Traditions Around the World

During the celebration of the religious holiday Thaipusam in ___________, people have painful piercings around their body, including the tongue. 

• Mali
• India
• Brazil
• Kenya

The Famadihana is a traditional festival which means dancing with dead bodies. It is celebrated in __________. 

• China
• Italy
• Venezuela
• Malaysia

La Tomatina is the biggest tomato fight in the world. It’s the annual Tomato Throwing Festival that is held in _______ .

• Turkey
• Germany
• Spain
• Russia

In _________, the members of Dani tribe cut off their fingers when they lose someone they love a lot as a way of showing their sadness at funeral ceremonies. 

• Somali
• Caribean Islands
• New Guinea
• Uganda

The Mourning of Muharram is an important period of mourning in __________. It is a painful practice that involves body whipping with special chains that have razors and knives attached. 

• Pakistan
• Turkey
• Haiti
• Qatar

A child’s tooth is thrown onto the roof of his house for good luck in ________

• Poland
• Greece
• France
• Bulgaria 

Foot Binding is a painful beauty ritual for women to keep their feet from growing too large. It is a(n) ___________ tradition that stopped in the 1930s.

• Chinese
• Vietnamese 
• Irish
• Bolivian

Gold and silver coins are placed inside a bride's wedding shoes in ____________ .

• Malta
• Armenia 
• Turkey
• Sweden

Cheese-rolling is celebrated in __________. On the last Monday in May, contestants stand at the top of a hill and wait for an enormous wheel of cheese to be rolled.  

• Russia 
• England
• Ukraine
• France

In ____________, they celebrate the New Year by burning paper filled scarecrows at midnight. They also burn photographs from the last year for good fortune.

• Bahrain
• Estonia
• Ecuador
• Romania