A water tank in Thailand represents a wife
In some parts of Thailand, especially in the Chao Phraya river region, they also practice polygamous marital status, which is because people are too poor to live together and solve the problem of food and clothing together, which will be more stressful for husbands.
It is worth mentioning that although in Thailand, although the law only recognizes one wife, that is, monogamy, but at the same time allows children born out of wedlock to have inheritance rights, this phenomenon is simply contrary to the law. The number of private wives is word of mouth.
But there is a well-known custom in Thailand to express how many wives they have, that is, to see the number of water tanks in front of the house, and how many water tanks there are, how many wives there are.
In the family, the wife takes on the burden of housework, and they will go to the river together to fetch water, so in general, the water tank is one for everyone, so there are several water tanks in front of the house, which means that the family has several wives.
In Cameroon, after the death of a father, a son marries his own mother
In Cameroon, when the father dies, the son will marry his mother, after the father dies, all his inheritance will be inherited to the son, and the father's wife is also part of the inheritance, so the son can marry his own mother.
However, the mother is chosen, she can choose not to marry her son, and the son cannot force it, but in most cases, the mother will agree, because in Cameroon, few women will want it.
The long-necked people of Myanmar and Thailand
There was a people on the Thai-Burmese border who, due to the remoteness of their living places and backward thinking, believed that women with long necks could drive away wild beasts and thus protect the safety of the tribe. Gradually, their ideology shifted to the beauty of women with long necks.
There, girls will start to put copper rings around their necks from the age of 5, one a year, and they will get tighter and tighter, so that the neck is elongated. They don't take off their brass rings when they sleep every day, and when they take a bath, they need several people to help each other to wash their necks.
The girls of this ethnic minority said that at first it was very uncomfortable and painful to bring, but slowly they got used to it, and this backward custom was like the ancient girl's foot binding that bound the girl's freedom, which made people regret.
4. Japan where men and women bathe
Japan's terrain is relatively narrow, and there are few places to bathe, so in order to save resources, they began to popularize the bathing method of mixed bathing between men and women. In addition, they also believe that this way will make the communication between each other more sincere, which is conducive to enhancing the feelings between each other.
Bathing places are generally located in some of the more beautiful suburban landscapes, so that you can rinse the body and the mind.
Later, with the continuous development of society, people's ideas also changed, and after the Meiji Restoration, a ban was issued, and it was no longer allowed to mixed baths between men and women.
V. Morocco's "Bridal Market"
In Morocco, bridal markets are usually attended by minors over the age of 12 who are led by their parents to bridal markets for men to choose from.
If her daughter is attracted to a man, the woman can fall in love with the boy with the consent of her parents.
However, Moroccan law stipulates that a woman cannot marry before the age of 16, so if a girl is favored by a man in the marriage market before the age of 16, the two parties need to maintain a relationship for a certain period of time, and they can only get married after the woman reaches the age of 16.
Before getting married, the bride will usually be alone in the mother's house for a period of time, and then ride a mule to the husband's house by herself, which is a simple wedding.
What's more interesting is that in Morocco's wedding market, the most popular people are often not underage girls, but women who have been divorced or widowed.