40 Weird Traditions Found Around The World That Might Make You Go “Wait, What?”

I knew it! Canadians are actually Ice Trolls! Been that way all along! Quick we have to build a wall along our northern border...(sarcasm people)

I heard about this before, it sound really cool ^^ Definitely a reason to let your hair grow out

I can't even imagine -30C I've experienced -15C once and that was bad enough.

Cool! Just chilling there, thinking of new sequences of 'Frozen'

I think this would be fun!! I would try this at least once!!!

Bloody good fun apart from trying to get there to watch or compete - this year (I live local to this so know !!), people were parking up to 2 miles away and walking to the event. It's now got so busy / popular that the police have asked that quotas be introduced to control the number of people allowed close to the site. As an aside, the 'course' is 200 yards long and is 1:2 gradient (or 50% for those with modern measurement methods)

Caro Caro will be at the bottom of the hill to catch all the cheese.

I'm from the UK and saw this in a documentary ... it really is brutal haha

This event inspired Adele to write "Rolling in the Cheese".

I know folks can leave that hill with various injuries but I think the whole things is wickedly fun. Somehow I think its started with an innocent picnic on top of the hill. Their cheese rolls away and the macho dudes wanting to show off for the gals go running after the cheese. Needless to say...they battered, bruised and broken look up the hill to see the little geeky guy up there having a great time with the gals. Happy laughing waving greats the poor pitiful waves from below. That my theory and I'm sticking with it. 🙃

Matador Union Rep: Our members are angry! They are out of work and can not feed their children City Council: I’m sorry but bullfighting has declined in popularity. Many say it is too cruel. Matador Union Rep: We must find something for them to do! City Council: Okay, I have an idea. Now hear me out…

It is like they looked at Pamplona and said "Well we won't go that far."

Now THAT sounds like fun!

*stubbles while jumping*

With humans encroaching on their habitat more and more each year, monkeys have a difficult time foraging for food in the wild. Instead they come into human areas where they are killed by cars, electrocuted on telephone lines, and their health is negatively impacted by all sorts of pollutants. One day a year seems so little.

Monkeys are cool. Some of them at least ... those bald monkeys that harvest stuff and wear clothes and ride bikes and such, not much of them are cool, but some. Those caring for our fellow monkeys, sure are!

I think this is a sweet tradition

Taking wildlife preservation to a new level!

Do they have Funky Monkey for dessert?

I like this idea. It's like preparing you to always work together to clean up a mess. So many marriages fail vacua's couples just don't want to handle a mess

Poltern = to clatter, rumble, make noise, as in Poltergeist. Also, you bring only your oldest, most unwanted crockery. This is just a guess, but I wouldn't be surprised if the original idea is that the more shards, the more years of happiness they stand for. If I am not mistaken, the bridal couple at a Jewish wedding pound a glass for the same reason.

I was on Polterabende where even toilets were thrown. The funnier the things to destroy, the better :)

Well, there is a saying "Shards bring good luck" - my mum always says that if something breaks. So these friends are bringing lots of luck the newlyweds.

I could actually get on board with this. If you can't work together on annoying, difficult tasks - better to get that sorted before the wedding.

We call it 'welly wanging' in the uk. But Finland does hold the world records for distance!

This used to be popular in the UK. We called it Wellie Wanging. (to w**g something is to throw it)

We have Welly Wanging in the UK too

We also throw old mobile phones...

Nope I’m afraid that’s a failure the photo was taken in the UK not Finland.

As a Welsh person I've heard of this but never seen it in 33 years.

To Quote''There are growing murmurs of discontent among some Mari Lwyd enthusiasts. Nation.Cymru has already covered the debut appearance of the Philadelphia Mari Lwyd, one of many versions of the Mari Lwyd to appear beyond the bounded territory of Cymru. Indeed, in recent years the Mari Lwyd has appeared to be part of contemporary cultural migration across much of the United States, witnessed in California, Kansas, Kentucky and Illinois''... as a Welsh person I say good for them, carry on the tradition :) xx

My ancestors were some strange people. Now wonder I am the way I am.

when you see your old classmates at the high school reunion but you hardly recognize them.

Nice smile though

Where's Ron Weasley when you need him??

Hopefully a little more friendly than Wizard's Chess. :)