Kanamara Matsuri (Japan)
This is a weird traditional festival held each spring at the Kanayama Shrine in Kawasaki, Japan. The central theme of the event is a Pen*s. People march across the town hoisting a big wooden Pen*s in the air. The festival is very popular amongst the prostitutes, as they wish and pray for their protection and STD’s.
Great article Payal. I have linked to your list on my site. Quite a shocking list indeed!
Thanks so much for appreciating J J. Your comment meant a lot 🙂
I heard about one of the shocking tradition from a friend, I was taken aback… So thought of researching about it and came across so many weird and shocking tradition all over the World.
I wonder if 50-100+ years from now people will find out traditions strange.
Hahaha!
These are indeed weird traditions. The pen*s festival is indeed funny!
Thanks for reading the post Emmanuel. Agreed that was the most funny tradition I cam across, all others traditions around the world listed in the post are weird and scary.
Awesome work… i too have much stuff similar to this…. i love to collect info/stuff like this… basically i am film maker and explorer of hidden stuff in the world… thanks a lot for adding few more things into my list…. hope i get more info like this from you
Thanks a lot Raraj 🙂
I am really touched by your words.
I too love exploring rare, oddities, surprising and shocking things around the world. You can have a look at Interesting Facts and Rare/oddities categories of the site to get more such posts.
Regards
Payal