Today I found something fun and interesting at the same time. The following is from brightside.me and written by their staff authors and highlight some interesting and fun Traditions from around the world you may not have known of. I surely did not!
"Honoring each of our unique cultural traditions isn’t only fun and exciting and good for our mental well-being. From the preparations to the celebrations, participating in them gives us a sense of stability and belonging, which are suitable for our self-care routines. By sharing these with the world, we also show our identities to everyone.
1. Pumpkin regatta in Belgium
Aside from chocolate and waffles, Belgium has a quirkier side when it comes to food. In fact, they have the annual pumpkin boat relay race known as the Pumpkin Regatta in Kasterlee, where contestants paddle their way through a pond inside the giant hollowed-out vegetable, which generally weighs hundreds of kilograms.
2. La Tomatina in Spain
The Spanish town of Buñol really takes food fights to another level. Their yearly tomato-throwing party, or La Tomatina, has been around since 1945 in celebration of the town’s August festivities. This festival follows a more exciting game called Palo Jabón, where locals climb a grease-covered pole with ham on top.
3. Monkey Buffet Festival in Thailand
Macaque monkeys are so revered in Lopburi Province, Thailand, that they’ve become yearly guests of honor for the Monkey Buffet Festival. Locals gather at the ruins of Phra Prang Sam Yod temple to set up fruit arrangements for the macaques, including piles of sliced watermelon, durian, pineapple, and more.
4. Community baby shower in India
Expecting moms gather in celebration of life and motherhood in a women-only ceremony in various parts of India called Godh Bharai. Blessings in the form of Puja begin the ritual for moms-to-be, and they’re later adorned with special sarees, flowers, and fragrant oils after they’ve completed their seventh month of pregnancy.
5. World Gurning Championship in England
England has the total opposite of beauty pageants, as they have an unusual way of competing with faces. They have the World Gurning Championship, which is the main event in the Egremont Crab Fair in Cumbria County, where the “sourest face” wins.
6. Orange battle in Italy
Ivrea, Italy, also has its answer to Spain’s La Tomatina. In the town’s carnival festivities, a Battle of Oranges ensues every year, which goes all the way back to medieval times. Thousands of townspeople gather in the city’s heart to throw oranges in teams.
7. Polterabend in Germany
Germany’s the perfect place for you if you’re looking for a smashing good time at a wedding. Before marrying, newlyweds observe a tradition called the Polterabend, where they break porcelain to bring good luck to their marriage. After a couple says “I do” to each other, another ceremony follows. Baumstamm sägen represents the newlyweds overcoming their first obstacle, and it’s done by cutting a log together with a long saw.
8. Witch burning in the Czech Republic
According to Czech folklore, the first day of May holds magical powers when hidden treasures lurk around. Locals who are “brave” enough to face the magic carry wood fern flowers, wafers, or chalk with them. And to banish evil mystics, villagers set brooms and dolls representing witches ablaze in a ceremony called Pálení čarodějnic.
9. Dragon Boat Festival in China
The Duanwu in China is rich in rituals and traditions. Also dubbed the Dragon Boat Festival, celebrators participate in dragon boat racing in tribute to Qu Yuan, a historical figure in the country. And to complete the festivities, locals prepare and eat zongzi, a traditional glutinous rice dish made into a pyramid-shaped dumpling with various fillings.
10. Cheese rolling in England
The cheese rolling competition in Gloucester, England, is the story of Jack and Jill in real life! This is primarily because contestants tumble after a wheel of 7-pound cheese rolled down Cooper’s Hill. The first person to cross the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the cheese.
11. A wife-carrying contest in Finland
Wife-carrying, or Eukonkanto, in Finland, is another league of its own. It consists of going through obstacles, such as rough, rocky terrain with fences and brooks, and sometimes even a pool, while carrying their wives in different techniques. The defending champion for Eukonkanto, a Finnish athlete and lawyer, has won the championship 7 times since 2009.
12. Śmigus-dyngus in Poland
The Easter bunny would be no match for the Polish Śmigus-dyngus festivities every Easter Monday. People from the opposite gender will splash cold water on girls and boys on the first and last days of the festival, respectively.
Which of these traditions did you have the chance to celebrate? What similar celebrations do you have in your hometown?"
So which one did you find interesting? I found them all interesting and if I was in finland, I would have to be on a diet to loose as much weight as I could for my husband to carry me around. Getting messy with vegies look fun as well! Thou no white outfits I am sure. Let me know which one you found interesting.
I have lost a lot of faith with the Medical Community and the Governments over the last several years, but there are a few good things that can raise above the corruption and the pushing of drugs a new approach to heal people. The following is from www.gaia.com and written by Hunter Parsons that does not involve any drug or pushing an ineffective so called vaccine that the drug company is not held accountable in any way but they use sound! The use of sound can regrow bone tissue! Here is the story:
"The future of regenerative medicine could be found within sound healing by regrowing bone cells with sound waves.
The use of sound as a healing modality has an ancient tradition all over the world. The ancient Greeks used sound to cure mental disorders; Australian Aborigines reportedly use the didgeridoo to heal; and Tibetan or Himalayan singing bowls were, and still are, used for spiritual healing ceremonies.
Recently, a study showed an hour-long sound bowl meditation reduced anger, fatigue, anxiety, and ...
Not a fan of a Defense Agency studying Anti-Gravity and other Exotic Tech, but if the commercial world and make this technology cheap that will change our world yet again. The following is about three minute read and from www.gaia.com. The below was written by Hunter Parsons:
"Wormholes, invisibility cloaks, and anti-gravity — it’s not science fiction, it’s just some of the exotic things the U.S. government has been researching.
A massive document dump by the Defense Intelligence Agency shows some of the wild research projects the United States government was, at least, funding through the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program known as AATIP.
And another lesser-known entity called the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program or AAWSAP
The Defense Intelligence Agency has recently released a large number of documents to different news outlets and individuals who have filed Freedom of Information Act requests.
Of particular interest are some 1,600 pages released to Vice News, which ...
As our technology gets better we are discovering more about the history of mankind and pushing the timeline back further and further. The following article is from www.gaia.com and written by Michael Chary that discusses this new find that changes the historical timeline:
"Over the past decade, there have been a number of archeological revelations pushing back the timeline of human evolution and our ancient ancestors’ various diasporas. Initially, these discoveries elicit some resistance as archeologists bemoan the daunting prospect of rewriting the history books, though once enough evidence is presented to established institutions, a new chronology becomes accepted.
But this really only pertains to the era of human development that predates civilization — the epochs of our past in which we were merely hunter-gatherers and nomads roaming the savannahs. Try challenging the consensus timeline of human civilization and it’s likely you’ll be met with derision and rigidity.
Conversely, someone of an alternative...
Not sure if you have heard of a show on YouTube called "The Why Files". If not you should check it out it is interesting and has some humor with it on different subjects. Last weeks was on a different theory how the Universe works and how main stream Science is attempting to shut it down like is always seems to do if it goes aguest some special interest. Today it is akin to what happened to those who questioned the Earth was the Center of the Universe that main stream so called Science all believed during the Renaissance period, They called any theory that the Earth was not the Center of the Universe misinformation. Does this sound familiar today? People laughed and mocked people like Leonardo da Vinci, Nicolaus Copernicus, Georg Purbach as crack-pots, conspiracy theorists, nut-jobs and they were suppressed and even imprisoned for their radical thoughts and observations. Again it sounds like today in so many ways. In any event this is a good one to ponder and see even if a bad idea ...
Seemingly chaotic systems like the weather and the financial markets are governed by the laws of chaos theory.
We all have heard about chaos theory, but if you have not or have forgotten what chaos theory is well here you go from interestingengineering.com:
"Chaos theory deals with dynamic systems, which are highly sensitive to initial conditions, making it almost impossible to track the resulting unpredictable behavior. Chaos theory seeks to find patterns in systems that appear random, such as weather, fluid turbulence, and the stock market.
Since the smallest of changes can lead to vastly different outcomes, the long-term behavior of chaotic systems is difficult to predict despite their inherently deterministic nature.
As Edward Lorenz, who first proposed what became commonly known as the Butterfly Effect, eloquently said, "Chaos: When the present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future.""
You may have heard the term about chaos theory as a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil,...
I for one have lost trust in Medical Doctors due to COVID and reflection that they seem to push pills for everything and untested so called vaccines that is using a unproven technology because the Government and the Medical Boards of the State told them to. There are a very few exceptions. Thus they do not address the key problem just prescribe more and more pills to keep you alive an sick longer for them and Big Phama to profit from you. Will AI do any better? Well that depends on what was used for the training of AI. If it also pushes pills and vaccines without question then you have the same problems noted above. However, if the AI Training includes all possible forms of treatment and they zero in on the right issues for the true problem then there is possibilities they would be way better than most of the current Medical Doctors today.
The following is from an article from interestingengineering.com and written by Paul Ratner:
"A new study looks at how accurately AI can diagnose patients. We interview the researcher, who weighs in on AI's role ...
