Most of these traditions today - it's a part of history, the majority also considered barbaric and evil. However, some outdated recently. This is a list of the most bizarre traditions that are now largely lost to mankind.
10. Geisha
Currently tradition geishas "works" in accordance with current regulations.However, once it was completely different. In the 1900s there were over 25,000 geisha in the early 1930s, they have been more than 80,000 geisha Most lived in Kyoto, the old capital of Japan. Today there are less than 10,000 geisha in Tokyo there are about 100. However, the true geisha - a rarity. Modern geisha are not bought from poor families and do not grow with the child in special homes for geisha. Becoming a geisha today - is completely voluntary thing, and girls who are not the daughters of geisha, as desired, it is easy for yourself can be a geisha. However, training remains as stringent as before. Young girls tend to learn the art, traditional Japanese dancing, singing, music and more.Traditional Geisha did not offer sexual services, while some modern does not mind.
9. Duel
Actively develop from 15 to 20 century in Western societies, a duel was considered consistent "battle" between two people with the appropriate weapon according explicitly or implicitly accepted rules, often accompanied by a trusted person. The duel was considered illegal and is usually prescribed because of the desire on the one hand to avenge his insult of honor. The goal of the duel was not so much to kill a man, how to get satisfaction by restoring their honor, demonstrating a willingness to risk their lives for it.
Duels are usually held on the sword, and from the 18th century pistols. For this purpose, we made special sets of dueling pistols for the rich nobles. Following the "abuse", real or imaginary, the aggrieved party demanded "satisfaction" from the offender, signaling him that special gestures, for example, throwing the gauntlet in front of him.
8. Eunuchs
The image in front of you boy - eunuchs. Eunuch - a castrated male who underwent this procedure for him to perform certain social functions. This practice has been common in many societies in the past. In ancient China, for example, castration was considered as a traditional punishment and a means of access to the imperial service. By the end of the Ming Dynasty in the imperial palace, there were 70,000 eunuchs. The value of the service of the emperor was huge, so often made self-castration, and illegally. The number of eunuchs fell sharply in 1912, when their activities were suspended.
Eunuchs castrated before puberty, have been particularly valuable, they were taught many things and appreciated for the safety of a child's voice. Such eunuchs were known as castrati. Unfortunately, the choice had to do at that age when boys are not yet aware of whether or not to sacrifice their potency because there was no guarantee that the voice of children and will call.
7. Concubines
The photo shows a group of concubines standing by his patron (usually eunuchs). Concubine - is the position of women or young girls, being in a quasi-marital relationship with a man of higher social status. As a rule, such a man was married and had one or more concubines. Concubines had restricted their offspring officially recognized male children, although they had a lower status than children born by the official wife. Historically, the status of concubines, the girls took on voluntarily, because it provides them some measure of economic security. However, there were involuntary and concubinage, which provided sexual slavery.
6. Harakiri
Hara-kiri (seppuku) - is the basis of the code of the samurai, which was used in the case of falling into the hands of the enemy, as well as to wash away the shame. Samurai, among others, should, if necessary, execute the orders for the parent hara. Later, disgraced warriors were also resolve to do hara-kiri rather than be killed by the usual way. As the seppuku was part of the recovery of honor, those who did not belong to the samurai caste, had no right to commit seppuku. Women samurai could do harakiri only after special permission.
Samurai was bathed, dressed in white robes, fed his favorite dish, and after he sat down on the plate in front of a special fabric with a sword, preparing to die and composed a poem. During the act of suicide near samurai attended his chosen people. Samurai opened her kimono, took his sword and ripped his stomach. Further, a person who is near, carry out the procedure of Dhaka-cubic, which meant nearly beheading Samurai (a small portion of the flesh helped head held on the body).
5. Human sacrifice
Human sacrifice - is killing a person for the purpose of sacrifice to the deity or other supernatural power. It was practiced in many ancient cultures. And the attitude toward them was also different, for example, the Mayan and Aztec ritual was elevated to the highest rank, while others looked at the practice as something primitive. The victims were killed in such a way that, according to the performers of rituals, had to please or appease gods or spirits.
The victim could be anyone, from the baby to the prisoner, and they were burned alive, beheaded, or buried alive. Over time, this practice has come to nothing, now it can be found very rarely. Most religions condemn the practice and modern laws include such phenomena as a criminal offense. However, today, from time to time this may be encountered in the least developed parts of the world where traditional beliefs persist.
4. "binding" stop
This custom was practiced on young women in China for about one thousand years, since the 10th century up to the beginning of the 20th century.According to Chinese custom, I stop a little 6-year-old girl, and sometimes earlier, are wrapped tight bandages so she could not grow and develop normally. As a result, the foot is strongly deformed and do not grow more than 10-15 cm. Today it is one of the common causes of disability among some elderly Chinese women.
First, each leg was treated with a mixture of herbs and animal blood is then cut nails being so short as possible to prevent ingrowth and subsequent infection.To prepare the girls legs to further process them gently massaged. Finished cotton bandages, soaked in the same mixture of herbs and blood, then broke a finger and wrapped in wet bandages, which as it dries harder pressed his fingers heel.
3. Satie
Satie - a Hindu funeral custom, which is now extremely rare and is a serious crime in India. But once it has been very common. The widow of the deceased or the deceased man on the grave of her husband commits an act of suicide.The act of sati was supposed to be voluntary and as such accounts, most cases of sati were indeed voluntary. Such an act expected of women in several communities. In the modern era it is still a debate on the topic of how social pressures and expectations can be seen in this case as compelling. In those days often said that the widow waits a short life, especially if the couple had no children. However, there are also cases where the widow to commit sati desire not supported by others, and they make every effort to prevent the death of a woman.
2. The Tibetan "heavenly" dumping
This "dumping" was once a common practice in Tibet. The human corpse was cut into small pieces, which are located on top of the mountain, leaving them at the mercy of predatory birds and animals. Immediately after the death of severed limbs, which are special people crushed stones into pieces and exposed to be devoured by vultures.
In a very short period of time freed from the flesh of the bones and the vultures passed without further training. Bones then ground with sledgehammers, predators sometimes given to the whole body. After the corpse remained only bones, broken up by vultures and "eat" the remains allowed crows and hawks.The communist government of China announced a similar tradition illegal in the 1960s, and she almost sank into oblivion, however, was legalized again in the 1980s.
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