Africa still has strange customs from history:
When China celebrates the New Year, it is also the time to spend time with loved ones. Only those moments make people feel the happiest. Even if you are separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, you always have to go home for the New Year.
But there is such a place, this place to celebrate the New Year, but also continue an ancient tradition, that is, not only with the living relatives. It is also necessary to dig up the bodies of their deceased relatives from the cemetery and spend it with everyone to be complete. On the island of Madagascar, the ties between relatives who have passed away and those who remain alive are particularly close. Every once in a while, there will be a date in both yin and yang, and in the date they will dance and play together, how is this done?
In the highlands of central Madagascar, people from local tribes often hold a festival. Whenever you harvest food, crops, or something else to be happy about. They would invite the band to play music and dig up the bodies of their loved ones. Invite them to dance in the streets. After the dance, they draw the silhouette of their deceased loved ones with their fingers through the shroud. Tell children that this is their loved one and how important this person is. Then tell the body what you think of your deceased loved one.
In other countries, when relatives die, they want them to go to the soil for safety. Under normal circumstances, it will never be easily disturbed, and the deceased will sleep quietly. In the magical land of Africa, the opposite is true. They have the same reverence for the dead, but they believe that the souls of the dead can dominate the well-being of future generations. Therefore, it is necessary to turn over the corpses of ancestors frequently, and if you cannot turn over your ancestors frequently, it will become a great shame to be laughed at by the world.
The historical and cultural customs of each country are different, although this practice is a big violation in China. But in Africa, it is a devout sacrifice to the dead. Although we cannot support this practice, we can only show respect for their tradition~
There are also some local customs to pay special attention to:
1. In South Africa, white clothes and capes symbolize purity and chastity, and female tourists can ensure unimpeded flow if they walk around in this kind of dress~
2. Don't congratulate the other person for having a boy.
3. South Africans are taboo about the number "13" and "Friday", especially "Friday" when "13th" is the same day, and try to avoid going out.
4. In parts of South Africa (such as Ethiopia and other African countries), don't stare at each other intently when talking to the locals, because there is a local superstition, if someone stare at you, the person being stared at is either a disaster or death will find him.
5. Don't take pictures casually.
6. In Africa, the degree of shaking hands is directly proportional to the degree of kindness to each other, if you can, it is best to shake their hands hard to shake numb~