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From sex with a crocodile before jumping into the ground: the most severe ways of male initiation

09-07-2025

From sex with a crocodile before jumping into the ground: the ...

Men will always remain men and all my life someone something to prove. If the modern world can take place with money, success with ...

27 designers from around the world: what it means to be attractive and stylish in their country

09-07-2025

27 designers from around the world: what it means to be ...

Standards of beauty are actually different in every country and sometimes region. It depends on the culture, even economic ...

Great as obry: who were the Avars, zaprjagaevii Slavic women in the cart instead of the ox

07-07-2025

Great as obry: who were the Avars, zaprjagaevii Slavic women ...

In the summer of 558 residents of Constantinople were seen on the streets of horsemen dressed in armor of iron plates. The soldiers ...

Itsukushima is a sacred island where it is forbidden to be born and die

07-07-2025

Itsukushima is a sacred island where it is forbidden to be ...

Japan is a country of advanced technologies. But this does not prevent her from carefully preserving traditions for centuries. We ...

Samurai Without Masks: The Truth About Japan's Legendary Warriors

04-07-2025

Samurai Without Masks: The Truth About Japan's Legendary ...

The image of the samurai is firmly rooted in popular culture: a stern warrior in armor, with a katana and an iron code of honor. ...

Sign of death: why Asians fear of the number "4"

03-07-2025

Sign of death: why Asians fear of the number "4"

China, Japan and Korea are the main economic and technological leaders of the world. However, this does not prevent the inhabitants ...

Sold into slavery and killed in the Alps, what was the end of children's crusade, the terrible adventure of the middle Ages

02-07-2025

Sold into slavery and killed in the Alps, what was the end of ...

In 1212, Europe has gone mad. Was started the next crusade to Jerusalem. This time to liberate the Holy Sepulchre has gathered the ...

Pasqualita — Dead Bride's wedding dresses store

01-07-2025

Pasqualita — Dead Bride's wedding dresses store

Behind the glass window of a small wedding fashion store in the Mexican city of Chihuahua stands a tall slender figure dressed in a ...

What do certain gestures mean in different countries of the world

29-06-2025

What do certain gestures mean in different countries of the world

Language is the most common, but far from the only way of communication between people. But if people used only one word, their ...

Everyday life of the Vikings: not only wars and robbery

28-06-2025

Everyday life of the Vikings: not only wars and robbery

When we hear the word "Vikings", images of plunder, fire and swords immediately come to mind. Wild, bearded warriors with ...

Why do the Eskimos do with their wives "aredirect"?

26-06-2025

Why do the Eskimos do with their wives "aredirect"?

Eskimo custom of "aredirect", that is, the exchange of wives at the time, is rooted in antiquity. Scientists believe that it ...

The dirtiest tribe on the planet — how people who never wash live

25-06-2025

The dirtiest tribe on the planet — how people who never ...

We all remember Korney Chukovsky's poem about Moidodyr from childhood, it ends with life—affirming verses: "And in the bath, and ...

How Western hygiene standards are seen in other parts of the world

24-06-2025

How Western hygiene standards are seen in other parts of the ...

For the population of Europe, Australia and the Americas, the use of a toilet bowl and toilet paper, as well as bathing in the ...

"Mumbai's history": the fusion of traditional wedding fashion India with the modern trends

23-06-2025

"Mumbai's history": the fusion of traditional wedding fashion ...

Tarun was Cheval is a leading fashion photographer in India, recognized at the international level. His experimental style and ...

Guardians of the Amazon: how indigenous tribes in Brazil today

22-06-2025

Guardians of the Amazon: how indigenous tribes in Brazil today

Brazilian photographer Ricardo Stuckert for several years is a project dedicated to the indigenous peoples of Brazil — the ...

9 main varieties of Georgian wines

21-06-2025

9 main varieties of Georgian wines

We have collected the main varieties of Georgian wines — someone will remember the once beloved, but almost forgotten taste, and ...

10 rules of etiquette that can confuse us in other countries

20-06-2025

10 rules of etiquette that can confuse us in other countries

Rules of conduct and etiquette are a rather confusing science, to say the least. It's one thing to know which fork is intended for ...

To tears: dancing on the ruins of Puerto Rico

20-06-2025

To tears: dancing on the ruins of Puerto Rico

When will you be away long from home, remain in memory only the best and fondest moments. To see it again after many years can ...

The Gypsy court — how does it differ from the secular one

19-06-2025

The Gypsy court — how does it differ from the secular one

Gypsies came to Europe in the XV century, and from the first years they showed their independence. Back in 1432, the Holy Roman ...

Who are you, Dubai, goodbye: maddening and a little funny luxury

18-06-2025

Who are you, Dubai, goodbye: maddening and a little funny luxury

People usually talk about Dubai a little breathlessly, as if it is some kind of fabulous place filled with mystery and wonders. ...

Men of an Ethiopian tribe drink blood with milk to get the title of the fattest resident of the village

16-06-2025

Men of an Ethiopian tribe drink blood with milk to get the ...

More is better. This is what the Bodi people, or Me'en, think. The tribe, which lives in the remote Omo Valley region of Ethiopia, ...

Fried hedgehogs and other dishes of gypsy cuisine that can shock

15-06-2025

Fried hedgehogs and other dishes of gypsy cuisine that can shock

The Gypsies are an ancient and original people living on all continents except Antarctica. They have been living alongside other ...

"100 faces in 100 countries": emotional portraits of passengers of Istanbul airport

15-06-2025

"100 faces in 100 countries": emotional portraits of ...

Mustafa Kanca – photographer from Istanbul, who works at the airport Ataturk. Istanbul is a place where constantly intersect the ...

Why young and healthy Japanese women wear diapers?

13-06-2025

Why young and healthy Japanese women wear diapers?

You can imagine that a young and absolutely healthy person on their own went in the diaper? I think that kind of nonsense? But the ...

Life with an outstretched hand: how they begged in tsarist Russia

12-06-2025

Life with an outstretched hand: how they begged in tsarist Russia

Popular wisdom says that you should not renounce prison and the purse. If everything is obvious in the first case, then you can ...

Civil war in Mexico: how ordinary citizens are attacked by drug cartels

12-06-2025

Civil war in Mexico: how ordinary citizens are attacked by ...

In 2006 the Mexican government declared war on drug cartels. Criminal clans controlled whole regions of the country and dealt with ...