Nathan1. Banging On The Wedding Night, France
You may think that banging on the first night of a wedding is natural, but this is not what happens here. This is certainly not the kind of banging you would expect on your wedding night. Family and friends gather circle around the house of the newlyweds and would bang on pots and pans. These ‘guests’ have to be served with drinks and snacks too. This age-old French tradition ii called Charivari.
2. The Fatter The Better In Mauritania
There is a very different goal that brides in Mauritania aim to achieve. They all wish to get healthier and chubbier. In a stark contrast to the rest of the world, the women here try to gain as much weight as they possibly can. They are seen as good luck charms according to their tradition. So these women join fat farms to gain weight and have caused so many women to endure health issues.
3. Dead Fish Beating In Korea
This next custom is something that would shock anyone who has never heard of or experienced it before. You would be surprised to learn that some South Koreans believe that for the groom to be ready for the first night of the marriage, his feet have to be slapped with dead fish and bamboo sticks. While we can only imagine what this ritual is for, we can all agree that it is rather absurd.
4. The Blackening Ritual, Scotland
Do you think the bride is way too pretty? Well, why don’t you just cover her up in goo like this tradition followed by the people in Scotland? The family & friends shower the couple with all sorts of disgusting things and proceed on to tying the bride to a tree. This is practiced in order for the couple to prove that they are ready to brave anything that comes their way…
5. Practicing Crying, China
This wedding ritual that the people of China follow is yet another surprising one. There, the brides have to cry every day for an hour for a month prior to their wedding. Other female relatives have to join in on their lamenting as well. The Tujia people in China strongly believe that crying means the welcoming of a good marriage or happening.
6. Killing A Chick In China And Inner Mongolia
In case you have not heard of this, allow us to tell you that the Daur tribe has been known for their ethnicity & traditions. The to-be-weds are made to hold a knife together and kill a live baby chick & proceed on to inspect its liver. If the liver seems okay then the two can set a date for their wedding. In case it was not an okay liver, they need to continue until they get a good liver.