Marriage was not believed by reason, or that it might occur in any human society, as it reaches beating and burning with fire. China has topped the throne of the strangest marriage customs among 18 other countries,
Including large and well-known countries, including small countries and islands that no one cared regarding, but they were known for their strange customs in marriage, which are as follows:
1 – Marriage customs in China: Despite the economic, civil and societal development that China has reached, but in marriage customs, they still follow their own style, which is that the groom does not see his bride except on the day of the agreed ceremony, where the bride’s family carries their daughter following preparing and decorating it in a special huddle and closing the door on her and he goes out With her from the town, some of her family and relatives, and when they arrive at the groom, they give him the key to the howdj so that he can see his bride for the first time.
2 – Marriage customs in Guinea: In Guinea, the bride swims naked in the water, until someone presents her with a piece of cloth, and this indicates that she liked it.
3 – Marriage customs in Malay: A man who wants to marry a certain woman lives with her in the same house for two years without touching her in the Malay tribes.
4 – Marriage customs in the Indian Toda tribe: During the wedding the bride must crawl on her hands and knees until she reaches the groom in the Toda tribe in southern India, and she does not stop crawling until when the groom blesses her by placing his foot on her head.
5 – Marriage customs in Greenland: The groom goes to the bride’s house on the wedding night in the countryside of Greenland Island, and drags her by her hair from her house until they reach the place prepared for the wedding celebration.
6 – Marriage customs in the Pacific Hawan Island: The bride’s dowry is a group of mice on the Pacific Hawan Island, and the amount of mice varies according to the beauty of the bride; The more beautiful the bride, the more mice presented to her.
During the wedding the bride must crawl on her hands and knees until she reaches the groom in the Toda tribe in southern India, and does not stop crawling until the groom blesses her by placing his foot on her head.
7 – Marriage customs in Indonesia: The bride in Indonesia is prevented on her wedding day from stepping on the ground, especially when moving from her home to her husband’s house, so the father is forced to carry his daughter the bride from her home to her husband’s house, no matter how long the distance.
8 – Marriage customs on the island of Java: The bride and groom must submit twenty-five mouse tails to obtain a marriage license in South Java; The ruler of Java imposed these fees to get rid of mice that threaten rice crops, and the bride must dye her teeth black and wash the groom’s feet during the wedding as a sign of her willingness to serve him for life.
9 – Marriage customs in India:
Women born with a certain astrological sign according to the Hindu calendar are forced to marry a tree or a dog for an entire year and then marry a human being in India; If she does not do so, her husband will die within a year.
10 – Customs in Scotland: Bridesmaids put rubbish, tar and moldy eggs on the bride to be in the ugliest form in Scotland; The aim is that if the bride bears this dirt, she will be able to bear the marital burden, and that the newlyweds’ exposure to this insult from their relatives protects them from evil forces.
11 – Marriage customs in Falkija: No girl can marry without a strange condition, which is that she brings to her fiancé two pieces of her right fingers from her mother’s right hand in the Falkija tribe, and this is evidence of her acceptance of marriage to him.
12 – Marriage customs in Mauritania: Brides are encouraged to gain as much weight as possible before the wedding in Mauritania; The greater the weight of the bride, the greater her chance of obtaining a well-off husband, and there are some places that help the bride gain weight before the wedding.
13- Marriage customs in southern India: The bride takes her groom to the forest where they are alone and sets a fire and irons the groom’s back in southern India. If he suffers, she rejects him and exposes him in the tribe.
14 – Marriage customs in Chinese Tibet: The bride climbs on a tree in the Chinese Tibetan tribes, and those who wish to propose to her must climb the tree and reach it, in addition to that, the bride’s family is under the tree with sticks to prevent them from climbing, and the person who succeeds in climbing the tree and holding the bride’s hand marry her.
15 – Marriage customs in Ireland: The Irish bride must not take her feet off the ground; So that the fairies won’t snatch her away, because the bride is the most beautiful thing on earth on her wedding day and the Irish fear that the fairies will steal her.
16 – Marriage customs in the African Gobis: The girl pierces her tongue in the African Gobis tribe, then she puts a long thread and the husband holds the end of the thread, and if his wife disturbs him with her gossip, he pulls the thread to stop her from speaking.
17 – The customs of marriage in the Cook Islands: The young men of the village lie on the ground on their stomachs in the Cook Islands, and the bride walks on the backs of the young men until she reaches the place prepared for the wedding.
18 – Marriage customs in Somalia: the groom beats his bride severely during the wedding ceremony in Somalia; This is in order to announce to the attendees that he will be the obedient master in the house without any dispute.
19 – Marriage customs in Burma: the bride is thrown on the ground in Burma, then an old man pierces her ears, and the bride is in pain and screams at the top of her voice, but no one hears her because of the loudness of the music
