A collection of the most unusual customs and traditions in India:

• the food :

There are strange foods and different customs that Indians use in cooking, including that they add chili, pepper, and many spices to most types of food and drink, even to sweets, such as gateau.

• marriage ;

Each country has its own marriage traditions and ways of celebrating it. We will mention some of the strange customs of the Indian people regarding marriage:

Marriage expenses, such as the dowry, preparing the house, and the wedding ceremony, are obligatory for the bride’s father, and the groom does not pay any of them.

- The law prohibits a young man from the poor classes from marrying a girl from the upper classes, but if the young man is from the upper classes, he is allowed to marry whomever he wants, and it is not permissible to deviate from these customs no matter what happens.

- The groom comes to the wedding carried on a decorated horse during the wedding.

The strangest customs and traditions in India

• Beliefs and rituals:

A person's body is burned after his death by placing it among wood and lighting it on fire, as this is considered a tribute to the dead.

The widow is placed alive with her husband's body and burned together to prove her loyalty to him.

Many Indians sacrifice their hair in temples and export this hair to countries around the world, where India is classified as one of the countries that exports most human hair.

- Entry into some temples may require crawling on the ground in a circle instead of walking, as there is a belief that crawling in the temple will avoid skin diseases.

The cow is a symbol of fertility in India. It is a sacred animal that cannot be slaughtered. It even walks in the streets without anyone stopping it.

• Strange festivals in India:

- Tahukum Festival: It is an annual festival carried out by the people of southern India, where they tie their bodies with sharp wires and lift them to the top. This type of festival has been banned by the Indian government and human rights organizations, because of the harm and sometimes death it causes to revelers, but they are still unable to eliminate it completely.

- Raging Bulls Festival: Residents of southern India celebrate the harvest season by running raging bulls among crowds of people. This is a tradition that causes the death of many participants. It has been legally banned, but it is still widely spread among the people.

- Buddhist chanting: It is a traditional celebration held every day in the monasteries and villages of the Indian city of Ladakh, where the priests chant the teachings and philosophy of Buddha in groups. It is worth noting that this tradition was added in 2012 to the UNESCO list of cultural heritage.

- Fire Walking Festival: The Fire Walking Festival is held every year, which extends between the months of October and November, in which males perform rituals that demonstrate their deep faith by walking on burning coals while wearing clothes on their heads. A bowl of milk or water.

- Snake Worship Festival: Some Indians approach snakes during a festival held every year, offering them milk, sweets, and flowers in a request for security and happiness. These snakes may be made of wood, stone, or silver, and they may be real.

- Holi Festival: It is one of the festivals held to welcome spring and one of the most colorful festivals in India, as crowds throw dye powder and spray water in addition to dancing in the streets. This festival is considered a Hindu tradition.

- Kerala Festival: This festival is held every year during the harvest season, during which drums are beaten and the tiger dance is performed, which is movements performed by men, after they draw the face of a tiger on their stomachs. It is said that this dance is a tradition dating back nearly 200 years.

• Strange information about India:

New Delhi's air is the most polluted in the world.

Traffic accidents in India cause one person to die approximately every 3 minutes.

Suicide cases in India are rising dramatically. In 2012, the World Health Organization recorded 371 suicides per day.

The total wealth of the richest men in India is approximately $174.8 billion, and they number 25 men.

A large percentage of India's lands suffer from the problem of desertification, as the percentage of desertified lands is approximately 25%.