Weirdest courtship traditions: Love is considered a universal language. Regardless of the corner of the globe, you’ll find it displayed in one form or another. But as varied as our cuisines and climates are, our love culture is just as different. Sometimes, it’s down to our perception; in many parts of the world, premarital sex is seen as a taboo. In other regions, it’s a necessary part of courtship.
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Our differences may also lie in how we show affection. Across the world, from Germany to Seoul, thousands of lovers have inscribed their names on padlocks, clamped the locks to landmarks and thrown away the keys. Sure, these love locks are a cute sign of affection, but they also take away from the beauty of the landmark. On the Pont des Arts in Paris, these locks have added a combined weight of up to 20 elephants, significantly weakening the bridge. This is why all love locks were taken down in June this year.
Other times, our differences lie in the type of partner we want. In Mauritania, bigger is considered better. To look attractive, young women are force-fed and have to drink up to 12 gallons of milk per day. If they refused any of it, they would be punished until they gave in. Tradition didn’t really care about the long term effects on the health of the women.
Do these seem weird to you? Then you’re in for a treat; the following are ten more weird courtship traditions from around the world.
10. Bride Kidnapping
We’re all for getting hitched and living happily ever after, but in Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan, they go about this quite differently. The ancient form of courtship revolves around a dude kidnapping the “girl of his dreams”, whether she’s into him or not.
With the help of his family and friends, he abducts a girl and takes her to his family home. She is held hostage there, with female members of his family pressuring her to marry the fellow. Depending on his social status, her family may join in and pressure her to stay or try to help her escape. Despite being made illegal in 1991, almost a third of marriages in Kyrgyzstan are said to start out like this.
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