RITUALS AROUND THE WORLD UCE PLURILINGUE

1. THE FIVE WEIRDEST RITUALS
AROUND THE WORLD
LUIS PADILLA
EIGHT LEVEL

2. GLOSARY
• Gruesome: something that is horrible
(horrible)
• Martyrdom: something you have to deal with
(martirio)

3. Weirdest rituals
• Sometime people practice some rituals which
are adopted as a part of religion and
sometimes they practice cultural traditions
which seems bizarre to others.

4. 1. Finger Cutting of Dani Tribe
• The Dani (or Ndani) tribe is the indigenous people
that inhabit the fertile lands of the Baliem Valley
in West Papua, New Guinea.
• They will cut off their hand`s fingers to express:
• they cut off his hand finger and bury:

5. • Finger represents body and soul that will
always live together with his/her spouse.
• The number of fingers that will be cut off
depends on how many persons She/He loves.

7. 2. Baby Throwing, India
• The bizarre ritual of throwing newborn babies
off a temple 50ft high and catching them in a
cloth has been celebrated in India since last
500 years.
• The ritual takes place in the first week of
December, and is believed to bring health,
prosperity and luck to new arrivals.

8. • The ritual is observed by both Muslims and
Hindus every year and takes place amid tight
security.
• Most of the infants are under two years old.

10. 3. Self-Flagellation
• Followers of the Shi’a sect of Islam carry out
the ritual of mass self-flagellation
• They commemorate the martyrdom of
Hussein, the grandson of Prophet
Muhammad.

12. 4.Impaling
• The annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket,
Thailand, is host to a most extreme ritual
• This intensely masochistic event requires the
participants to push spears, knives, swords,
hooks, and even guns through their cheeks.

13. • It is believed that gods enter their bodies
during the ritual, protecting them from evil
and bringing good luck to the community.

15. Death Rites
• The Amazonian tribe of Yanomami is one of
the most primitive in the world. In their view,
death is not a natural phenomenon.
• The corpse is cremated, and the resulting
ashes mixed with fermented banana

16. • This mixture is then consumed by the
tribespeople, as a way of making sure that the
spirit of the deceased member continues to
live among them.