Africa as a continent has so many cultures, infact it wont be far from the truth if its said that the cultures in Africa surpasses that in other continent. Though some are of these cultures are weird, all are captivating. in lieu of this, below are some of the werid ones.

7. KIDNAPPING YOUR BRIDE; In Sudanese Latuka tribe, when a man wants to marry a woman, he kidnaps her. Elderly members of his family go and ask the girl’s father for her hand in marriage, and if her dad agrees, he beats the suitor as a sign of his acceptance of the union. If the father disagrees, however, the man might forcefully marry the woman anyway. Some may see this as barbaric, but to them It’s a way the men prove their manhood.

6. LIP STRETCHING: When a girl becomes a teenager in the Surma tribe of Southern Sudan, she begins the process of lip stretching. The girl has her bottom teeth removed to make space for a lip plate, which is increased in size annually. The lip plate is made of clay or wooden. The larger the lip plate, the larger her value.

5. KHWETA CEREMONY: This Southern African ceremony is practiced by several tribes and is how a young boy proves his manhood. When a boy comes of age, he is sent with other boys to spend several days or weeks in a circumcision lodge during winter, where they’re put through rigorous and dangerous tests and rituals such as continuous dancing until exhaustion, and circumcision. After the ritual they are all sent home . as a man.

4. WIDOWHOOD PRACTICE: As if it is not enough that a woman lost her partner to the cold hands of death, she would be subjected to further humiliation to prove she has no hand in his death. This practice is predominant mostly in eastern Nigeria ; in cases where the widow is suspected of killing her husband, to prove that she is not responsible for her husband’s death she has to drink the water used in washing her husband’s corpse. If after drinking it she remains unscathed, then she isn’t responsible. But if she runs mad or starts behaving weird it means she was responsible for his death. Family members of the deceased are also required to shave their heads and wear black throughout the mourning period. This culture is gradually going out of practice though.

3. SPITTING YOUR BLESSINGS: Members of the Maasai tribe in Kenya and Tanzania spit as a way of blessing. Men spit on newborns and say they are bad in the belief that if they praise a baby, it will be cursed. Maasai warriors will also spit in their hands before shaking the hand of an elder. So should incase you find yourself there don’t get offended when someone shakes you with spittle in his hand.

2. GRIEVING CULTURE: Women can’t grieve elders In Southwestern Congo, the Suku tribe honors ancestors and elders, when they die, with a ceremony held in the forest. Here, gifts and offerings are brought, but outsiders and all women are forbidden to attend.

1. BEATING THE SUITOR: The Fulani tribe live in many countries in West Africa and follow a tradition called Sharo. Sharo happens when two young men want to marry the same woman. To compete for her hand, they beat one another up. The men must suppress signs of pain and the one who takes the most beating without showing signs of pain wins the wife.


Culled from: http://listwand.com

Oh boy!

Lip stretching is weird.... Watz d essence??

JhimmySpark:
Lip stretching is weird.... Watz d essence??

its kind of like a rite of passage.

Kissable lower lip....yummy!