10 shocking sexual traditions of tribes and peoples of the world

All people on the planet learn what sex is with age, but not all people have the same ideas about it. Some tribes or even entire peoples have managed to invent unimaginable rituals for themselves and continue to honor their sexual traditions for such a long time. For us, this is savagery, and for them, this is the absolute norm. We present you 10 shocking sexual traditions of the tribes and peoples of the world.

1. Sambia-a sperm-drinking tribe

This tribe has a rather strange ritual to turn a boy into a man. At the age of 7, the boy is taken from the tribe to the settlement of men, so that he does not enter into any contact with women, and is allowed to join the general tribe after 10 years. Throughout all 10 years, the future man is constantly pierced by the skin, let blood out of the nose and cause vomiting by feeding the teenager a huge amount of sugar cane. Thus, the young man is cleansed before contacting a woman at the age of 17.

Also, the future man of this tribe is forced to drink the sperm of the elders, explaining that the sperm will help the boy to mature faster and become stronger. Even after returning to the tribe during the menstruation of his woman, a man should start a nosebleed.

2. Mardujara-a tribe that practices unusual circumcision and meatotomy

The ritual of growing up of this tribe consists of several procedures. In the first part of the ritual, the teenager is given a barbaric circumcision, after which the boy must eat his newly cut foreskin. In the second part of the ritual, the teenager is given a meatotomy-cutting the lower part of the penis along the canal all the way to the scrotum, for purification, the leaking blood must drip into the fire. From this point on, the man will urinate through the remaining portion of the urethra, which is quite far from the head of the penis. It is not clear, of course, what is so courageous about this ritual.

3. Trobrians — a tribe in which they begin to have sex from the age of 6

The inhabitants of the island of Papua New Guinea show the sexual revolution by their own example. Girls of this tribe start having sex from the age of 6-8, and boys from 10-12, and this is considered absolutely normal. But this does not mean that they have promiscuous relationships, to prevent this, the tribe has a couple of specially invented customs. Why not grow up so early, because the fair sex of this tribe walk around topless.

The most sacred thing among the Trobriands is eating together. A man is strictly forbidden to share a meal with a woman before marriage or whatever they call it.

4. Saut d'Eau Falls-a favorite place for debauchery of voodoo followers

If you are on vacation in Haiti and God forbid you get to the waterfalls of Saut d'Eau (Saut d'Eau), then you can see a very unusual ritual of local voodoo followers. Every year, they make a pilgrimage to these waterfalls to perform a ritual of worship to the local goddess of love.

Everything seems nice and decent? As if not so! Imagine a bunch of naked people writhing in the mud and blood of sacrificed animals, and add to this picture the severed heads of the same animals. This sight is unlikely to please a healthy person.

5. Nepalese — a nation where brothers share a wife

From an article in Psychology Today: "Almost all of the few polyandrous societies practice what anthropologists call fraternal polyandry, where a group of brothers share a wife. This is common in the Himalayas, where there is very little fertile land and the appearance of another son would mean dividing the land so that another son could establish himself with his own family. For the sake of saving space, they begin to create a family hostel with a common wife."

6. Wodabi-a tribe where men steal each other's wives, Niger

In the Wodabi tribe of Niger, West Africa, it is customary to steal each other's wives at the Herewol festival. The wedding is arranged for the children of the tribe as early as childhood, while the wife and husband are each other's cousins. But not everything is so sad with diversity. On the annual holiday of Herevol, men of this tribe usually decorate themselves, dress up and steal each other's wives. If a couple managed to leave this holiday unnoticed, then their new marriage is considered completely legal, and the clumsy husband is left with nothing, of course, if he did not steal another wife. These marriages are considered to be concluded for love.

7. Ancient Egyptian pharaohs practicing public masturbation

The pharaohs of Ancient Egypt had an unusual rite when the pharaoh masturbated and ejaculated into the Nile River. The fact is that in the Nile River there were always ebbs and flows, and it was believed that such a rite would provide an abundance of water. On this occasion, in Egypt, there was even an official festival of the god Ming, dedicated to the potency of the Pharaoh, at which all the men present had to masturbate in public.

8. Ancient Greece, where homosexuality was considered absolutely normal

The ancient Greeks did not perceive sexual orientation as a social indicator. In fact, they didn't care what sex the sexual partner was, the most important aspect of sex was who was who. Activity in this matter meant higher status and masculinity, while passivity was associated with lower social status, femininity, and youth.

9. Ancient Greece: pederasty is the norm!

In ancient Greece, there was such a thing as paiderastia, which literally means love for boys. It was the "love" of older men for young boys. A teenager was considered a boy until he began to grow a beard. At the same time, the older man was called erastes, and he had to love, support and protect, teach and serve as an example for his young eromenos. It was indecent to feel love for a boy under the age of 12, but there were no laws against it.

10. The modern culture of Iran, where you can buy a temporary marriage, if you have money

Muslim culture is one of the strictest regarding sexual acts and sexual relations between a man and a woman. For example, Muslim couples can only have sex in a missionary position. The husband's request for a change of position is considered a humiliation.

However, in some Muslim countries, such as Iran, a young couple who would like to have sex before they are ready to marry can buy a "temporary marriage". Partners have the right to pay for a short ceremony, as a result of which a contract is concluded, where the exact time of the marriage will be indicated. After that, they can have sex without violating Islamic law.