The 16 most frightening mature rituals in the world

Maturity is a familiar ritual in many countries around the world. However, to be recognized as an adult, there are different ways in each place. There are many places of maturity that become a monstrous ritual that many people feel horrified when witnessed.

1. Jump on cow's back, Ethiopia

In the Hamar, Ethiopia tribes, wanting to prove they are mature enough to marry, the boys have to go through very difficult rituals. First of all, his closest girlfriends will sing while other men in the tribe are hurting with a whip. The scars left on their backs are proof that they have enough pain to grow up. After that, a bull will be brought in and the boy must jump on his back naked. At that time, the boy was recognized as really mature.

2. Jump plug head, Vanuatu

The people of the Vanuatu tribe must participate in a very dangerous custom to prove they have grown up: jump from a tall wooden tower with only two strands woven from grape leaves as insurance. A lot of guys have broken their heads and broken their necks. The rest are proven to be adult men and of course very lucky!

3. Grinding teeth, Mentawai island

With Aborigines on Mentawai Island, beautiful teeth are sharp teeth that are " cut " and ground with stone . A person who cannot be recognized is mature and beautiful without the sharp teeth.

4. Rituals of bullets of Sateré-Mawé (Amazon)

By the age of 13, the boys of the Sateré-Mawé clan would carry out ant warhead rites to enter adulthood. First of all, people will catch bullets, paralyze them with an herb, use them and the leaves to knit them into gloves with the head facing inside. When ants start to wake up, the boys will wear gloves for 10 minutes. Ants are considered one of the most painful venomous insects in the world. They have the same name because their pain from the bite is similar to being hit. While wearing gloves, the boys were not allowed to cry because it was a sign of weakness. To complete the ceremony, the boys have to do this more than 20 times within 1 month. After completing the ritual, your hands are often paralyzed for a short time due to ant venom. You will be sick and convulsed because of the pain.

5. Ritual of blood of the Matausa clan (Papua New Guinea)

To be considered a man of the Matausa clan , a boy to adulthood must perform a scary ritual. First of all, they have to separate from the women of the tribe and eliminate the influence of women through a series of single painful tasks. They were knocked down to vomit until the stomach was empty. After that, they had to poke thin pieces of steel into their noses so that blood flowed out - the action was considered to expel the bad effects from the body. In the end, they endured stabbing stabs to become a man.

6. Wysoccan ceremony of the Algonquin tribe (Canada)

When Quebec's Algonquin Aboriginal boys reached adulthood, they were taken to a separate area. Here, they were put in cages and smoked a powerful hallucinogenic drug called Wysoccan (100 times stronger than paper drugs). They will have to stay in cages for 20 days, continuously smoking Wysoccan. This ritual is done to erase the childhood memories , make a boy move forward and become a man. This mixture is so strong that it is rare for poisoning and death. Survivors experience powerful hallucinations and many people are insane, forgetting themselves and how to talk. Those who still remember their childhood memories will have to perform the ritual again.

7. Iria of the Okrika (Nigeria)

When they reach adulthood, the girls of the Okrika clan (Nigeria) will be included in the ' fattening room ' for about 5 weeks. They were forced to eat protein-rich items such as goat's milk so that their bodies could expand. The Okrika also believed that the teenage girls had a connection with the gods and had to shake off before going home to their husbands. To achieve that, at dawn the girls had to gather and sing songs to chase away the spirits . On the last day of the ceremony, the girls will go to the river again. It is thought that the spirits will try to capture them at this time. To prevent that, an elderly man in the tribe will use sticks to drive girls back to the village, away from bad spirits.

8. Procedure for circumcision in South Africa

All boys who live in South Africa after adulthood must participate in the traditional circumcision ritual to be recognized as the "adult ". Before proceeding, they must whiten their faces and lay on a carpet. soft to express pure, pure.

9. Semi-virginity instead of mature ceremonies in India

In India, girls between the ages of 14 and 18 must make a frightening procedure: self-selling virginity to be recognized as an adult . The image above is recorded in Rajastha City, about 30 miles west of Taj Mahal. A group of young women were sitting by the road to wait for the " customer " to help me complete the "adult" wish .

10. The strange custom of the Masai people in Kenia

One of the biggest advantages of Kenia boys after joining Eunoto 's maturity is that it is possible to choose the girls of the clan to choose as a wife. There are no regulations on quantity, so it is very common for the man " 5-7-year-old" to be in Masai.

11. Hunting lions, Tanzania and Kenya

Maasai tribal people in Tanzania and Kenya have an extremely unique maturity ceremony. The boy wanted to show that he had grown up and could become a warrior to circumcise and kill a lion with only a spear.

12. Live in the wild, America

Aboriginal Americans must live in the wild for a few days in adulthood with very few tools to live. They will have to set up tents, leaves, hunt and gather to live and find their way back later.

13. Hunt, eat, Brazil

When they reached adulthood, the boys of the Matis, Brazilian tribes often hunted and even had to put a poison in their eyes to 'increase their vision'. After hunting animals, they will be beaten with whips and continue to be poisoned with frogs with a wooden needle.

13. Facial tattoo, West Africa

Women of the Fula tribe in West Africa must have a new face tattoo to be recognized as adult. This process lasts several hours and is often made with a sharp piece of wood. In particular, during the tattoo process, the girl is not allowed to cry or scream because if so, she will be considered to be too young and have to wait until she is mature enough to get a tattoo.

14. Shaving head, circumcision, South Africa

The boys in the Xhosa tribe of South Africa will be circumcised and shaved before being recognized as a man. They were taken to the mountains and lived in a tent, alienated from the rest. Until the wound on the foreskin heals, they are returned and recognized.

15. Located on hot stone, Indonesia

The ritual of adolescence of the Papua and Indonesian tribes is considered quite cruel. The boys to certain ages must lie on a heated rock to prove courage. Next is a shaman (aka a shaman) who slits a hole in their nose to wear jewelry.

16. The ritual of the Fulani tribe

Residents of the Fulani tribe in Benin, Africa have rituals that mark adolescent adulthood. The boys will be considered mature after going through a bloody torment to show their strength, self-control and courage. People choose a long and sharp, sharp stick to ensure each whip is the most painful blow.

After the boys had weapons, the family was everywhere gathered to witness two young men pitted against each other. Both boys will rush in and bash violently. The goal of the boys is to make it difficult for the opponent, each boy gets three blows and no one can show pain or fear.

The crowd will decide who will show the most courage through this challenge and that will be the winner of the match. The winning child will be recognized by everyone in the tribe to become a man.