weird
tribal
traditions
around the
world
BY - rivanshi rakhrai
Lip Plates,
in
Africa,
it is a
traditional norm
for
women to
wear
a
piece
of
large
wooden discs
or
‘plates’
in their
lower lips
Neck rings,
Kayan
women
of
eastern Burma
wear
brass rings
around
the
neck
as
a
sign
of
beauty
Scarification,
Kaningara
people
of
Papua
New
Guinea
follow
this
tradition of
skin cutting
Cutting off fingers,
Dani
tribes
cut
the
female
fingers
every time
someone
dies
Endocannibalism,
Yanomami
tribe
who
live
in
Amazon forests
eat
the
flesh
of
their
dead relatives
Living with dead,
Toraja
region
of
Sulawesi,
people
live
with
dead
family
members
for
years
Bullet Ant Gloves,
Satere
-
Mawe
people
of
Brazil
follow
the
initiation
rites
of
wearing ant gloves
in
order
to become
‘real’ men.
Semen drinking,
Papua tribes
remove
boys
when
they
turn
seven
from
the
presence
of
females
and
made
to
consume
the
semen
of
an
older
man
Stealing wives
,
a stealing ceremony
performed by
Wodabee tribe
in
which
tribe
men
put
on
a
spectacular
show
to
impress
women
in a
festival
called
Yaki