The most unique/ bizzare traditions around the world.🧵

2. In Spain, during La Tomatina, people throw tomatoes at each other in a massive food fight held every year for fun and celebration.

3. Lip plates worn by the Mursi people from Ethiopia.🇪🇹

4. The Haka is a traditional Māori war dance,often performed at events like weddings, funerals, and sports matches.The Haka performed at funerals, known as 'Haka Tangi,' is a poignant tribute to the deceased, symbolizing grief, love, and farewell.

5. This Papua New Guinea tribe mummifies past chiefs and places them on an altar

6. In Barsana and Nandgaon, India, a celebration called Lathmar Holi takes place. Where men from must defend themselves from men playfully hitting them with wooden sticks

7. The ancient Chinese tradition of foot binding.

8. In Denmark, if you are unmarried at 25, you will be tied to a chair and pelted with cinnamon.

9. A tradition of the Banna tribe in southern Ethiopia, where young men walk on wooden sticks that look like stilts

10. Men in devil costumes are jumping over lines of babies in this Spanish religious festival dating back to the 1600s

11. In Scotland, brides and grooms were pelted with rotten food, ashes and flour in a pre-wedding ritual called “blackening”, which was believed to prepare them for the hardships of marriage1

12. In Myanmar and Thailand, Kayan women wear brass bands around their necks to lengthen their necks, considering it a sign of beauty and cultural pride.

13. In Nigeria, the Kalabari have a wedding tradition in which the bride does not laugh or smile until she is satisfied with the amount of money given to her during the traditional marriage.

14. In Thailand, during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, religious people pierce their cheeks, tongues, and bodies with sharp objects to purify themselves and honor the Gods

15. The Carnival of Ivrea is a festival in the Northern Italian city of Ivrea that includes a tradition of throwing oranges between organized groups, known as the "Battle of the Oranges". It is the largest food fight in Italy and surrounding countries.

16. Chief Eli Mabel of the Dani tribe in West Papua, Indonesia, holding the mummified remains of his ancestor, Agat Mamete Mabel