221 Curious Customs Practices and Traditions Around the World is a collection about customs and traditions around the globe. Read and enjoy with your little ones.✨📚
The Burying of the Sardine is a Spanish ceremony celebrating the end of the carnival in Tenerife. Do you know: The Burying of the Sardine always takes place on Ash Wednesday. Marking the end of the Carnival, a mourning procession is carried out where a burning symbolic figure of a sardine is carried through the […]
Monkey Buffet is for all purposes a feast or festival arranged for the monkeys in Thailand. Do you know: The buffet arranged for the monkeys include everything from fruits and vegetables to sweets and even soft drinks. The people of Thailand believe strongly in the fact that monkeys bring good fortune. Mythology also dictates that
Groundhog Day is a traditional custom that is largely popular in the United States ever since it was adopted in 1887. Do you know: This tradition has its origin in ancient European weather lore. People celebrate this traditional holiday on the 2nd of February all across the continent. The modern custom includes early-morning celebration where
Baby Jumping is actually a festival that takes place annually in Castillo de Murcia, near Burgos in Spain. Do you know: This festival has taken place almost every year since the 1620’s. This festival is true to its name. Every year the proud parents of newborn babies bring their children to this festival, where the
Kava is served as a Welcome Drink and plays a big role in the customs and cultures of Fiji. Do you know: Kava is not actually a psychedelic drug and cannot actually make you hallucinate or have visions. Kava is a root of the Yakona bush, which is a relative of the Pepper plant. This
The Toilet Bowl Toast is part of the wedding customs in France. Do you know: When this custom existed in it entirety, the newlyweds were made to drink leftovers from a toilet bowl. While the custom is not practiced as it once used to be, the custom still exists. Newlyweds are meant to drink the
The Salty Bread Romance is a custom followed by unmarried women in Armenia. Do you know: The unmarried women eat salty bread only in the hope of having prophetic dreams. As a part of the celebrations of Saint Sargis, who is an Armenian, is the patron saint of young love, women eat salty bread, so
The Sing-sings custom is a rich and colourful custom of the tribe found in Papua, New Guinea. Do you know: The Sing-Sings are a type of spiritual mimesis, where the tribesmen imitate the birds of paradise. As a part of their custom, the men of the tribe found in the jungles of Papua, New Guinea,
The Wife-Carrying championship is an unusual sporting event that takes place in Sonkarjavi, Finland. Do you know: While the event may be known as the ‘Wife-Carrying’ event, it is not necessary that the couple should be married. Every year, couples from all over the world gather in Finland to compete in an event where the
Jumping the Broom is an African-American custom from the American ‘Deep South’. Do you know: In the times of slavery, the wedding vows of the African-American were not recognized. This custom came into being as a symbol of a newly wed couple entering a new life together of domesticity. A couple was to literally jump
White Day is a romantic custom celebrated a month after Valentine’s Day in Japan. Do you know: On Valentine’s Day, it is women who buy men gifts. While women may shower their men with gifts on Valentine’s Day, precisely a month later, Japan celebrates White Day, when men are expected to reciprocate the gesture. Not
8th March is considered a special day in Russia. Do you know: The Russians celebrate Valentine’s Day twice in a year. While 14th February is celebrated as Valentine’s Day, the Russians have a custom where they celebrate the 8th of March, that is International Women’s day, also as Valentine’s Day. The 8th of March is
The Gerewol Festival is an annual courtship event that takes place among the WodaabeFula tribe in Niger. Do you know: Women get to choose who they select for husbands at the end of the festival. Every year, at the Gerewol Festival, the men of the WodaabeFula tribe wear elaborate costumes, apply make-up and perform, sing
The Greeks are known for their enthusiastic spirit and one specific wedding custom defines this spirit perfectly. Do you know: Even though they may be spending loads of money from their own pockets, this custom is considered an honour for the guests. After the couple are married, there is a custom in the Greek culture,
This custom is extremely popular in Ukraine amongst the newlyweds. Do you know: Burning an effigy at the wedding is considered to help ward off bad luck and nasty divorces. In Ukraine, matchmakers are never to expect thank-you notes from newlyweds. Instead soon-to-be-married couples create straw dummies of the persons or matchmakers that got them
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