure to pack salt in a paper just in case you need
to sprinkle some onto your meal silently we're just kidding number 14 don't show up on time
here's another one that some of us would be good at according to a custom in venezuela
showing up early or on time is considered rude this is because they think the person is either
too greedy or eager being late also gives the host time to prepare to entertain their guests
imagine being allowed to come late back when you're in school wow wouldn't that be
something number 15 the monkey buffet festival not all traditions are about human beings
some are for animals like the monkey buffet festival in lupburi thailand the monkey is
considered a descendant of a brave hindu deity called rama who rescued his wife Sita from a
demon. Rama did this with the help of the monkey king hanuman and his army as a tribute to
this every year on the last Sunday of November performances by dancers and monkey
costumes initiate this festival and when the monkeys arrive the sheets that cover more than four
thousand pounds of pineapples watermelons even bananas are lifted the monkeys dive into the
spread and eat until they can eat no more yum and that's some of the strangest. Customs from
around the world share this with family and friends if they too are going to travel to some of
these places. Drop a comment with any strange customs you are aware of.