10 Harmful Tradition in the Modern Era

10 Harmful Tradition in the Modern Era

Tradition (Latin: traditio, "passed on") or custom, in the simplest sense is something that has been done for a long time and become part of the life of a community group, usually of a country, culture, time, or the same religion. The very foundation of the tradition is the information passed on from generation to generation, both written and (often) oral, because without it, a tradition can become extinct.
In some parts of the world's many traditions which can be physical harm and sometimes even death, the following list of harmful traditions in the modern era:

10. New Years Dive - Siberia, Russia

In Russia penyelam2 do kedanau diving tradition which reaches 5390 feet to bring the new year and planted trees in it, there was not too dangerous as possible, but the lake which disebut2 as the world's deepest lake is located beneath the ice sheet, and to go kedanau must cut balokan ice tsb . This tradition has lasted from 1982 read more

9. Polar Bear Plunge - Maryland, USA

The tradition of the season which took place in many countries dinging it involves many participants to jump into cold water, in the Maryland tradition carried out at Sandy Point State Park, actually before I did that participants must sign a document which contains "that this leap is very dangerous, can cause serious injury, such as paralysis, hypothermia, and even death "

8. Firework Battle - Chios, Greece

Strange tradition, which occurred in Greece originated from saturation they prayed in church, and they pelampiasannya burn firecrackers, fireworks tembaknya target is the church with them and they often fought each other between the people of the church one firecracker with other churches

7. Baby Dropping Ritual - Solapur, India

Muslims in western India precisely in Solapur line up to drop their babies from a tower with a height of 15 meters, a ritual that occurred during the more than 500 years is believed to build an anak2 grow healthy and strong

6. Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling - Gloucester, England

Festival held each May at Cooper's Hill, Gloucestershire in England. This festival involves the hooped cheese down a very steep hill, hundreds of people who started to walk down the hill (risk life and limb) to catch the cheese.

5. Onbashira - Tokyo, Japan

Obashira if diasrtikan into the Indonesian language is the "pillars of honor." The tradition is happening once every 6 years is climbing a tree trunk which has been cut down to down the hill, read more

4. Goat Tossing Festival - Spain

Spain does have a lot of bizarre festivals such as goat tossing festival. Every year on the fourth Sunday in January, local people from the small town of Manganeses de la Polvorosa goat tossing festival gathered to honor the St. Vincent de Paul, their patron saint. This festival has been going on for so long and no one knows when this dimulai.festival involves a young man who found the goat in the village, the goat was tied, and then climbed to the top of the belfry of the local Church. He then dropped the goats from a height of more than 50 feet where the goat was (hopefully) caught by villagers who held the tarpaulin sheet. Village officials have been banned but still continues. Various animal agencies complained about this, but still run this ritual aja

3. Yanshui Beehive Rockets Festival - Yanshui, Taiwan

Tradition 15 days after the day of Chinese New Year, usually in different parts of the world not least in Indonesia, is releasing fireworks into the sky, but not in Taiwan, they direct the fireworks they will be in the crowd

2. Running of te bulls - Pamplona, ​​Spain

World famous and very dangerous for the festival honoring the patron saint of the city. The festival where the people ran together bull



1. College hazing - Bandung, Indonesia

Facts around the world concluded that 49% of new students will experience in college hazing. Despite the fact that hazing is forbidden and denied by a university in Bandung, many college school protest to disperse they will be, but almost every year always eat the victim. Violence in the form of beating and kicking in this part of the chest with a reason coaching has become a dangerous tradition at this university.

source: kaskus.us