The 10 weirdest courtship traditions from around the world – This will shock you!

7. Usaba Sambah

As part of the festivals in June, young men of Tenganan, Bali, take fighting for their love pretty seriously. Wearing only sarongs, they engage each other in the makare-kare fight. They fight by whipping each other with the thorny leaves of the Pandanus plant and their only protection is a flimsy bamboo shield. The fighting and the flowing blood is supposed to impress the young women watching while the men show their skill.

Unmarried girls get a bird’s-eye view of the action and of their potential suitors as they are perched high on a wooden Ferris wheel. They don’t have it easy either; the Ferris wheel only stops when the fights end.