List several customs related to women.

1, Cameroon: A mother can marry her son.

Although the legal age of marriage in Cameroon is over 65,438+05 for women and 65,438+08 for men, the traditional custom of early marriage still exists in rural areas. Some girls get engaged at the age of 2 and get married at the age of 9. In cities, the marriage age of young men and women is generally around 20 years old.

There is a strange marriage in Cameroon, that is, a son can inherit his father's wife, and a younger brother can inherit his brother's wife and even children. Its purpose is to prevent a father's wife or a brother's wife from marrying a stranger and taking away property.

Of course, this inheritance is not mandatory and requires the consent of both parties. But the director is an exception. According to tradition, after the death of the old chief, the son chief naturally inherits the title, power and property of the father chief, as well as all his wives and children.

Cameroonian men often ask foreign female tourists, "Do you want to be my nth wife?" For tourists, the most appropriate answer is "of course, if you are willing to be my nth husband."

2. Turkey: Men and women choose brides in the bathroom.

In the early days of Turkish bath, men and women were bathed separately, and later it evolved into a common bath for men and women today. If you travel to Turkey, you can see men's and women's baths in bath centers frequented by local people. When taking a bath, people are mostly naked and surrounded by a bath towel. In the eyes of Turks, Turkish bath is the holy land of God, and there is no scruples and evil thoughts to wash your body in the holy land of God.

Turkish bath is not only a place for Turks to clean their skin, but also closely related to people's daily life. Sometimes marriage events are decided in the bath.

It turns out that Turkish women who believe in Islam usually wear thick robes besides headscarves on their heads and faces, so outsiders can't see the woman's appearance and figure clearly. As a result, Hamam has become an important place for future mothers-in-law to choose their daughters-in-law. Generally speaking, the future mother-in-law, accompanied by the matchmaker, invites the future daughter-in-law to take a bath together. In the bathroom, the future mother-in-law should not only look at her daughter-in-law's appearance and figure, but also look at her pelvis. Only a woman with a large pelvis can bring good luck to her family. In addition, the body odor and body odor of future daughter-in-law are also the focus of investigation. Because the Turkish diet is mainly cheese and meat, it is inevitable that the body odor will be heavy. A woman with body odor is considered unlucky, and people think it is because God has punished her.

3. Japan: Popular "Bathroom Dating" naked blind date

Even in Japan, where bathing has been going on for more than 100 years, Chifu Hotel's speech when welcoming guests is surprising. The hotel manager will say, "Do you want to take a dip in our outdoor dating bath? We can arrange a partner for you. " In this way, young men and women will make friends in the bath.

Chifu Hotel is located in the countryside 80 kilometers northwest of Tokyo and has 20 rooms. The hotel started a "bath date" on May 1985, which aroused people's curiosity. Because new houses have bathroom facilities, single-sex public baths have also begun to decline rapidly. But for Japanese who are not afraid of nudity, they still like to go to the country hotel to take an old-fashioned unisexual bath. Lin insisted that his bisexual bath was "aboveboard". He said, "You can take a bath in your pants."

But generally speaking, it is a serious violation of bathing etiquette to bring a bath towel or towel into the bath. Never use soap. Wipe your body before taking a bath. "Bathroom Dating" is a group activity, not an individual activity. After taking off their coats, both men and women enter the bath from both sides of the room. The bath is separated by an underwater sluice. After in place, the sliding door opened and the two sides formally met. Swimmers soak in water at 37 degrees Celsius, chat, drink rice wine, or play cards on tables floating on the water. Lin said that in order to increase the atmosphere, spice juice, fruit and table wine were also supplied. As long as the man or woman closes the sliding door, the date can be ended. Young guests are mostly looking for marriage partners.

4. Morocco: courtship in the "bride market"

When I was studying at Cairo University, a young man lived in the dormitory next door. One day, the young man told me excitedly that his father proposed to the girl he liked. I can't help wondering how your father proposed to the girl you love. It took me a long time to find the reason. Arabs ask for relatives, that is, propose marriage. Usually, the man's parents or clients will recommend relatives to the woman's father.

In different Arab countries, the specific ways of proposing marriage are different: Jordan's method is unique, and the man's family often invites local prestigious elders to the woman's house to propose marriage. The elder went to the woman's house and said to the girl's father, "We want to drink your coffee." If the other person doesn't answer, or cares about him, it means there is no hope of proposing marriage. If the other person answers, "OK, let's drink together." It means that the proposal was successful.

There is a "bride market" in the Berber residence in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Every September, there is a "Muslim Festival", that is, Saints' Day, which is also a courtship activity. During the period, the woman's parents or relatives led the woman who was going to get married to the market, and the boys opened their eyes and carefully selected their lovers. A woman's dress is different. The girls in the boudoir are all wearing bright colors, veils and round headdresses. The widow who is going to remarry is solemnly dressed and veiled, but her headdress is pointed. A courtship man can take the initiative to strike up a conversation with a woman. If a woman likes him, let him hold hands.

5. Pakistan: Brides can't laugh, be sad and be respected.

Shortly after I went to work in Pakistan, I met Tatim, a reporter from a local newspaper. Not long ago, a 23-year-old boy married the other half and invited reporters to his wedding.

Weddings in Pakistan are usually held at the bride's house, but modern weddings are not so strict. Tatim's wedding was held at his home. Like some other Islamic countries, Pakistani brides must take a formal bath five days before the wedding. After bathing, women's close relatives and friends dress up and dye henna oil on their hands and feet. They also use a special brown resin oil to draw beautiful patterns on the back of the hand, wrist, instep and ankle to express their happy mood. When the reporter first arrived in Pakistan, he thought it was a tattoo. Later, he learned that paint is natural and patterns can be washed away.

At the wedding, the sadder the bride is, the better. In the evening, the guests came and sat down one after another, talking and enjoying the moving song and dance performances on the small stage. If the guests are interested in the appearance of BLACKPINK, they can also take this opportunity to show their voice or dance. On occasions like weddings, "performance" is regarded as a respect for the host and a blessing to the couple, and the host will be very happy.

In mid-June, the couple began to receive guests. First of all, the bride in the dress walked around her new home three times with the help of her sisters, which means that she will become a member of this family from now on. Then, the bride and groom sit on a small stage on a "swing chair" made of flowers and branches. Every guest has to go to the couple and offer their warm wishes. According to Pakistani custom, even if the bride is full of joy, her face must be sad. The sadder she is, the more she will be respected. Tatim's relatives told me that this was to show that the bride did not want to be separated from her family.

6. Iran: There are secret women swimming on the beach in public swimming pools.

Maybe it's because the land is vast and the population is sparse. Even in a bustling city like Tehran, the capital, towers are rare, but single-family houses abound. Although the courtyard has different styles, there are always fruit trees such as walnuts and persimmons in front of and behind the house, as well as swimming pools of different sizes and shapes. My friend karimi said: "The swimming pool can not only decorate the courtyard, but also be an ideal place for leisure. Now, the swimming pool has almost become one of the standard facilities for middle-class families in Iran. "

Ordinary people's swimming pools are generally built in the corner of the courtyard, mostly regular rectangles and romantic curves. The size of the swimming pool depends on the area of the yard, which is 50 square meters large and 10 square meters small. Style depends on the owner's financial resources and hobbies. People with better economic conditions put tiles or beautiful mosaics on the swimming pool wall, and there are massage pools and saunas next to them. Ordinary people simply paint the bottom and wall of the swimming pool with cement and then paint it, not seeking ostentation and extravagance, but seeking practicality. People who like to leave more green space and activity space in the yard will build swimming pools in their basements if economic conditions permit.

The cost of building a swimming pool is not very high, ranging from about 2000 dollars to tens of thousands of dollars. Because many families in Iran have swimming pools, there are workers in society who make a living by maintaining swimming pools. According to the workload, they can earn twenty or thirty yuan each time they maintain the swimming pool.

7. India: Women can't go out without golden nose nails.

The Indian government recently plans to issue "paper gold", that is, let people subscribe for gold deposited in banks. Although buying "paper gold" does not mean that you can get physical gold, Indians are still flocking to it, which fully reflects their love and trust in gold.

In India, it is considered impolite for women to go out without jewelry. Among all kinds of jewelry, Indians like gold jewelry best. Indians generally have dark skin color, and wearing gold jewelry is more likely to highlight this feature. Walking in the street, Indian women have glittering decorations around their ears. Even those little girls begging on the roadside, although dressed dirty and untidy, have a small golden nail on their nose.

It is also quite common for Indian men to wear jewelry. There are many men with three gold rings on one hand, many of whom are inlaid with big gems. If the wedding is held at home, parents usually choose gold ornaments as their daughter's dowry, which not only sets off their daughter's beauty, but also serves as the economic basis for her future life. Relatives and friends will also use gold ornaments as gifts to express their feelings and add festive atmosphere.

8. Arabia: woman = robe x manicure x love gold

In people's impression, Arab women wear robes and veils, which is quite mysterious. However, if you think they don't wear makeup at all, you are completely wrong. In fact, Arab women's robes, veils and scarves are also very particular, such as the choice of styles, the matching of colors and the exquisiteness of fabrics. Arab women's love for beauty is also reflected in their extensive use of henna. Henna is a kind of plant, which is very common on the east coast of the Mediterranean.

According to historical records, Arabs planted this plant very early and liked to dye their nails and decorate themselves with its juice. Later, henna evolved into a special cosmetic for Arab women. They painted henna juice on palms, backs of hands, arms and legs, and drew various exquisite patterns, mainly plants, leaves, branches, shells, butterflies and snails, to show their unique beauty. When you get married, you should dye your nails colorful, so that you can grow old together and have more children. In the traditional Arab wedding, there is another night called nail dyeing night before entering the bridal chamber.

9. Japan: On Father's Day, my daughter will take a bath with her father.

Father's Day is very important in Japanese minds, even more important than Valentine's Day. Many of our children are always ashamed to say "I love you" to their father. On Father's Day, most Japanese children will be reunited with their fathers, and the daughter who is close to her father's cotton-padded jacket, whether married or unmarried, will do three things for her father. First, write a love letter and read it aloud in front of her father. Thanks to my father's hard work all his life.

Maybe we will all give gifts to our father on Father's Day, maybe we will call, take care of and greet our father, but do we know? In fact, father is not short of food and clothing. What they expect is the feeling of geese flying home. They expect their children to be around him and listen to their nagging. I was shocked that my Japanese daughter could read her true feelings to her father on Father's Day.

The second thing I did for my father, which may be unacceptable to us, was that my daughter took a bath with her father. Different cultures have different feelings. Japanese daughters think that bathing their father on Father's Day is also the biggest way to warm their father. After all, Japan's bathing culture has a long history, and bathing is the supreme enjoyment for the Japanese. Bathing father is the best choice for children.

A Japanese girl recalled: I once bathed my father only once and washed my feet only once. On the day of my father's last few months, I shouted "Dad, you are my good father" on the overseas phone. Unexpectedly, my father smiled excitedly after hearing it. ......

10, Japan: The more beautiful the bride, the more bitter the husband.

In the past, in some poor rural areas in Japan, most beautiful girls married in other villages, and the boys in the same village could only "look at the plum blossoms to quench their thirst". So they hated the groom who came to get married and tried to get revenge.

"Miracle sacrifice" comes from revenge

Matsuyama-CHO is an ordinary town in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It has neither charming scenery nor long historical resources that can be developed. But the "Miracle Festival" held in the town from June 5438+1October 65438+May every year attracts many tourists.

Accompanied by my friend Yamada, I went to Matsuyama-CHO on June 5438+1October 5 this year.

Depart from Osaka, drive along Hokuriku expressway for about 5 hours, and arrive at Matsuyama-CHO, Niigata Prefecture. I saw the town surrounded by mountains. Because it is close to the Sea of Japan, the warm current of the Sea of Japan brings abundant snowfall every winter. In the dead of winter, the snow thickness in the town is more than 1 m, and the snow depth in mountainous areas is several meters.

1 1, Bhutan: Women dominate men and stand aside.

The Kingdom of Bhutan, known as the "Last Shangri-La", is located in the southwest border of China, on the southern slope of the East Himalayas. For thousands of years, Bhutan's simple folk customs and living habits have been preserved because the towering mountains cut off communication with the outside world, so that in the eyes of many foreigners, Bhutan is really strange.

Walking on the streets of Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan, I saw Bhutanese women wearing ankle-length "Kira" skirts; Men are taking off their coats with big sleeves, wearing traditional robes called "Guo" on their upper bodies, white and tidy cuffs on their arms, and knee-length skirts and stockings on their lower bodies. According to local people, big sleeves can be used as pockets. If you put something in your sleeve and hold the cuff with your hand, the contents will not fall out. Men's clothes have neither buttons nor pockets, and they only rely on a wide belt to tighten their clothes, thus forming an "open mind" of Bhutanese men, and everything that can't fit in their sleeves can be put into their arms. The adults piled up the "odds and ends" that they held in their arms. Students don't have to carry schoolbags at school, all stationery books are in their arms, and their clothes are bulging.

Isolation does not mean that the people are weak. Bhutan is densely forested, and there are many wild animals such as black bears and snow leopards, and daggers are indispensable in the weapons of local men. Moreover, from the king's ministers to the common people, all of them are excellent archers, and some senior Bhutanese officials even carry long swords with them at work.

12, South Africa: Men only love girls with fat buttocks.

Bushmen are obviously different from other Africans. They are short, but slightly taller than dwarfs. Adults are about 1.2 meters tall and have yellow or brown skin. Wrinkles have appeared since I was a child, and my hair is dark and sparse, and it is rolled into Chili. The face is flat, the cheekbones are prominent, the nose is wide and flat, the forehead is prominent, the eyes are narrow and there is no earlobe.

The difference between them is that the lower part of the spine usually bends forward and protrudes outward, which makes the buttocks particularly large, especially for Bushmen women, whose buttocks and thighs are particularly thick, forming a special kind of fat buttocks. Bushmen regard hip fat as beautiful, so that it is very important for young men to choose a mate by looking at how big the girl's hips are and whether they are stimulating enough.

Bushmen living in the desert attach great importance to the rite of passage for young men and women. After menarche, about a month or so, at the same time, we should fast some food. In the meantime, a woman is in charge of her daily life. This month's time is a bridge for a girl to transition to adulthood. During this period, she will learn what an adult woman should know and master, especially about women's physiology. When the "confinement" ended, she left her childhood and began to live as an adult woman. She is no longer a child and can consider getting married.

13, South Korea: Young women have a hard time.

There is a wedding street with a length of 1 km in Xincun. 100 Many wedding shops live next to each other, and all kinds of western-style and Korean-style wedding dresses in the window present the most beautiful moment of married life to young girls in the past. However, in South Korean society, which strictly adheres to the concept that men are superior to women, young women live the hardest.

It is common for Korean men to go home in the early morning, because the most common Korean entertainment should follow the three steps of "eating in restaurants-drinking in pubs-indulging in karaoke bars". Most Koreans think that men without entertainment are useless, so even if they have nothing serious to do, men like to hang out in nightclubs. Don't say that you don't help your wife with housework on weekdays, not even on weekends. Korean elderly people generally don't help their children with their children, while nanny Fei Qigui, the average Korean can't afford a nanny at all, so most young women they see in public places have a small one tied to their backs or chests and a big child in their hands.

After the children are older, young women are also forced to go back to work under economic pressure. However, in terms of salary increase and promotion, they simply can't get the same opportunities as their male colleagues of the same age, and even young male colleagues who joined the company late can't compare with them. There are more and more Korean women in their thirties and forties who have independent careers, but nine times out of ten they are single.

14: Korea: My wife is uncompromising.

Born in the 1970s, I was taught from an early age that "women hold up half the sky". When I came to Korea, I found that the concept of male superiority and female inferiority was still strictly observed. Surprisingly, under this concept, the status of women of all ages in Korea is completely different.

Located around the new village in the center of hancheng city, there are three famous Korean universities-Yonsei University, Xijiang University and Lihua Women's University. The girls here enjoy the most unrestrained, beautiful and romantic time of Korean women's lives.

This new village is full of fashionable beauty shops, hair salons, restaurants and clothing stores. Rows of shops don't worry about not doing business. Since noon, groups of well-dressed girls can be seen everywhere on the streets here. Middle school students in Korea are not allowed to wear makeup, so girls who go to college are like birds released from cages, smearing makeup to the fullest. There are also many cafes, ice cream shops and cake shops in the new village. The fragrant powder is mixed with the taste of coffee and dessert, so that there is a sweet and greasy taste everywhere.

Whenever I go to Xincun, I can see groups of Korean girls shuttling through various stores. I've been thinking, don't Korean female college students have to study? Yonsei University in Xincun is the location of the movie My Wild Girlfriend. Although there is no "savage girlfriend" like the heroine in the film, the status of female college students in love is incomparable to Korean women of other ages. In the streets of Xincun, you can often see boys following their girlfriends step by step. They can help girls carry their bags and accompany them to cosmetics stores. When eating together, girls can talk and laugh loudly without scruple, which will never happen to older women.

It is unfair to say that Korean female college students don't like reading. Lihua Women's University in Xincun is not only one of the best universities in Korea, but also a world-famous women's university. Girls who enter this university have no less academic achievements than boys of the same kind. There are many "Bai Gujing" (white-collar elites) active in various fields in Korea: female executives (ministers), female parliamentarians and female CEOs.

15, Vietnam: Choosing a bride in the market

Da 'ao people are a minority in Vietnam, living at an altitude of1500m in northern Vietnam. Because they like to wear blue clothes on weekdays, people are used to calling them "people in blue clothes". Because they live in higher places, some people call them "cloud residents".

Tai 'ao people have a "lover's market", which attracts many young men and women from various villages, most of whom are unmarried. According to the custom of Tai 'ao people, girls will get married when they reach the age of 15. If the girl has not found her husband's family after this age, it can only show that she is incompetent, or that she is not beautiful, and even the girl's family will lose face and be dwarfed by the villagers. Therefore, girls in Tai O hope that they can find a suitable husband at the age of 15. The "lover's market" provides them with opportunities.

Saturday night, it's time for the "lover's market" to open. In the dark, men and women meet, first look at each other, then chat, feel like it, and soon fall in love. Some people even stay until dawn. However, this can only be said that there is just a glimpse of the eight characters, and whether you can get married or not has to go through the parents. A boy has a crush on a girl and must invite his parents to the woman's house to propose marriage. Marriage is not a sloppy thing in the eyes of Australians, and reciprocity is absolutely indispensable. Both parents must negotiate the bride price first. The bride price is mostly calculated by livestock, but cash is also useful. The bride price is settled, and the marriage is successful. If the bride price thing collapses, two young men and women who hit it off again can't get married.

16, Myanmar: Long-necked women value neck length.

People with long necks think that the longer a woman's neck is, the more beautiful it is. So they put bronze rings on her neck and limbs since she was five years old, and added one every year from her age of ten to twenty-five.

The long-necked ethnic group is an indigenous ethnic group in Myanmar, and the length of the neck is the beauty of women in this ethnic group. These distinctive long-necked women belong to the Kaye nationality, a branch of the Karen nationality in Myanmar. Most tourists come from western countries. They looked at them happily, took some photos, and then left with satisfaction, not wanting to know the troubled history of this minority.

For centuries, the Kaye people have lived in eastern Myanmar. 1948 They were invaded and oppressed by Rakhine people and had to flee to a foreign land. Although they live in refugee camps in northern Thailand, they are still trying to maintain their language and traditions. It is a typical custom of Keyang people to let women wear copper collars around their necks.

Some people say that women in Keyang dress up like this to look like a long-necked dragon, and they are regarded as the father of all things in the world by Keyang people. Others say that this weird costume is to scare away hungry tigers wandering in the forest. It is also said that the Keyang people deliberately lengthened their wives' necks in order to prevent being kidnapped by hostile tribes.

17, Arabia: Women are proud of divorce.

The marital status of Arab women has always been full of mystery. In fact, a new generation of Arab women has become more and more liberated. While unveiling the mystery, their views on marriage are gradually changing.

The status of Algerian women has improved.

In recent years, the status of Algerian women has been continuously improved. They not only hold influential activities to celebrate "March 8 International Women's Day" every year, but also dare to challenge the tradition. Thanks to the efforts of Algerian women, on February 24, the Algerian government approved a new family law, which made many amendments and new provisions to the original family law. The most prominent point is to give women greater rights and interests, which has taken a big step in ensuring gender equality.

Algeria's old family law was promulgated in 1984, clearly stipulating that women have no right to decide their own marital affairs. If she wants to get married, who to marry and when to solve these problems, a man in the family must make a decision for her. This person can be her father, uncle, brother or even her own son (when remarried). This regulation is called "family agency system", which not only limits women's rights in marriage, but also affects women's behavior in daily life. Even sons have the right to "tell their mothers what to do".

18, Thailand: A water tank represents a wife.

I have long heard that Thai men can marry several wives. It is normal to have three or four wives, but only one wife is legally recognized, but children born out of wedlock are allowed to take their father's surname and have the right to inherit. In other words, the law clearly protects the results of extramarital affairs. Isn't it contradictory?

The houses and boats we saw in Chao phraya River are the living conditions of ordinary people. There are tall wooden houses built near the water along the river with little furniture. Almost every family has a hammock. Hammocks are not designed for romance, but because the Chao phraya River often delivers water, and sometimes the beds float into the middle of the night, and poor people have nothing of value. When they are flooded, they will climb into hammocks and go back to sleep. I feel that this is a country with a huge gap between the rich and the poor.

I wonder why people by the water still need so many water tanks. Are they for rain? The tour guide said that the Thai water tank represents the number of wives married by this family! A water tank represents a wife! We counted that the largest family has nine water tanks, that is to say, this family has nine wives! How can such a poor family afford so many wives?

19, Mexico: Single women are worried about getting married and making the stone statue old.

In morera, Mexico, there is a "Single Women's Corner", which occupies a hall of the San Miguel Gallery Restaurant, with 400 statues of San Antonio hanging upside down. San Antonio is an old man under the moon, in charge of human marriage.

There is an ancient tradition in Mexico: if a woman is old enough to get married and not married, she will punish San Antonio, the "old man under the moon". Anxious women turned the statue of San Antonio upside down and left it upside down until San Antonio "let" them find the right man. The San Antonio statues of the "Single Woman Corner" vary in size and material, and most of them are stone statues. They are sculptors from different periods and countries.

It attracts about 654.38+0.5 million single women from all over Mexico and even Central and South America every year. Scindia Canello, the owner of the gallery restaurant, said, "Eight years ago, when my father proposed to build a San Antonio pavilion for single women, it was almost opposed by the whole family. We are worried that those women who can't find "Prince Charming" may take the gallery restaurant as the object of venting their anger. However, my father thinks it is a good thing to open a place in Mexico to pray for single women. Facts have proved that the' single woman corner' not only brought considerable income to the gallery restaurant, but also made it famous. So far, 50 single women have found lifelong partners by praying here. "