Strange culture: Sharo, the fulani's festival of flogging to get a wife.

Fulani are the largest migratory ethnic group in the world. They are
among the "super" ethnic groups of Africa with members numbering 30
million and above and spread over western part of African continent. Fulani people despite embracing Islam still practise their culture and. traditions, and one of such is Sharo cultural festival or Tradition festival of flogging. The Sharo cultural festival is a very unique festival observed by the fulani tribes of Nigeria and some other West-African countries.

Sharo is a test of bravery, a rite of passage to adulthood and marriage
ritual ceremonies . According to the Fulani custom of sharo, rival suitors underwent the ordeal of flogging as a means of eliminating those who are less persistent. The
point, however, is that the victim being beaten does not flinch but shows utter indifference to pain and even sneers at his attacker. If he is able to achieve this, his family and friends surround him with joy, offering gifts and congratulations and he's consider worthy of a woman to marry.

The significance of this festival is that the lashing of the groom is to determine the willingness to endure marital pains and ability to undergo hard ship for his wife. But the sad part of it is that many people lose their lives while proving
their manhood.

Weird Custom; The Bizzare Funeral rite of Chewa Tribe

People from Chewa tribe are
known as Achewa. The Chewa
Tribe has an African culture that
has existed since the beginning
of the first millennium, A.D.
Their local language is called
Chichewa, Malawi national
language. There are presently
over 1.5 million Chewa
throughout Malawi and Zambia,
however the Chewa are not
considered people of Malawi or
Zambia; instead they are people
from the Nyanja group of
Bantu.

There is a very
disturbing ritual popular in Chewa.
When somebody belonging
to Chewa culture dies, his
relatives take the dead body
to a sacred place, take a
knife ,slit the throat open.

They then pour water
through to clean the bowels
of all filth by squeezing the
stomach to let it all out
through the rear, stopping
only when the water is
clean.

Now the worst part is that
they use this water to cook
the food for rest of the
people .

Mmmmmm ! Don't be quick to judge them and remember "one man's poison is another man's food.