6 strange rituals and extreme maturity

Posted by Riken Afandi on Friday, November 11, 2011


1. Satere Mawe - Amazone
Deep in the interior side of the Amazon forest are interesting from the rituals of manhood Satere-Mawe tribe. The young man from the quarter-mawe Satere should put his hand in "gloves" made of woven full of ants bullet (bullet ant) ​​to reach their adulthood.

And it was done for about 10 minutes without screaming and can be done over again and again, it could be as high as 20 times. Ants are placed in the glove is made from woven plant, with the sting led to the canine.

Previously the ants were given fluids to the ants I do not sadarkan themselves.Once the ants are aware, the ritual dimulailah.

According to the "sting pine Schmidt index" from amazon famous bullet ant has the most painful sting among all other types of ants are there in the world. Skin will feel the sting of fire ants on contact and the sting of pain will last for 24 hours.

2. Mardudjara Circumcision - Australian Aboriginal
Mardudjara ritual circumcision for the quarter is a bit different than usual. When the young men Mardudjara quarter nearing the age of majority, the young people in Shall circumcision, which is around the age of 15-16 years.

In this circumcision ritual of the young man near the bonfire ditelentangkan, the young man's chest and then occupied by the head quarter of the genitals facing the youth. Then the skin on the genitals cut with a knife that was incantation, incantations.

But the ritual does not stop until here. After the completion of the cutting process chieftain ordered the young man to open his mouth and then swallow Shall the youth in their own skin without having chewed his private parts.

3. Maasai Warrior - Kenya, Tanzania
The young Maasai tribe Kenya and Tanzania have a series of transition rites that lead boys to manhood. Around age 10 or 15 years that will serve as a new soldier-patriots.

The night before the ceremony, all the boys will be sleeping in the forest and return at dawn. After returning to the village, they were at Shall drink the milk of cows mixed with blood and then in the circumcision. Once circumcised, all Maasai tribe would consider himself a man, warrior, and protector of the village.

4. Land Diving Vanuatu, South Pacific island nation
Bungee jumping, everyone would already know this extreme sport, but in Vanuatu, bungee jumping presented other than what we normally encounter. During harvest season around the months of April-May, held a manhood ritual by the tribe on the island of Vanuatu pacific.

Where The young adults are required to climb the shifting construction stakes as high as 30 meters and even more, then jumped from the top with a speed of approximately 72km fall / h.

That prevent them is a piece of vines made into a long rope only fares in the second leg tie. Miscalculation means that people lost their lives!

Be established again, in this ritual at least the head should touch the ground. This ritual has been there at least since the 15th centuries, the ritual is intended to perform for their gods for the abundant harvest and also to prepare its youth matures into a true man.

5. Sambia - Papua New Guinea
Sambia tribe in remote Papua New Guinea has the unique distinction of ritual of manhood and extreme. At the beginning of a boy aged 7 years will be separated from her mother and placed in a hut who were all men.

Once separated from the women, young children will mengikutii some dangerous ritual of distinction. The first is penyedotan blood from the nose by means of sharp grass menusukan into the nose of the child until the blood flows rapidly.

And then the children are beaten up by a lot of adult men. The second is that the children drank Shall sperm from freckles, freckles custom Sambia tribe. The purpose of this ritual is to strengthen their children and prepare them for life as a soldier.

6. Mandan hook hanging - Native American
The native people of America called Indians have different rituals, different in every tribe, and a rather interesting is that the Mandan tribe. Before the ritual be maintained, the man in the Mandan tribe Shall fasted for three days to cleanse the body from impurities.

Then on the day of the ritual performed, the head quarter of the chest will associate them with 2 pieces of wood sticks and tied with two ropes then hang on the ceiling of the tent and did not allow shouting or crying until I sadarkan youth themselves.

After the tribal chiefs are confident that the youth is not sadarkan themselves, then the youth in the release of the attached penyangganya. 

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