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The World's Strangest Customs & Traditions
A Journey Through 30 Astonishing Rituals, Celebrations, and Rites of Passage from Every Continent
Verlag:
Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36360560
EAN: 9798189536786
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Zustellung: Di, 03.11.2026
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CHF 23.60
Beschreibung
Why do Ethiopian men leap across the backs of cattle to become adults. Why do families in Madagascar dance with the bones of their ancestors. Why would anyone choose to settle a year of grudges with a bare-knuckle fistfight. Every culture on Earth has invented its own answer to the same handful of universal questions: how do we welcome a child, honor the dead, mark adulthood, give thanks for a harvest, or simply greet a stranger. The World's Strangest Customs & Traditions. travels to five continents to find thirty of the most astonishing answers ever recorded. Inside, you'll discover:. The Ethiopian bull-jumping ceremony that turns boys into menMadagascar's joyful ritual of exhuming and dancing with ancestral remainsGhana's "fantasy coffins," shaped like fish, airplanes, and cocoa podsThe Vanuatu land-diving ritual that inspired modern bungee jumpingPeru's Christmas Day tradition of settling old scores in the boxing ringJapan's Naked Festival, where thousands compete for a single lucky stickThe Tibetan sky burial, an act of final generosity to the natural world>>Whether you're a lifelong travel enthusiast, an armchair anthropologist, or simply someone who loves a great "did you know. " fact, The World's Strangest Customs & Traditions. will change the way you think about what's "normal. " Scroll up and grab your copy today.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Walid Zaki
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 56