Ten wonderful marriage customs

As a part of social life, marriage is famous for its complexity and diversity. We have compiled ten exotic marriage customs from all over the world, including traditional, routine, and wild ways that do not follow common sense.

1. The custom of Indonesian newlyweds not allowed to urinate and defecate within three days after marriage is spread among the Daya tribe in Indonesia, intended to test how serious the newlyweds are about marriage. Under the strict supervision of relatives, friends and family members, the newlyweds are not allowed to go to the toilet for three days after marriage. People in the tribe feel that the purpose of strictly abiding by not using the toilet is not to test endurance, but to show the newlyweds 'serious and persistent attitude towards marriage.

2. Austria: Picking an apple under your armpit In some remote areas of Austria, there is a custom that at large parties, single women usually peel an apple and put it under their armpit, and then have fun with everyone. When the play stops, the girl will put the apple to the mouth of the boy she likes. If the boy accepts and eats the sweat-soaked apple, it means that he also accepts the girl in front of him.

3. Nordic: Please put your sword into my sheath. In the 19th century, there was a custom in Finland and other Nordic countries. Fathers would wait until their daughter reached marriageable age and wear an empty sword sheath for her. This not only indicates the girl's single status, but also makes it easier for a single boy to express his love-if a single boy likes her, the boy will insert the traditional Puukko sword he carries with him into her sheath.

4. China: Crying to marry is a crying and singing ceremony performed by the bride when she gets married. It originated in the Warring States Period and has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is mainly popular in the southwest. Crying and singing must be carried out in accordance with traditional etiquette and cannot cry indiscriminately. Anyone who cannot cry will be laughed at or even discriminated against by others. Generally speaking, the content of crying singing mainly includes "crying for parents","crying for brothers and sisters-in-law","crying for sisters","crying for uncles","crying for accompanying guests","crying for matchmakers","crying for combing hair","crying for ancestors","crying for getting on the sedan chair", etc.

5. India: Kidnapping of grooms In Bihar, India, kidnapping cases occur frequently, and thousands of men are kidnapped every year. However, such things are nothing new in the local area, and even the police are used to them. Bihar, located in northeastern India, is poor and backward, and young men have gone out to work, resulting in a serious imbalance in the local male-to-female ratio. It is no exaggeration to say that many local grooms were snatched.

6. India: Marry a dog and sheep first In some places in India, some people still believe in the speech of ghost possession. For example, a girl born with buck teeth is generally considered to be possessed by a ghost. To break the curse, they would first be married to an animal, such as a sheep or a dog. Of course, this is just a formality and will not really have a relationship with it. After the exorcism is successful, the girl can get married.

7. Bali, Indonesia: Sharpening teeth For people who believe in Buddhism in Bali, Indonesia, there are 13 customs that regulate their wedding behavior. One of them is to file the teeth of adolescent boys and girls. When the wedding day comes, the six upper teeth must be as sharp as claws. Locals believe that these six teeth represent greed, anger, ignorance, slowness, suspicion and wrong opinion respectively, and the purpose of grinding teeth before marriage is to remove all kinds of sins from the newlyweds.

8. Scotland: Dirty the bride In order to celebrate the happiest day of the bride's life, all her relatives and friends will be present and pour various filth on the bride, such as expired milk, leftovers, mud, asphalt... This is not the end. People will try their best to get the bride drunk, and then tie her to a tree so that she can find a way to break free. The original intention of these customs is simple and beautiful: if the bride can deal with these problems calmly, what problems will she fail to solve after marriage?

9. Kenya: Spitting on the bride In a place called Marseille in Kenya, when a girl is married, her father will spit on her head and chest. Locals believe that this etiquette will bring good luck to the marriage before the bride leaves with the groom. Moreover, girls are not allowed to look back when leaving. Locals believe that married girls may turn into stones when looking back at their homes.

10. Daur people in Mongolia: Daur people in Mongolia kill chickens to take liver and divination to get married. Daur people in Mongolia rely on chickens to decide the wedding date. The groom killed the chicken with a knife, took out the chicken liver, and judged good or bad by looking at the lines of the chicken liver. If the lines were not good, he would continue to kill until he saw the auspicious signs, thereby determining the auspicious day.