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Peculiar Cultures of World
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Giraffe Women???In Kayan tribe, when girl is 5-years old a brass coil is placed around her neck. It is then replaced with longer coil as she grows old.
This is done because they believe longer and slender neck looks good on women.
Also it makes women look like Dragon which is an important figure in Kayan folklore.
It pushes collar bone down and compresses the rib cage
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Human High Heels…This tradition was followed by young Chinese girls for 1000 years.
At age of 6, their feet are tightly bandaged and so that they do not grow normally but break and get deformed.
It does not grow past 4-6 inches.
It limits their movement. Causes disability at later age
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It is a Finger for a DeathUsually family just mourns the death of their loved ones. But in Indonesia in addition to emotional pain suffers physical pain.
The family member of the deceased have to cut a segment of their finger.
This is performed to satisfy ancestral ghosts
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Waist Diet!Wearing corset and making your waist look small was a fashion back in olden times. It was more prevalent in France and UK
England holds high concentration corset makers and wearers.
Causes damage to lungs and heart palpitations. Also causes difficulty in breathing. Remember Elizabeth Swann of Pirates who fainted when forced to wear a corset?
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Living with DeadIn Indonesia it is common practice to wrap the deceased in specials garbs and keep it in house.
It is thought that the loved ones soul will be preserved until burial
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Are you Man?For Satere-Mawe Tribe in Brazil coming of age for men means sticking hands into gloves filled with Bullet hands and that too for 11 hours.
Bullets ants have Schmidt Sting Pain index of One, which is a high rating. The sting is such compared to shots of bullets. Hence the name
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Nostrovia! In Russia it is traditional to drink for men together and prepare drink for 3 other men.
They drink until they fall.
It also a fact that refusing to drink means insult the other person who have participated in the drinking game.
This tradition has lead to Russia being dubbed as ‘Drinking itself to Death’
