Bizarre Rituals Archive
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Chicken-Waving Ceremony To Cleanse Your Sins
Posted on September 23, 2012 | No CommentsThe Kaparot (literally means “atonement”) is a Jewish ritual takes place one day before Yom Kippur. The person swings a live chicken or a bundle of coins over one’s... -
Thailand Coffin Ritual: Practice Death & Cleanse The Soul
Posted on May 26, 2012 | No CommentsBuddhist temple, Wat Proman, in Bangkok – Thailand is offering a deeply bizarre ritual of lying in the coffins for a few minutes while the monks chant some prayers... -
Jumping Over Babies Festival in Spain
Posted on December 29, 2011 | No CommentsThe strange ritual of jumping over a group of oblivious babies clustered together on a mattress is carried out as part of a religions ceremony in northern spain, designed... -
Muharram, The Festival Of Flagellation
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No CommentsThe Muslim world this past week observed Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. The 10th day of Muharram is Ashura, when Shi’ite Muslims mourn the death of...












