Don’t do these things when in South Korea. — South Korea happens to be one of the most visited countries in Asia with tourists from all corners of the world traveling just to witness the countries beautiful and phenomenon culture. …

Little girls who are ‘offered to the gods’ by their own parents — The Deuki custom has been practiced by the people in the western regions of Nepal for many years now. It is a custom where little girls are volunteered by their parents and guardians to serve at local Hindu temples in Nepal. In the early days, being a Deuki was a…

Decluttering Your Social Media Feeds As a Minimalist — Sometime last month, I participated in a challenge with my friends. In the challenge, we all had to post a video screenshot of our respective Instagram feeds. I couldn’t help but notice the amount of mentally exhausting content on some of my friends’ feeds. I saw that they were following…

The culture where men masturbates in public as an act of worship — Masturbation which has to do with the manual or any other means of manipulating one’s genitals, or other sensitive parts of the body without sexual intercourse to achieve orgasm, sexual self gratification or satisfaction is considered as a vice in some cultures/religions but it might might come as a surprise…

The tribe where it’s a taboo to go near a menstruating girl but it’s okay to eat dead bodies — The Yanomami whose population is estimated as 35,000 live in autonomous villages in the Amazon Rainforest on the border between southeastern Venezuela and northern Brazil. They don’t see themselves as a corporate indivisible tribe, but as a group of autonomous villages who share age, kinship and militaristic affiliations. There is…

The culture that organizes an annual festival to celebrate menstruation cycle — The Ambubachi Mela also known as Ameti or Tantric Fertility Festival is an annual four-day festival celebrated in the month of June called Ashaad, (usually in the middle) at the Maa Kamakhya Devi Mandir Hindu temple located in Nilachal…

The culture where house guests are entitled to have sex with the host’s wives — The Himba tribe are a nomadic group with a population of about 50,000 that inhabits the northern region of Namibia. They are predominantly farmers who deal mostly on livestock — that is their major source of living. The people are not ones to be easily forgotten as their unique physical…

The tribe where people spit on others to show respect and for luck — The Maasai are pastoralists who live in the Kajiado and Narok districts in Kenya and northern Bn nnn .Tanzania. Their native dialect is the Maa(a member of the Nilotic language family). Apart from the elderly rural dwellers, they speak the official languages of Kenya and Tanzania which are Swahili and…

Girls must not touch their bodies with bare hands in this culture when menstruating — The Hupa and Chilula tribes were inhabitants of northwestern California in the United States of America. While the Hupa lived along the shores of the Trinity River, the Chilula occupied the lower section of Redwood Creek in Humboldt County. …