A complete collection of exotic African tribal traditions and customs

What are the strange wedding customs in Africa? The exotic traditional customs of African tribes are shocking. The traditions of some African tribes are a mystery to most people living in the modern world. Tribal life is not as comfortable as our modern life. With curiosity, Xiaobian collected and compiled some traditions about African tribes from the Internet. Share with everyone.

Kidnapping of brides In Sudan's latuka tribe, a man can kidnap a woman if he wants to marry her. The elderly in the man's family would then propose to the girl's father. If his father agreed, the girl's father would beat the man to accept it. If the girl's father disagrees, maybe that person will forcibly marry the girl. It is said that after the girl was kidnapped, her reputation was tarnished and it would be difficult to marry again in the future.

Khweta Ceremony This southern African ceremony is a joint effort by several tribes to allow young boys to prove their manhood. When they are old enough, the boys are sent to a circumcision hut for days or even weeks. They will pass strict and dangerous tests, such as dancing until they are exhausted, and, of course, the most important thing is to circumcise them.

The bride's gifts must be negotiated in southern African tribes. Gifts are an ancient and controversial tradition. The bride and groom's family members negotiate to decide how much gifts the groom needs to pay the bride. The negotiation must be carried out in writing, and it cannot be said over the phone or in person. The two families couldn't even speak until the negotiations were completed.

Spitting and saying hello In the Masai tribes in Kenya and Tanzania, spitting is a common way of saying hello. Of course, spitting is not suitable for all occasions. If someone vomits in front of the baby, it is saying bad things about the baby. If you want to praise a baby, it is most appropriate to curse him/her. Masai warriors would also spit on their hands to show respect before shaking hands with the tribal elders.

In the Hamer tribe of Ethiopia, in order to prove their manhood, boys have to pass the test of jumping a cow. They have to run forward, jump on and ride on the back of a bull, and then jump over several bull backs in a row. They are usually naked when doing this sport.

The groom wears a veil and lives in Algeria, part of a Berber-speaking Greater Tuareg tribe. In their tribal culture, men wear veils throughout almost all their lives, however, they can remove their veils when they camp at home or travel.

Women live alone in the Gio tribe in the Ivory Coast. After men get married, each wife has her own house. She lives with her children, and the children will move out when they are old enough. The children never lived with their father.

Women are not allowed to attend funerals. In the Suku tribe in southwestern Congo, when an elderly member of the tribe dies, a sacrificial ceremony is held at the funeral of the elderly. The same is true for them to worship their ancestors during festivals. During the ceremony, they will clear the forest and bring sacrifices and food and accommodation supplies. However, outsiders and all women are prohibited from participating in and watching the ceremony.

The son was raised by his uncle in the Songo tribe in North Angola. When the boy was five or six years old, they would be sent to live with his uncle. This is because the local area is a matriarchal tribe, and sons inherit property through their mothers.

Wealth is measured by cattle In the Pokot tribe in Kenya, wealth is measured by how many cattle a person has in his household. Most Pokot people are called "corn people" or "cow people" because they measure a person's wealth based on the land and cattle he owns, and how many wives a man can marry depends on how many cows he has.

Wig School In Papua New Guinea, the Huli ethnic tribe is famous for its carefully crafted wigs, which are covered with colorful feathers and matched with masks. The Huli Wigmen family is actually a school specializing in making wigs. Family members are isolated from other tribe members, which is said to have the special ability to turn hair into wigs.

The Masai people in Kenya and Tanzania who live with wild animals have strict policies prohibiting the killing of wild animals. They don't live with livestock, but they are close to wild animals. In fact, each clan has a specific wild animal worship, and they often remain close to this animal and treat them as members of a family.

Red mud makes sunscreen The Simba people in northern Namibia use a red clay containing iron oxide mixed with butter and applied to their bodies to protect them from sun. Therefore, people will see that all Simba people are red, so they call Simba people "red clay people".

The persistent hunters of the San tribe of Botswana, also known as the Bushmen. In the 1950s, they were expelled from their ancestral land. They are hunters, but they are prohibited from hunting. If they want to enter the forest to hunt, they need to apply for a permit. Some tribesmen were forced to turn to farming, where they gathered plants for medicine and food. Some tribes still insist on living in the way of their ancestors and are on the verge of extinction due to the loss of hunting ability.

Getting a wife requires beatings. In the Fulani tribe in many West African countries, there is a tradition called Sharo. When two men both take a fancy to the same woman and want to marry her, they must take turns beating until one person cannot bear it. This is called Sharo. When being beaten, a man must suppress any signs of pain. If one of them can finally endure the pain without showing anything, he will win and marry a woman.

The bizarre clean Chewa are Malawi's largest indigenous people, but are scattered throughout central and southern Africa. In the Chewa culture, when a person died, his family would take his body to the forest, slit his throat, and pour clear water into his body to clean it. They would squeeze the stomach of his body until the inside of the body was washed.

Stretch lips and place plates in the Surma tribe in South Sudan and Ethiopia. When the girl reaches adulthood, she begins to stretch her lower lip. The teeth in the girl's lower jaw are removed to give more space for the lip plate, and the size of the lip plate increases year by year.