Taking stock of the strange customs of women around the world: A mother can marry her son
1. Pakistan brides cannot laugh
Worried and respected weddings in Pakistan are usually held in new homes, but contemporary weddings are no longer so harsh. Tatim's wedding is held at his home. Like other Islamic countries, Pakistan brides have a formal bath five days before the wedding. After taking a bath, the female close relatives and close friends dress her up, and apply nail oil on her hands and feet. They also used a special brown resin oil to draw magnificent markings on the backs of their hands, wrists, insteps and ankles to express their happiness. Although, these paints are natural and the markings can be washed away.
At the wedding, the bride becomes more depressed and depressed, the better. At dusk, guests continue to come and sit down, chatting while browsing the touching song and dance performances on the small stage. If guests deliberately come on stage, they can also take this opportunity to sing or dance. "Performing" in a place like a wedding is regarded as a respect for the owner and a blessing to the new couple, and the owner will be very excited. At the middle of the moon, the newlyweds began to meet with guests. First, the bride in beautiful clothes walked around the new home three times with the help of her own sisters, which means that she will become a member of this family from now on. Then, the bride and groom sat on the small stage in a "swing chair" made of flowers and branches. Each guest would walk to the couple and present their warm wishes. According to the customs and customs of Pakistan, even if the bride is full of sorrow during the entire wedding, her face must show a sad look, and the more worried she will be respected by people. Tatim's relatives reported to the author that this was to show the bride's reluctance to part with her family.
2. A water tank in Thailand represents a wife
It has long been rumored that Thai men can marry multiple wives. It is normal to have three or four wives. However, in the law, only one wife is recognized, but children born out of wedlock are allowed to take the father's surname, and they have the right to hold office. In other words, the law clarifies the effectiveness of covering extramarital affairs. It's contradictory, isn't it? Along the riverside, there are high-foot wooden houses built by the water's edge. They have little furniture. Almost every family has hammocks. The hammocks are not planned for romance, but because the Chao Phraya River often floods, they occasionally sleep in the middle of the night. The bed floats up, and the poor's homes have nothing valuable. When the water comes up, they climb on their necks and go back to sleep. Feel like this is a country with a huge gap between rich and poor.
3. Indian girls cannot go out without golden nose nails
In India, women who go out without tenderness are considered a sign of no rules. Among the softness of various materials, Indians prefer the softness of gold most. Indians have broad skin colors and darker skin, and wearing a soft gold color makes this characteristic easier to highlight. Walking on the street, Indian women have golden ornaments in their ears and necks. Even the little women begging on the roadside were filthy, disheveled, and had a small golden nail on their nostrils. Indian men also wear jewelry extensively. There are many men wearing three gold rings on one hand, and most of the rings are inlaid with large gems. If a wedding is held at home, parents will often choose ornaments as their daughter's dowry, which not only highlights the daughter's magnanimity, but also can be regarded as the financial foundation of future life. Relatives, relatives and friends will also use ornaments as gifts to express their feelings and increase the atmosphere of happy events.
4. Cameroonian mothers can marry their biological son
Although the legal age for marriage in Cameroon is over 15 years old for women and over 18 years old for men, the traditional habit of early marriage is still preserved in rural areas. Some girls are married at the age of 2 and 9. Although in urban areas, the number of years of marriage for young men and women is usually at the age of 20. There is a strange marriage in Cameroon, in which a son can serve as his father's wife, and a younger brother can serve as his brother's wife. Even the child can serve as his son all the way. The goal is to "prevent the father's wife or brother's wife from marrying outsiders again and taking away the industry. Although this kind of appointment is not coercive and requires the approval of both sides. However, the chief is an exception. According to tradition, after the old chief passed away, the son chief naturally assumed the title, power, and industry of his father's chief together with all his wife and children. Cameroonian men often ask foreign female tourists: "Do you want to be my Nth wife?" For passengers, the most consistent answer is "Although I would, if you would like to be my Nth husband."
5. Bhutan's home domination
Men stand aside. The Kingdom of Bhutan, known as the "Last Shangri-La" by many, is located in the southwest of China and the southern slope of the eastern Himalayas. For thousands of years, Bhutan's simple customs and living customs have been enabled by the towering mountains that have hindered exchanges with the outside world. As a result, in the eyes of many foreigners, Bhutan is really a bit "strange". Walking in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan, I saw Bhutanese women wearing ankle-length "Kira" skirts; men were all undressed with fat sleeves and wearing traditional robes known as "Guo", with neat white cuffs, knee-length skirts and stockings under them. According to mainlanders, the fat sleeves can serve as pockets. If you tuck the object into the sleeves and hold the sleeves with your hands, the object inside will not fall out. There are neither buttons nor pockets on the men's dress. They only rely on a wide belt to tighten their clothes, thus forming a Bhutanese man's "open mind", and objects that cannot fit in his sleeves can be put in his arms. Adults pile up all the "trivial things" they carry in their arms. Students don't need to carry schoolbags to go to school. They carry all their stationery and books in their arms, and their clothes are bulging. A non-confrontational character does not express the weakness of the people. Bhutan's jungles are dense, with many ferocious beasts such as black bears and snow leopards. Men in the mainland cannot do without daggers in their arms. In addition, from the king's ministers to the common people, everyone is good archers. Some senior Bhutanese officials even wear long swords when they go to work.
6. Myanmar long-necked women regard their neck length as beauty
The long-necked people believe that the longer the neck of women, the more beautiful it will be. Therefore, they have put copper rings on their necks and limbs since the age of five, and have put one more ring on their necks every year since the age of ten until the age of twenty-five. The long-necked people are a native ethnic minority in Myanmar. Girls in the tribe regard their long necks as their beauty. These long-necked women who are different from others are all Kayah, a branch of the Karen people in Myanmar. Most of the tourists came from Western countries. They examined them with joy, took a few photos, and then separated as they wished. The basics did not want to get to know the difficult and disastrous history of this ethnic minority. The Kayang people have lived in eastern Myanmar for centuries. In 1948, they were violated and suppressed by the Rakhine people and had to flee to other places. Although they currently live in the Sari Camp in northern Thailand, they are still doing their best to maintain their own language and traditions. It is a typical habit of the Keyang people to let girls wear a copper collar around their necks.
7. Morocco's "bride market" courtship
There is a "bride market" in the Berber settlement in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Every September, the "Mussem Day", which is the day of remembrance of saints, is celebrated everywhere. The young men opened their eyes and carefully selected their favorite person. The women's makeup is not communicated. The young girl waiting in the boudoir wears bright clothes, wears a veil, and wears a round headdress; the surviving person preparing to remarry wears solemn clothes and wears a veil, but the headdress is pointed. A man seeking a mate can take the initiative to chat up a woman, and if the woman likes him, he can promise him to hold his hand. Subsequently, serious people filled out marriage application forms for the men and women they liked each other in the tent. After the names were signed by an authorized representative of the government of Morocco, the marriage was officially effective.
8. Selection of brides in the Vietnam market
The Daos, an ethnic minority in Vietnam, live at an altitude of 1500 meters in northern Vietnam. Because they usually like to wear blue dresses, people custom call them "people in blue clothes"; and because they live in a high battle, some people still call them "residents on the clouds." The Tao people have a "lovers market" that attracts many young men and women from various villages, most of whom are unmarried. According to the custom of the Tao people, women must marry when they reach the age of 15. If a woman has not found a husband's family after this age, she can only say that she is not talented. Maybe she is not generous. Even the woman's family will lose their dignity and become a dwarf among the villagers. Therefore, all Tao women hope that they can find a happy husband when they are 15 years old. The "lovers market" provides them with opportunities.
On Saturday evening, it was the time when the "Lovers Market" opened. In the night, men and women gathered together, first to observe each other, then to chat, and after thinking they liked it, they soon fell in love. Some even stay close until dawn. However, this can only mean that the eight characters can be changed. Whether you can get married or not still have to go through the parents 'test. A boy who likes a woman must ask his parents to propose marriage at the woman's house. Marriage is not a thoughtless thing in the eyes of the Tao people, and there must be no lack of courtesy. Parents on both sides must first hold talks on the topic of betrothal gifts. Most betrothal gifts are based on livestock and are also effective in cash. Only when the matter of the betrothal gift is settled can the marriage be considered successful. If the negotiation of betrothal gifts fails, no matter how much two young men and women help each other, they will not be able to achieve a marriage.
9. The more beautiful the Japanese bride, the more bitter the husband
In the early years, in some poor rural areas in Japan, most generous women married into other villages, and the young men in the same village could only "look forward to beauty and sigh". Therefore, they harboured "hatred" for the bridegroom who came to marry and wanted to launch a counterattack. Every winter, the city lifts a newly married man about 5 meters high on the slope of the shrine and throws him into the snow.
10. Japan's popular "bath dating"
You haven't seen a naked blind date, have you? You're scared! That's right, this is the weird way of being close during the day. Even in Japan, where bathing together has been around for more than a hundred years, the wording of the Chihifu Hotel when welcoming guests is shocking. The hotel company analyzed: "Would you like to take a dip in our open-air 'date bath'? We think you set up friends. "In this way, young men and women made partners in the bath. But under normal weather, bringing a bath towel or towel into the bath is a serious violation of bath etiquette. You can't use soap at all. You must wipe yourself before entering the bath. "Bath dating" is a group rather than a personal matter. After undressing, men and women enter the bath separately from both sides of the room; the bath is separated by an underwater gate. After being in position, the sliding door opens and the two sides formally meet. Bathers soak in water at 37 degrees Celsius, talk, drink rice wine, or play cards on tables floating on the water. Lin Junguangjian said that in order to improve the air, spice juices, raw fruits and table wine are also supplied. The man or woman can end the date by closing the sliding door. Most young guests come to find wedding tools.
