(Baonghean.vn) - The world has unique cultures with distinct customs and behaviors. Below are 10 countries with the strangest customs and practices.
1. Wife Sharing in Nepal
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| In Nepal, there is a very strange custom that is perhaps unique. When a son gets married, the wife will be shared with the remaining single brothers in the family. The duty of this woman is to arrange her time to serve all the members. This is a custom that is not welcomed by many people but still exists. |
2. Spanish style timer
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| Normally when you have a date with someone, if they are 15 or 20 minutes late, it would be extremely annoying and the late person would have to apologize and explain. But in Spain, it is not a big deal, even if you are 55 minutes late. Because they think that the appointment time is just an estimate, being late is not considered impolite, but simply thought of as a difficult life. |
3. Sorry in Japan
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| You will be surprised that in Japan, people often perform the Dogeza ritual (kneeling down and bowing) to express an apology. This is a long-standing cultural trait in Japan, they believe that an apology must be expressed with sincerity through actions like that to be worthy. This is common in the way of apologizing at Japanese restaurants. |
4. Sky burial in Tibet
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| Perhaps nowhere else is there a burial custom like in Tibet. The dead are carried to the top of the mountain, where there are many vultures, whose job is to destroy the corpses. Tibetans believe that this sky burial is a justice to nature, showing human generosity, providing food for animals just as they were a source of food for us during our past lives. |
5. Respect in Iran
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| In some parts of Iran, showing respect is extremely important. Have you ever been surprised when shopping in Iran and the seller refuses to accept money from the customer? That is because if the customer is considered to be of high social status, however, the buyer will insist on paying, the seller will continue to refuse many times before accepting this. |
6. Crossing the street in Nigeria
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| In Nigeria, every time you cross the street, it is a terrifying experience because pedestrians and cars do not follow any rules. Groups of pedestrians will cross the street and will brazenly walk in front of cars moving at high speed. If a car hits a pedestrian, the driver will be dragged out and beaten by the crowd. |
7. Baby tossing in India
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| In Maharashtra, India, people here have a culture of throwing newborn babies from the roof of a temple 15 meters high onto a mattress below. The purpose of this action is that they think it will bring luck to the baby's life and help brain growth. |
8. Ants celebrate coming of age in Brazil
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| In order to be considered a real man, men of the Satere-Mawe tribe in the Amazon rainforest (Brazil) must let hundreds of bullet ants sting their hands. Bullet ants are one of the most painful insect bites in the world. Their bites cause pain for several days. |
9. Living with the dead in Indonesia
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| Wrapping the dead in a blanket and keeping them in the house is a common practice in some remote areas of Indonesia. It is believed that doing so will keep the soul of the loved one intact until burial. |
10. Spitting on the babyin Kenya
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| The Wolof people of Mauritania, Kenya, believe that their saliva brings good luck. Therefore, they spit on their newborn babies as a way to bless them. Mothers spit on their babies’ faces and fathers spit in their ears, then the saliva spreads over the babies’ heads in the hope that they will have a happy life. |
Kim Ngoc
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