Most insane rituals and beauty standards from around the world that will shock you.
The Wodaabe Tribe
How do you like these ladies from a local beauty pageant? do you like them? well, this is the wodaabe tribe, and the men compete in beauty here that's right you're looking at the guys, this is one of the few places on earth where matriarchy reigns women run everything and men wear makeup and keep an eye on their figure they can only find a mate at the gyrowall fertility festival once a year so the men dress up and do their best makeup highlighting the lights of their eyes and teeth and each color in their outfit symbolizes a character trait. the women judges of this beauty contest need only to pat the shoulder of the man they like this is considered a love marriage even if the woman is already married the winner gets to choose an unlimited number of women with whom he will live for the following month.
The Longhorn Meow Women
The longhorn meow women have to wear a six-kilogram headdress on their heads to meet the beauty standards of their people and it's made from the hair of their ancestors the women of the tribe have been collecting their hair for centuries and passing it on to create a giant headdress woolen threads and linen are added to the hair and then wrapped around animal horns or a wooden clip this crescent-shaped design is attached to the head with white ribbons these wigs used to be worn on a daily basis but now they're only worn for holidays some of them are created from hair that is several hundred years old
Ethiopian Tribe Fat Man
In this Ethiopian tribe, fat men are revered as heroes and in the tribe, each of them must isolate themselves in a hut for six months and avoid any physical activity the only menu item is fresh cow's milk mixed with blood he has to drink at least two liters a day that's to make the stomach as big as possible after all the winner of the competition will be considered a hero and will be honored throughout his life every girl in the tribe dreams of marrying a fat man.
Padang Tribe's Long Necks
Where else can you find that inhabitants of the Padang tribe consider their long necks incredibly beautiful, tourists call them giraffe women but they don't take offense after all the longer their necks are the better chance they have of getting married to lengthen their necks they wear special brass necklace girls put the first ring around their neck between the ages of 5 and 9 and then they simply cannot stop by the age of 45. Every Padang woman is wearing up to 15 kilograms of tin around her neck the secret is that because of the weight of the jewelry their shoulders drop a record 40 centimeters their muscles atrophy and it becomes difficult to simply hold their heads up they even risk breaking their necks?
The Ohaguro Tradition
While the whole world is whitening their teeth, the followers of the Ohaguro tradition are certain that there's nothing more beautiful than a black smile several centuries ago in japan only aristocrats could afford black teeth it was a sign of wealth, they used teeth but also had a characteristic odor according to one version they were imitating the emperor's wife who had bad teeth and according to another only rich people could eat a lot of sugar which is why their teeth quickly deteriorated.
Mentawai Girls' Shark-like Mouth
And everyone else simply imitated them now modern geishas and fashionistas from Myanmar delight men with this kind of unusual beauty this Mentawai girl is considered very beautiful can you guess why a shark-like mouth with sharp teeth is the standard of beauty for this tribe and the more influential a man is in the tribe the more beautiful his wife should be so they have a ritual of sharpening or chiseling human teeth
The Himba Tribe In Namibia
Girls from the Himba tribe in Namibia are considered the most beautiful in Africa and they also don't bathe for months because it can ruin their hair they make their famous dreadlocks from Yochai's paste they grind ochre into dust mix it with clay milk and vegetable oils and goat hair is attached to the ends for the beauty they apply the paste not only to their hair but also to their entire bodies so their skin takes on a shiny red tint the paste protects their skin from burns insect bites and even serves as a soap
Mwila Tribe Girls' Hair Style
But in the Mwila tribe girls style their hair with manure. that's right, this octopus is secured to the head with the help of cow excrement for starters they dye their hair using crushed red stones the ingredients for this seem very simple compared to hair gel you just have to mix cow dung with tree bark and oil and add herbs for aroma, I wonder if that helps with the smell if you know what I mean, and as decorations for the dreadlocks they use pieces of food what one won't do to meet the beauty standards of their tribe then remove your braces immediately they go crazy!
Crooked Yaiba Teeth
For crooked yaiba teeth, such a smile is distinguished by protruding fangs girls say that imperfect teeth make them look younger and childlike. Japanese guys say yaiba makes girls look like cats so if your teeth are too straight, you can get them fixed by a Japanese dentist for as little as 390 bucks.
Chinese Lotus Foot
There was a time when no Chinese woman could get married if her feet didn't look like this, this deformed foot was called the lotus foot and was considered extremely attractive to men the ideal foot length should not exceed seven centimeters, in comparison to the foot length of a girl with a size 38 is 24 centimeters which is three times. Also, the feet had to be soft symmetrical, and fragrant for the sake of beauty girls had to bandage their feet their whole lives and it starts when they were five years old all the girls' toes except for the big one were clamped to the heel and tightly wrapped with cloth the bones were deformed under the weight of the body but the girls had to endure dance and even work in the field all that just to meet this beauty standard because big feet were considered ugly. A complete ban on bandaging feet appeared only in 1949 you can still find several dozen owners of lotus feet in china.
Conclusion
Since they were famous for their incredible beauty there are still many unique beauty standards around the world but that's enough for today. Which beauty trend impressed you the most? which one would you never try? write in the comments box down below.