The blogger told about a wild Danish custom that young bachelors should be wary of
Once upon a time in Russia, bachelors and unmarried women were not too favored and considered second-class people. But now this is in the past and loners do not feel any oppression on themselves. But who would have thought that in Denmark, soaked through with democratic values, there is still a strange and unpleasant custom associated with bullying lonely people.
Walking through Danish cities, well-groomed and extremely clean, you can stumble upon unexpected brown dirt near a lamppost. Local ticktockers Kelly Louise revealed the secret of this outrage – it's all about an old custom that local youth are trying to observe.
If a girl remains unmarried by the age of 25, friends take her outside on her birthday, tie her to a pole, and then pour water and sprinkle with ground cinnamon. Yes, there is no gender discrimination in Denmark, so the guys are waiting for an equally unpleasant fate. A bachelor on his 25th birthday is also tied up and doused, but they are no longer covered with cinnamon, but with ground pepper.
All this looks just like the jokes of modern youth, but in fact these customs are rooted in immemorial times. Folklore researchers believe that the Danish language is to blame for everything. An unmarried girl in Danish is called a pebermø (pepper girl), and a single guy is a pebersvend (pepper man).
Obviously, once upon a time girls were also "powdered" with pepper, but then they regretted it and switched to cinnamon. Pepper on the face, hairstyle and in the eyes is not exactly something that can be easily forgiven by friends, even the closest ones. In any case, an unusual ceremony is fraught with troubles – pepper in large quantities is not too useful for men. In addition, in solid doses, any of these spices can cause suffocation in a person, even with a fatal outcome.
The video on the tiktok social network, in which Kelly describes the wild mores of her fellow citizens, has gained more than 4 million views in a few days. It turns out that now millions of people around the world know that Denmark is not the best place to celebrate the 25th anniversary for the unmarried and unmarried.
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