{"id":3691,"date":"2013-07-15T12:10:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T11:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deolububble.com\/general\/ndb\/?p=3691"},"modified":"2013-07-15T12:21:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T11:21:57","slug":"bizarre-religious-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deolububble.com\/general\/ndb\/bizarre-religious-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Most Bizarre Religious Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/oddee\/top1.gif\" align=\"absmiddle\" hspace=\"3\" \/>\u00a0Throwing Babies from a Tower for Good Luck\u00a0<small>(India)<\/small><\/h2>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Throwing Babies from a Tower for Good Luck (India)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/articles2\/a98640_baby.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>For 500 years,\u00a0worshippers\u00a0at a Muslim shrine in western India have continued the tradition of throwing babies from a 50-foot tower for good luck.<\/p>\n<p>The children are taken to the top of the building, thrown down onto a bed-sheet held taut by men 50 feet below, and quickly passed through the crowd to their mothers. The parents proudly\u00a0throw down\u00a0their children due to a strong belief that the practice of this ritual\u00a0blesses\u00a0their offspring with good health, luck, courage, and life-long strength.<\/p>\n<p>The annual celebration in observed by Muslims and Hindus in the Indian state of\u00a0Maharashtra, and it also takes place in smaller villages throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>Well, if your baby gets thrown off a 50-foot tower and survives, one would assume he&#8217;s indeed quite lucky.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SMFe2mw2oSA\" height=\"338\" width=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/> <small>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,353657,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Link<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/oddee\/top2.gif\" align=\"absmiddle\" hspace=\"3\" \/>\u00a0Piercing by Sharp Hooks\u00a0<small>(India)<\/small><\/h2>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Piercing by Sharp Hooks (India)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/articles2\/a98640_Oddee_trad_hang.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Garudan Thookkam&#8221; is a ritual art form performed in Kali temples in southern India. The people who dress up as Garuda (a Hindu divinity) perform a dance, and after the performance the backs of devoted Hindus are pierced by sharp hooks. The men are then lifted off the ground onto a scaffold using ropes, sometimes with babies in their hands, and taken around the temple as a mark of offering to the Goddess.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zqGv2_I2hQo\" height=\"338\" width=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<small>(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Garudan_Thookkam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Link<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/oddee\/top3.gif\" align=\"absmiddle\" hspace=\"3\" \/>\u00a0Dissecting The Deceased&#8217;s Body and Scattering the Pieces on a Mountaintop\u00a0<small>(China)<\/small><\/h2>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dissecting The Deceased's Body and Scattering the Pieces on a Mountaintop (China)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/articles2\/a98640_sky%20burrial.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Sky burial is a funerary practice in Tibet wherein a human corpse is incised in certain locations and placed on a mountaintop, exposing it to the elements and animals, especially predatory birds.<\/p>\n<p>Most Tibetans follow Buddhist traditions, which dictate that the human body is merely a vessel and can be discarded. The practice was eventually forbidden, but it can still be performed with the family&#8217;s permission.\u00a0<small>(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sky_burial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Link<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/oddee\/top4.gif\" align=\"absmiddle\" hspace=\"3\" \/>\u00a0Being Possessed and Convulsing\u00a0<small>(Haiti)<\/small><\/h2>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Being Possessed and Convulsing (Haiti)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/articles2\/a98640_voodoo.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Voodoo worshipers believe that it is important to honor and care for all of the spirits, as it is believed that they become weak over time and depend on humans for nourishment. Rituals and sacrifices are used to rejuvenate them; in other words, the life force of a sacrificed animal will transfer to the spirit.<\/p>\n<p>These rituals are done to gratify the gods, called &#8220;Loa.&#8221; An animal, such as a sanctified chicken, is sacrificed in order to satisfy Loa, which are sustained by the life energy that is released during the sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony,\u00a0worshippers\u00a0can be \u201cmounted,\u201d or possessed, by a Loa. The Loa will take complete control of the individual and will offer advice, give cures, and deliver prophesies to the assembly. This can be quite a violent occurrence, since the participant can flail about or convulse before falling to the ground.\u00a0<small>(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haitian_Vodou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Link<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/oddee\/top5.gif\" align=\"absmiddle\" hspace=\"3\" \/>\u00a0Baptizing a Person on Behalf of One Who is Dead<\/h2>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Baptizing a Person on Behalf of One Who is Dead\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/articles2\/a98640_mormones.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Baptism for the dead is a Mormon practice of baptizing a person on behalf of one who is dead. In other words, a\u00a0living person\u00a0receives the ordinance on behalf of a deceased person.<\/p>\n<p>Mormons believe that their minster has missionaries in the &#8220;spirit world&#8221; who are busy spreading the Mormon gospel to dead people who have not received it yet. Should any of these dead people want to convert to Mormonism, they are required to abide by all of its rules, one of which is baptism.\u00a0<small>()<\/small><\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/oddee\/top6.gif\" align=\"absmiddle\" hspace=\"3\" \/>\u00a0Wearing No Clothes and Using a Peacock Feather Duster\u00a0<small>(India)<\/small><\/h2>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wearing No Clothes and Using a Peacock Feather Duster (India)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/articles2\/a98640_digambara.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Outward appearance is seen by the Digambaras as an index of properly understanding the doctrine, so a &#8220;true&#8221; monk must be completely naked. He must abandon all possessions and no longer subject himself to the social considerations of pride and shame. He drinks water from a gourd and begs for his food. He can eat only once a day, as well.<\/p>\n<p>In accordance with their practice of nonviolence,\u00a0the monks\u00a0also use a\u00a0peacock feather\u00a0duster to clear their path of insects to avoid trampling them.<\/p>\n<p>Because women are not allowed to be naked ascetics, Digambaras believe that they cannot reach the level of detachment needed to become liberated. Therefore, a woman must be reborn in a male body to reach liberation.\u00a0<small>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philtar.ac.uk\/encyclopedia\/jainism\/digam.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Link<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/oddee\/top7.gif\" align=\"absmiddle\" hspace=\"3\" \/>\u00a0Rolling Over Leftovers of Food Partaken by Brahmins\u00a0<small>(India)<\/small><\/h2>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rolling Over Leftovers of Food Partaken by Brahmins (India)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/articles2\/a98640_rolling.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The practice, said to be 400 years old, involves people rolling over\u00a0plantain\u00a0leaves containing leftovers of\u00a0meals\u00a0consumed by Brahmins in the belief that all troubles and ailments will be cured.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Karnataka government\u00a0informed the High Court that it has decided to modify the controversial practice at the Kukke Subramanya temple. From now on, food not tasted or eaten by anybody will be placed on\u00a0plantain\u00a0leaves in the outer yard of the\u00a0sanctuary.\u00a0<small>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibnlive.com\/news\/bizarre-temple-tradition-trips-karnataka-govt\/210350-8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Link<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/oddee\/top8.gif\" align=\"absmiddle\" hspace=\"3\" \/>\u00a0Practicing Group Sex and Masturbation<\/h2>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Practicing Group Sex and Masturbation\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/_media\/imgs\/articles2\/a98640_manos2.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>A secret group in the Seattle area practices Pagan rituals to appease the spirits of fertility and fruitfulness through sex rites that were practiced in the ancient Middle East over 1,500 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The spirits cannot enjoy orgasmic sensation within their own non-corporeal bodies, but they can feel the ecstasy of human pleasure through these rites. The practitioners have heterosexual and homosexual sex at the same time and in the same room, with the goal of achieving climax all together so that society retains the spirit relationship and is blessed. The spirits can also be appeased through masturbation with no intercourse.\u00a0<small>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowpublic.com\/culture\/ancient-pagan-sex-rites-practiced-modern-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Link<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source: Oddee.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Throwing Babies from a Tower for Good Luck\u00a0(India) For 500 years,\u00a0worshippers\u00a0at a Muslim shrine in western India have continued the tradition of throwing babies from a 50-foot tower for good luck. 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