The strangest love rituals and customs from around the world

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It is hard to believe that these rituals exist somewhere, but it’s true! Strange rituals and customs, that are common in different parts of the world, hit our consciousness. Here are the strangest love rules for your attention, according to yaplakal.com.

The strangest love rituals and customs from around the world

“Love Shack” for teenagers.

The men from Cambodian tribe Kreung build a “hut of love” specifically for their young daughters, where the girls are able to retire with their admirers. Such entertainment ends when teenagers find a soul mate.

The strangest love rituals and customs from around the world

First experience with a mature woman.

On the small island Mangaia, located in the Pacific Ocean, the young “men” who have attained 13 years, are taught loving rituals by a mature woman. The boy chooses the “teacher” by himself. The main task is to show the teenager everything she knows and to explain how he should meet his future wife.

The strangest love rituals and customs from around the world

Cocktail for real men.

In Papua New Guinea there is a Sambia tribe with even more strange custom – the community of boys are isolated from women for three years, so that youngsters don’t see the temptation. But that’s not all – the children are forced to drink a special “cocktail of masculinity”, that is made up of sperm of tribal elders.

The strangest love rituals and customs from around the world

Fraternal polyandry.

Not only men are allowed to have multiple wives. In Nepal, there are families where a woman can marry all the brothers of one family. It is believed that in this way there is no need to divide the property between the brothers, as they continue to live as one family, sharing with each other only a wife.

The strangest love rituals and customs from around the world

Love joy only after marriage and only in clothes.

Near Ireland there is a small island Inis Beag where a very religious community lives. Love joy for the members of the community is a shameful passion. That is why sex is permitted only under the condition that people won’t become bare.

The strangest love rituals and customs from around the world

Night for betrayal.

In Indonesia it is allowed seven times a year to betray second halves. This is allowed on special days during a holiday celebration “Mon” and only near the sacred mountain on the island Java. The participants of the celebration find their partners among strangers, especially successful betrayal is considered to be one and the same stranger seven times a year.

The strangest love rituals and customs from around the world

Exhibitionism as a way of flirting. If the native women of the island Bougainville, which is part of the Papua – New Guinea, want an intimate relationship, they bare in public places, thus demonstrating the desire. For these places such behavior is considered normal. This is a kind of flirting.

The strangest love rituals and customs from around the world

The love with the animals.

In the civilized world intercourse with animals is forbidden and is considered an extreme kind of perversion. But there are countries where such things are permitted. For example, in Lebanon it is officially authorized.

The strangest love rituals and customs from around the world

Wedding night in front of witnesses.

This practice exists in Colombia. The main feature is that the witness has to be the mother of the bride.

The strangest love rituals and customs from around the world

Sex in front of children.

In the Marquesas Islands of French Polonaise people are not afraid of witnesses. But there is one feature – the witnesses are often the children. It is believed that for the children it would be useful future experience.