August 3, 2023 • 22 mins
Did you know in some countries, it's tradition for a bride to be kidnapped? There is even a tradition where couples use chainshaws!
On this weeks episode, Tash and Kass discuss some of the weirdest wedding traditions from all over the world. Some we've heard of and others....left us speechless. We are all about supporting family traditions but some of these make you stop and wonder 'why was this created in the first place?'
But in all jest, we want to thank Khush Magazine for creating such a fun article. We hope you enjoy this episode.
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On this weeks episode, Tash and Kass discuss some of the weirdest wedding traditions from all over the world. Some we've heard of and others....left us speechless. We are all about supporting family traditions but some of these make you stop and wonder 'why was this created in the first place?'
But in all jest, we want to thank Khush Magazine for creating such a fun article. We hope you enjoy this episode.
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https://khushmag.com/categories/features/features/15-unusual-wedding-traditions-from-across-the-world-/12195
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(00:15):
Doing it again. Cass is abeatboxing for us? Sure, sure,
So I'm not sure if this willactually be a mini depending on the tangents
we go on from the subject.Guys, I don't know what the topic
is just yet. So it's froma magazine called Kush Wedding and it looks
(00:40):
like spellingsh K h USh. Itlooks like it's from India. Oh,
and they did an article on fifteenunusual wedding traditions from across the world.
Oh okay, I like it is. It's fun. Um. The first
(01:00):
one is Germany, and I'm gonnaapologize because my German is not great to
pronounce this tradition? Correct? Wasit ever okay to be great spoken German?
I have not not? Nine ninenine. That's a spreck and ze
Deutsch. That's about all. That'swhere I'm at. So in Germany,
(01:25):
the bride and groom used chainsaws.Excuse me? Oh, sign me h?
What did you do with their chains? I'll wait? Do you want
to take a guess before it tellsyou? They chop? No, they
saw a wood table in half andput it together to symbolize their family.
(01:48):
I mean, you're kind of nota thread really? So German newlyweds indulged
in a tradition known as bombstomb sagan, where the couple is expected who saw
a log into two pieces, asit's a task to be carried out by
two people. Bombs stomp Sagan symbolizesthe couple strength as they face challenges in
(02:09):
their marriage. I was pretty closewere it's impressive. That is impressive,
So don't come at me. Formy German it is not great. Um,
that's okay, but yeah, wedo our best. We do our
best. So but as soon asI saw Chainsaws, I was like,
cast is gonna be like Texas ChainsawMassaca. Who I mean? I called
my niece that the other day.So leather face, she's doing a home
(02:32):
arts and craft of a mask andit looks just like him. So I
sent a gift of him. Loveyou, Layla, don't everally listen to
this one. It's fine. Ohokay. Number two Romania. Oh the
Brightest kidnapped? Excuse me? No, no, no, no, no
(02:53):
no, no, don't sign meyet for my worst fear. No in
Romania, if the Brightest appears beforethe wedding, it doesn't mean she has
cold feet. On the contrary,It is a tradition for the bride to
be kidnapped by friends and family beforethe wedding, just like role play.
To get the bride back, thegroom has to pay her ransom. It
(03:13):
could be through romantic gestures or fillingher glass with champagne. No no,
so you're saying, I can't throwa bag over your head and pull you
little wife. My worst fear,and then I call Riley, I have
like voice change her on you wasone hundred thousand dollars if you ever want
(03:38):
to see her again. Also,bring all the champagne that you can.
She's gonna need it after this trauma. So I thought that was fun.
I don't know if that's the rightword, but it's okay. Number three,
Italy nuts are given to newly weds. It's taking as sick as you
(03:58):
said that choke up my coffee withnuts nits. Many of us think of
confetti as colorful bits of paper.However, in an Italian uh and in
Italy, confetti actually refers to sugaredalmonds. That's what confetti apparently translates to.
So wedding guests received these as favorsat the reception, and they are
(04:23):
used to be thrown at the brideand groom, but now they have been
replaced by a corndoli, tiny scrapsof paper. Wait, no, sign
me up for the sugar nuts.Do you want me to throw sugar nuts
at your face? I love someroasted almonds. I'll just open my mouth
as everybody's does. I love that. I love that Christmas time. I
(04:47):
don't share them if I buy them. Oh yeah, but I love the
calf shoes. I think I love. I get like two of the large
bags, and I think last timeI had him, I think Riley got
like three almonds. Don't touch myroasted almonds, So I'll just remember that.
I'll make sure if we have thewedding here, I'll give everybody roasted
(05:08):
nuts to throw in your faith.Sorry our counting man, I don't know
why I was counting in when Ihad it off. We had a pause
because we got a phone call.So anyways, yeah, I'm here for
the roasted nuts and the company thatI don't know if if they go to
other states. But the company thatdoes the Christmas nuts here in Utah so
(05:30):
good. And I think they're downin like like their home bases down in
Saint George. So I'm like,do you guys do weddings? It's like
maybe. I mean. Another placethat does really good roasted nuts is Commings
Chocolates. Oh really, I usedto live on them when I worked there.
I don't think i've had anything comings. It's expensive, so I don't
recommend really, but it's delicious.That's fine, all right. So the
(05:55):
next one, number four is Kenya. Father spits on the bride. If
you are going to a wedding inKenya, don't be shocked if you see
the father of the bride spitting onher dress. For good luck for the
Messiah. People in Kenya, spittingon someone is seen as a show of
respect, hoping not to jinks tothe marriage. The spit is meant in
(06:18):
good faith. Absolutely not. Soyou don't want your dad to spit on
you, not in the gown Ipicked. Don't even know if you're thinking
you're gonna spit. Don't even lookat me. Absolutely not, right.
(06:41):
I can see you like playing itin your head. Yeah, your face
is twitching like carry, I willfight you, Garry, I will fight
you. Yeah. That's an interestingone, yep. So the next one
is India. Number five, thegroom gets his shoe stolen and it's mission
or. In a traditional Hindu wedding, it's a custom for the groom to
(07:03):
remove his shoes before sitting for thefaris. It is during this time that
the tradition of the judah chupaie takesplace. It's a ritual where the brides,
bridesmaids and cousins. Bride's bridesmaids andcousins while that is on the mouthful,
often play a trick on him bystealing the shoes and hiding them.
(07:24):
In order to get his shoe back, the groom must bribe the women with
cash to return them before the ceremonyus. So it's another holding someone for
ransom for money. Let's just shoesand saying you're wife, Oh my gosh.
I feel like Riley wouldn't respond well, he'd be like what yeah?
And then I if I was theone to buy him and they're like,
(07:46):
nice shoes, I would beat theliving shit out of somebody. You're like,
no, we're not doing No,you're not coming. You can't come
back inside. Sorry, they can'tcome back. You guys are excused from
my wedding. Get out. Sojust those reminder. I'm sorry if I
am butchering all of these wonderful traditionsand their names, as I am very
(08:07):
much a white girl from Utah andnow cannot pronounce things to save my life.
True. So I'm but as wecontinue on these fifteen you know,
fun traditions, we are now goingto head to number six. That's in
China, and the bride practices acrying ritual. While shedding a few tears
(08:30):
at a wedding ceremony is common everywhere. In some parts of China, the
bride is required to practice crying amonth before the ceremony. Brides are expected
to cry for one hour each day. Ten days into the ritual, she
is joined by her mother, andten days after the bride's grandmother joins.
In two known as Zotang in thewestern Shichuan province, the ritual dates back
(08:52):
to China's Warring States era, whenthe mother of a zoo princess broke down
in tears at her wedding. Easyone hour a day. Easy did that
the other day? Okay, butyou had a reason to cry. I
can't just force myself to cry,Okay, I cannot cry on jamand yeah,
it depends for me. And alsocrying is exhausting, like even five
(09:15):
minutes of crying, you want meto cry for an hour? Yeah?
What what do I get after toreplenish myself from all those tears? And
they're gonna be wine, gummy gummyto balance me out? Like what are
we talking? So? But yeah, crying ritual. M. I love
(09:39):
that japan families drink in sink.I just think of like waterfall from King's
cup, but you can't stop drinkingtill the first person in from stops.
So it says, drinking wine ata wedding doesn't sound too bizarre. However,
in Japan, the historic tradition ofsansan kudo requires the family to drink
(10:03):
and sink first. The bride andgroom take three SIPs each from there or
from three flat sake cups. Sothey each take three SIPs from these three
cups, after which their parents dothe same, bonding the families together.
Interesting hmm, okay, so nottoo bad. Yeah, I don't mind
some good sake, it's true.So oh god, oh no, looks
(10:28):
forgot to build this? Oh no, South Korea. The groom's feet are
beaten. Excuse me? Why whatwith what. In parts of South Korea,
grooms cannot leave with their new wivesuntil they've had their feet beaten.
(10:50):
After the ceremony, groomsmen or familymembers removed the grooms shoes and bind his
ankles with rope before taking turns tobeat his feet with a stick or,
in some cases, a d ifish. Thankfully, the ritual doesn't last
long, and it is seen asa fun part of the day that's meant
to test the groom strength and character. Sounds fun. Let me, Can
(11:11):
I opt into the fish and nota stick? Can I choose what you're
hitting me? Away? Stick soundsawful, but a dried fish doesn't last
long, So hold on day.Excuse, but watch my family find the
biggest goddamn fish known to man andlike just drop. Depending on how I
feel about the person, they're gettinga sword fish. I'm so winging.
(11:31):
Ain't nothing all to me back,So I thought that was fun. I
like that one. Tell Riley beokay, we're gonna try this new tradition.
Trying this trend tradition. Tell himto South Korea. Tell him say
I saw it as a TikTok trendfrom South Korea. Get ready, just
blindfold of show up with the stick. Oh man, God, all right,
(12:00):
now I got Malaysia, the brideand groom are banned from the bathroom.
Excuse me? Do you imagine no, I'd pee myself. Members of
Malaysia and Indonesia's Tee Doong people inBorneo observe a tradition that states that the
bride and groom must not leave theirhome or use the bathroom for three whole
(12:20):
days after their wedding ceremony. Theyare kept under watchful guard and allowed only
a small amount of food and drinks. Not observing the ritual is said to
tarnish the bride and groom with badluck, often resulting in infidelity, their
breakup of their marriage, or thedeath of their children. Wow, for
three days, you don't get toeat, drink, go to the bathroom,
(12:43):
leave your house. Yeah, notthanks. That's an intense tradition for
real. Like, that's a verysuperstitious like the like what I would have
imagined people way back when being likehe crossed paths with a black cat,
or you walked underneath a ladder orshattered a mirror. Yeah, that's interesting.
(13:05):
Yeah, I thought that one wassuper intense. Don't go to bathroom.
So my um acid reflex stomach couldnever you think yours couldn't. I
didn't tell you about my drive upto Barry Lake. I don't need to
know that, all right. Numbereleven is Venezuela. The newlyweds secretly leave
(13:28):
the party. In Venezuela, itis a tradition for the newly married couple
to sneak off from their wedding receptionwithout saying goodbye to their guests. Interestingly,
it is believed that the tradition bringsgood luck. Okay, let me
do you have zero obligation to entertainpeople all night. You can be like
you want peace out, Deuce.It is so care for that that one
(13:52):
wasn't too bad. Nice week tothe point. Number twelve Peru. Single
ladies seek love in the cake.Is this like the Mardi Graw cakes?
I'm not sure. Let's see allsingle ladies, you'll love this wedding tradition
in Peru. A traditional Peruvian weddingcake has ribbons hanging out around the sides.
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Each ribbon is attached to a charminside the cake. However, one
special ribbon is attached to a replicawedding ring if you're served the wedding ring
filled slice of cake, Peruvians believethat you're the next in line to get
married, so kind of like thetossing of the bouquet and kind of like
finding the baby in the Mardi Grawcakes. Wasn't that fun? I like
that one, so, I mean, I don't like that the attentions being
(14:37):
stolen from me, but it's fine. We could do that at your bridal
shower. As I first read it, I remembered now as I was rereading
it, it made me think ofor I thought they were going to go
along the lines of that you've hadto seek out the person with the matching
charms, so like there was liketwo different cakes and then you'd be like,
we found your next person instead ofthe garter. And yeah, I'm
(15:01):
fine with the Bookhay and Garter,but I'm like, no, look at
me. They're still looking at you. Not if people are doing this cake,
they're sitting at the table eating andthen someone setting I've been like,
oh my god, I got theright, I'm I getting married. Man,
everybody just pulls a string. Ohso excuse me, I'll hit me
hard. Sorry I bring you thatmuch with your own topic. You know
(15:30):
what, I'm a snack. You. Next country is a Cuba. The
bride charges you to dance with her, which a lot of cultures do.
We have a money dance in ourculture too, so it's usually common for
the bride to dance with her guests, regardless of culture. However, in
Cuba the dance comes with a price. Every man who dances with the bride
is required to pin money onto herdress. This is done with done with
(15:54):
the vision to help the couple payfor the wedding and honeymoon. Yeah.
It Serbian culture they do that too. I mean there's a lot of people
who've just adopted it because they're like, no, shoot, I could make
some money. I'm a wading,Like, why wouldn't you. Yeah,
So I think that's fun, butapparently it's a big thing in Cuba,
all right. Number fourteen. Australia, the guests are given special stones to
(16:18):
hold. Continue. I like this. An Australian wedding ceremony might feature the
tradition of a unity bowl. Uponarrival, guests are given stones which they
are required to hold during the ceremony. When it's over, guests then play
stones and a decorative bowl that thecouple keeps on display in their home,
paying tribute to their friends and familywho attended. I like that, isn't
(16:40):
that cute? It is really cute. I almost wonder if like maybe on
the bottom of the stones or somethingthey write like their name, like signance
and of a guest book, soyou don't show that side of it.
But then like, if you everlook through it, you can see all
the people that came. Cute.That's what I would do. But all
right, the last one is Fiji. Okay, the proposal involves a whale
(17:03):
tooth. First of all, who'sextracting this whale tooth? Can you buy
those at the market or do yougotta like swim down and spirit and rip
out tea? I don't know,hunting good go about all that? So
in Fiji, the griminous family willoften present the bride's father with a sperm
(17:27):
whale's tooth when he asks permission.Though this practice is more common in rural
areas, it's practice all over Fiji. The tooth, known as a tabooa,
translates to sacred in their native tongue. While we can wrap our heads
around a few of these bizarre traditions. They're sure to put a smile on
(17:47):
your face, is how they endedthe article. So it just ends there
at the tooth. You just giveit to say, hey, I want
to marry your daughter, and thenthey end with thanks for reading these bizarre
traditions. Have a nice day.Interesting. It just kind of like it
up here and then you just itends. It ends it's a cliffhanger,
cliff jumper. Who knows. Yeah, but I hadn't heard of this magazine,
(18:07):
but it based on like the adsand stuff. It looks like it's
an Indian Oh yeah, probably,which I love. But yeah, I
thought it was just an interesting thing, like just the different. So what
we've learned is Casswan's nuts thrown inher face, but she does not want
to be kidnapped. And give mea chainsaw. Give you a chainsaw.
Yeah, so if I have achainstock, don't come near me. If
(18:30):
you act like you're gonna run atme and kidnap me, I'm gonna start
swinging. Sorry. I mean,we could do act throwing at your wedding.
Have chainsaws and not again, notagain, we did great ax throwing.
What are you talking about? Wewere all so confundedive. I love
it. Uh, let's rephrase.There was one person competitive and one boy
(18:53):
that was whining that all the girlswere beating him. It's good to say,
I can think of you and yourname human Hunter, but more fun.
He was so but hurt though sogood, and Riley just sat there
rolling his eyes. He's like,yeah, Cass and her competitive. So
(19:15):
my favorite was everybody goes and I'msitting back and Hunter's like, oh go
Cass and I land it first try, and he's like, Okay, I
told you I've done this before.Also, if Cass hasn't done it before,
she'll lie and say she's done itbefore, especially if she does really
good on the first track, becauseshe's like, yeah, I told you
(19:37):
I could do this shit. Yeah. And if I don't land it and
I haven't tried it, listen,I'm beating myself up even if I haven't
tried it. She's insane. I'mso competitive and I try to be good
at everything. When I'm not,my computer keeps going off. Because of
my children. I love a lexno no no no, so they I
(19:59):
think I told we gave them Sean'sold little Apple phone. And then my
father in law. When he upgradedhis phone, he gave the kids his
old phone. So we have twoquote unquote kid phones at home. They
have no connection on them except forjust Wi Fi. Um. They've learned
that if there's things in the appstore they want, they can send a
(20:19):
request to us to allow them todownload it. And the last two episodes
we've recorded, they keep sending meone asking if they can get the app
light detect or fingerprint scan for free. And I'm like, it was lying,
and why are we trying to detecta lie? But let's all be
real. When we had the firstgeneration iPod Touch, we all had that
app. Wait, that's an oldapp. No, I'm just saying,
(20:41):
like, you like the ghost detectoror the light detector? Okay, those
lines were so dumb. Yeah,so apparently my kids really want this stupid
app. So I'm just tired ofmy computer digging for a request from my
children. So well, anyways,I hope we actually kept this short based
(21:06):
on how much talking we've done.Oh, we're at twenty minutes. So
well, I will add this articlein the show notes. It was just
kind of fun to see different traditions. So if there's any you're interested in
adopting, be sure to tag uswhen you use it because I'd love to
see how or if you are fromany of these countries, show us some
(21:26):
love by us sending us videos orphotos of any of these traditions if you've
done them, or if you havea tradition we didn't talk about. We
would love to see it and becurious. Yeah, other traditions out there,
So well, is there anything elseyou'd like to add to this crazy
topic before we I don't think so. And okay, well, we hope
(21:47):
everybody has a wonderful day, andjust remember everybody is a brat of body.
Hi Bud, my ups and backand I never not back.
Doing it again. Cass is abeatboxing for us? Sure, sure,
So I'm not sure if this willactually be a mini depending on the tangents
we go on from the subject.Guys, I don't know what the topic
is just yet. So it's froma magazine called Kush Wedding and it looks
(00:40):
like spellingsh K h USh. Itlooks like it's from India. Oh,
and they did an article on fifteenunusual wedding traditions from across the world.
Oh okay, I like it is. It's fun. Um. The first
(01:00):
one is Germany, and I'm gonnaapologize because my German is not great to
pronounce this tradition? Correct? Wasit ever okay to be great spoken German?
I have not not? Nine ninenine. That's a spreck and ze
Deutsch. That's about all. That'swhere I'm at. So in Germany,
(01:25):
the bride and groom used chainsaws.Excuse me? Oh, sign me h?
What did you do with their chains? I'll wait? Do you want
to take a guess before it tellsyou? They chop? No, they
saw a wood table in half andput it together to symbolize their family.
(01:48):
I mean, you're kind of nota thread really? So German newlyweds indulged
in a tradition known as bombstomb sagan, where the couple is expected who saw
a log into two pieces, asit's a task to be carried out by
two people. Bombs stomp Sagan symbolizesthe couple strength as they face challenges in
(02:09):
their marriage. I was pretty closewere it's impressive. That is impressive,
So don't come at me. Formy German it is not great. Um,
that's okay, but yeah, wedo our best. We do our
best. So but as soon asI saw Chainsaws, I was like,
cast is gonna be like Texas ChainsawMassaca. Who I mean? I called
my niece that the other day.So leather face, she's doing a home
(02:32):
arts and craft of a mask andit looks just like him. So I
sent a gift of him. Loveyou, Layla, don't everally listen to
this one. It's fine. Ohokay. Number two Romania. Oh the
Brightest kidnapped? Excuse me? No, no, no, no, no
(02:53):
no, no, don't sign meyet for my worst fear. No in
Romania, if the Brightest appears beforethe wedding, it doesn't mean she has
cold feet. On the contrary,It is a tradition for the bride to
be kidnapped by friends and family beforethe wedding, just like role play.
To get the bride back, thegroom has to pay her ransom. It
(03:13):
could be through romantic gestures or fillingher glass with champagne. No no,
so you're saying, I can't throwa bag over your head and pull you
little wife. My worst fear,and then I call Riley, I have
like voice change her on you wasone hundred thousand dollars if you ever want
(03:38):
to see her again. Also,bring all the champagne that you can.
She's gonna need it after this trauma. So I thought that was fun.
I don't know if that's the rightword, but it's okay. Number three,
Italy nuts are given to newly weds. It's taking as sick as you
(03:58):
said that choke up my coffee withnuts nits. Many of us think of
confetti as colorful bits of paper.However, in an Italian uh and in
Italy, confetti actually refers to sugaredalmonds. That's what confetti apparently translates to.
So wedding guests received these as favorsat the reception, and they are
(04:23):
used to be thrown at the brideand groom, but now they have been
replaced by a corndoli, tiny scrapsof paper. Wait, no, sign
me up for the sugar nuts.Do you want me to throw sugar nuts
at your face? I love someroasted almonds. I'll just open my mouth
as everybody's does. I love that. I love that Christmas time. I
(04:47):
don't share them if I buy them. Oh yeah, but I love the
calf shoes. I think I love. I get like two of the large
bags, and I think last timeI had him, I think Riley got
like three almonds. Don't touch myroasted almonds, So I'll just remember that.
I'll make sure if we have thewedding here, I'll give everybody roasted
(05:08):
nuts to throw in your faith.Sorry our counting man, I don't know
why I was counting in when Ihad it off. We had a pause
because we got a phone call.So anyways, yeah, I'm here for
the roasted nuts and the company thatI don't know if if they go to
other states. But the company thatdoes the Christmas nuts here in Utah so
(05:30):
good. And I think they're downin like like their home bases down in
Saint George. So I'm like,do you guys do weddings? It's like
maybe. I mean. Another placethat does really good roasted nuts is Commings
Chocolates. Oh really, I usedto live on them when I worked there.
I don't think i've had anything comings. It's expensive, so I don't
recommend really, but it's delicious.That's fine, all right. So the
(05:55):
next one, number four is Kenya. Father spits on the bride. If
you are going to a wedding inKenya, don't be shocked if you see
the father of the bride spitting onher dress. For good luck for the
Messiah. People in Kenya, spittingon someone is seen as a show of
respect, hoping not to jinks tothe marriage. The spit is meant in
(06:18):
good faith. Absolutely not. Soyou don't want your dad to spit on
you, not in the gown Ipicked. Don't even know if you're thinking
you're gonna spit. Don't even lookat me. Absolutely not, right.
(06:41):
I can see you like playing itin your head. Yeah, your face
is twitching like carry, I willfight you, Garry, I will fight
you. Yeah. That's an interestingone, yep. So the next one
is India. Number five, thegroom gets his shoe stolen and it's mission
or. In a traditional Hindu wedding, it's a custom for the groom to
(07:03):
remove his shoes before sitting for thefaris. It is during this time that
the tradition of the judah chupaie takesplace. It's a ritual where the brides,
bridesmaids and cousins. Bride's bridesmaids andcousins while that is on the mouthful,
often play a trick on him bystealing the shoes and hiding them.
(07:24):
In order to get his shoe back, the groom must bribe the women with
cash to return them before the ceremonyus. So it's another holding someone for
ransom for money. Let's just shoesand saying you're wife, Oh my gosh.
I feel like Riley wouldn't respond well, he'd be like what yeah?
And then I if I was theone to buy him and they're like,
(07:46):
nice shoes, I would beat theliving shit out of somebody. You're like,
no, we're not doing No,you're not coming. You can't come
back inside. Sorry, they can'tcome back. You guys are excused from
my wedding. Get out. Sojust those reminder. I'm sorry if I
am butchering all of these wonderful traditionsand their names, as I am very
(08:07):
much a white girl from Utah andnow cannot pronounce things to save my life.
True. So I'm but as wecontinue on these fifteen you know,
fun traditions, we are now goingto head to number six. That's in
China, and the bride practices acrying ritual. While shedding a few tears
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at a wedding ceremony is common everywhere. In some parts of China, the
bride is required to practice crying amonth before the ceremony. Brides are expected
to cry for one hour each day. Ten days into the ritual, she
is joined by her mother, andten days after the bride's grandmother joins.
In two known as Zotang in thewestern Shichuan province, the ritual dates back
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to China's Warring States era, whenthe mother of a zoo princess broke down
in tears at her wedding. Easyone hour a day. Easy did that
the other day? Okay, butyou had a reason to cry. I
can't just force myself to cry,Okay, I cannot cry on jamand yeah,
it depends for me. And alsocrying is exhausting, like even five
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minutes of crying, you want meto cry for an hour? Yeah?
What what do I get after toreplenish myself from all those tears? And
they're gonna be wine, gummy gummyto balance me out? Like what are
we talking? So? But yeah, crying ritual. M. I love
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that japan families drink in sink.I just think of like waterfall from King's
cup, but you can't stop drinkingtill the first person in from stops.
So it says, drinking wine ata wedding doesn't sound too bizarre. However,
in Japan, the historic tradition ofsansan kudo requires the family to drink
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and sink first. The bride andgroom take three SIPs each from there or
from three flat sake cups. Sothey each take three SIPs from these three
cups, after which their parents dothe same, bonding the families together.
Interesting hmm, okay, so nottoo bad. Yeah, I don't mind
some good sake, it's true.So oh god, oh no, looks
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forgot to build this? Oh no, South Korea. The groom's feet are
beaten. Excuse me? Why whatwith what. In parts of South Korea,
grooms cannot leave with their new wivesuntil they've had their feet beaten.
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After the ceremony, groomsmen or familymembers removed the grooms shoes and bind his
ankles with rope before taking turns tobeat his feet with a stick or,
in some cases, a d ifish. Thankfully, the ritual doesn't last
long, and it is seen asa fun part of the day that's meant
to test the groom strength and character. Sounds fun. Let me, Can
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I opt into the fish and nota stick? Can I choose what you're
hitting me? Away? Stick soundsawful, but a dried fish doesn't last
long, So hold on day.Excuse, but watch my family find the
biggest goddamn fish known to man andlike just drop. Depending on how I
feel about the person, they're gettinga sword fish. I'm so winging.
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Ain't nothing all to me back,So I thought that was fun. I
like that one. Tell Riley beokay, we're gonna try this new tradition.
Trying this trend tradition. Tell himto South Korea. Tell him say
I saw it as a TikTok trendfrom South Korea. Get ready, just
blindfold of show up with the stick. Oh man, God, all right,
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now I got Malaysia, the brideand groom are banned from the bathroom.
Excuse me? Do you imagine no, I'd pee myself. Members of
Malaysia and Indonesia's Tee Doong people inBorneo observe a tradition that states that the
bride and groom must not leave theirhome or use the bathroom for three whole
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days after their wedding ceremony. Theyare kept under watchful guard and allowed only
a small amount of food and drinks. Not observing the ritual is said to
tarnish the bride and groom with badluck, often resulting in infidelity, their
breakup of their marriage, or thedeath of their children. Wow, for
three days, you don't get toeat, drink, go to the bathroom,
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leave your house. Yeah, notthanks. That's an intense tradition for
real. Like, that's a verysuperstitious like the like what I would have
imagined people way back when being likehe crossed paths with a black cat,
or you walked underneath a ladder orshattered a mirror. Yeah, that's interesting.
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Yeah, I thought that one wassuper intense. Don't go to bathroom.
So my um acid reflex stomach couldnever you think yours couldn't. I
didn't tell you about my drive upto Barry Lake. I don't need to
know that, all right. Numbereleven is Venezuela. The newlyweds secretly leave
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the party. In Venezuela, itis a tradition for the newly married couple
to sneak off from their wedding receptionwithout saying goodbye to their guests. Interestingly,
it is believed that the tradition bringsgood luck. Okay, let me
do you have zero obligation to entertainpeople all night. You can be like
you want peace out, Deuce.It is so care for that that one
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wasn't too bad. Nice week tothe point. Number twelve Peru. Single
ladies seek love in the cake.Is this like the Mardi Graw cakes?
I'm not sure. Let's see allsingle ladies, you'll love this wedding tradition
in Peru. A traditional Peruvian weddingcake has ribbons hanging out around the sides.
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Each ribbon is attached to a charminside the cake. However, one
special ribbon is attached to a replicawedding ring if you're served the wedding ring
filled slice of cake, Peruvians believethat you're the next in line to get
married, so kind of like thetossing of the bouquet and kind of like
finding the baby in the Mardi Grawcakes. Wasn't that fun? I like
that one, so, I mean, I don't like that the attentions being
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stolen from me, but it's fine. We could do that at your bridal
shower. As I first read it, I remembered now as I was rereading
it, it made me think ofor I thought they were going to go
along the lines of that you've hadto seek out the person with the matching
charms, so like there was liketwo different cakes and then you'd be like,
we found your next person instead ofthe garter. And yeah, I'm
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fine with the Bookhay and Garter,but I'm like, no, look at
me. They're still looking at you. Not if people are doing this cake,
they're sitting at the table eating andthen someone setting I've been like,
oh my god, I got theright, I'm I getting married. Man,
everybody just pulls a string. Ohso excuse me, I'll hit me
hard. Sorry I bring you thatmuch with your own topic. You know
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what, I'm a snack. You. Next country is a Cuba. The
bride charges you to dance with her, which a lot of cultures do.
We have a money dance in ourculture too, so it's usually common for
the bride to dance with her guests, regardless of culture. However, in
Cuba the dance comes with a price. Every man who dances with the bride
is required to pin money onto herdress. This is done with done with
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the vision to help the couple payfor the wedding and honeymoon. Yeah.
It Serbian culture they do that too. I mean there's a lot of people
who've just adopted it because they're like, no, shoot, I could make
some money. I'm a wading,Like, why wouldn't you. Yeah,
So I think that's fun, butapparently it's a big thing in Cuba,
all right. Number fourteen. Australia, the guests are given special stones to
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hold. Continue. I like this. An Australian wedding ceremony might feature the
tradition of a unity bowl. Uponarrival, guests are given stones which they
are required to hold during the ceremony. When it's over, guests then play
stones and a decorative bowl that thecouple keeps on display in their home,
paying tribute to their friends and familywho attended. I like that, isn't
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that cute? It is really cute. I almost wonder if like maybe on
the bottom of the stones or somethingthey write like their name, like signance
and of a guest book, soyou don't show that side of it.
But then like, if you everlook through it, you can see all
the people that came. Cute.That's what I would do. But all
right, the last one is Fiji. Okay, the proposal involves a whale
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tooth. First of all, who'sextracting this whale tooth? Can you buy
those at the market or do yougotta like swim down and spirit and rip
out tea? I don't know,hunting good go about all that? So
in Fiji, the griminous family willoften present the bride's father with a sperm
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whale's tooth when he asks permission.Though this practice is more common in rural
areas, it's practice all over Fiji. The tooth, known as a tabooa,
translates to sacred in their native tongue. While we can wrap our heads
around a few of these bizarre traditions. They're sure to put a smile on
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your face, is how they endedthe article. So it just ends there
at the tooth. You just giveit to say, hey, I want
to marry your daughter, and thenthey end with thanks for reading these bizarre
traditions. Have a nice day.Interesting. It just kind of like it
up here and then you just itends. It ends it's a cliffhanger,
cliff jumper. Who knows. Yeah, but I hadn't heard of this magazine,
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but it based on like the adsand stuff. It looks like it's
an Indian Oh yeah, probably,which I love. But yeah, I
thought it was just an interesting thing, like just the different. So what
we've learned is Casswan's nuts thrown inher face, but she does not want
to be kidnapped. And give mea chainsaw. Give you a chainsaw.
Yeah, so if I have achainstock, don't come near me. If
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you act like you're gonna run atme and kidnap me, I'm gonna start
swinging. Sorry. I mean,we could do act throwing at your wedding.
Have chainsaws and not again, notagain, we did great ax throwing.
What are you talking about? Wewere all so confundedive. I love
it. Uh, let's rephrase.There was one person competitive and one boy
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that was whining that all the girlswere beating him. It's good to say,
I can think of you and yourname human Hunter, but more fun.
He was so but hurt though sogood, and Riley just sat there
rolling his eyes. He's like,yeah, Cass and her competitive. So
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my favorite was everybody goes and I'msitting back and Hunter's like, oh go
Cass and I land it first try, and he's like, Okay, I
told you I've done this before.Also, if Cass hasn't done it before,
she'll lie and say she's done itbefore, especially if she does really
good on the first track, becauseshe's like, yeah, I told you
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I could do this shit. Yeah. And if I don't land it and
I haven't tried it, listen,I'm beating myself up even if I haven't
tried it. She's insane. I'mso competitive and I try to be good
at everything. When I'm not,my computer keeps going off. Because of
my children. I love a lexno no no no, so they I
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think I told we gave them Sean'sold little Apple phone. And then my
father in law. When he upgradedhis phone, he gave the kids his
old phone. So we have twoquote unquote kid phones at home. They
have no connection on them except forjust Wi Fi. Um. They've learned
that if there's things in the appstore they want, they can send a
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request to us to allow them todownload it. And the last two episodes
we've recorded, they keep sending meone asking if they can get the app
light detect or fingerprint scan for free. And I'm like, it was lying,
and why are we trying to detecta lie? But let's all be
real. When we had the firstgeneration iPod Touch, we all had that
app. Wait, that's an oldapp. No, I'm just saying,
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like, you like the ghost detectoror the light detector? Okay, those
lines were so dumb. Yeah,so apparently my kids really want this stupid
app. So I'm just tired ofmy computer digging for a request from my
children. So well, anyways,I hope we actually kept this short based
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on how much talking we've done.Oh, we're at twenty minutes. So
well, I will add this articlein the show notes. It was just
kind of fun to see different traditions. So if there's any you're interested in
adopting, be sure to tag uswhen you use it because I'd love to
see how or if you are fromany of these countries, show us some
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love by us sending us videos orphotos of any of these traditions if you've
done them, or if you havea tradition we didn't talk about. We
would love to see it and becurious. Yeah, other traditions out there,
So well, is there anything elseyou'd like to add to this crazy
topic before we I don't think so. And okay, well, we hope
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everybody has a wonderful day, andjust remember everybody is a brat of body.
Hi Bud, my ups and backand I never not back.
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