This single-volume work covers many traditions, customs, and
activities Westerners may find unusual or shocking, covering
everything from the Ashanti people's funeral celebrations to
wife-carrying competitions in Finland. In Maharashtra, India, a
tradition exists to throw newborn babies off the tops of buildings.
At the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand, some people
ritualistically pierce their cheeks and faces with swords and
knives. How did these surprising customs come to be? From camel
wrestling to cheese-rolling competitions to a tomato-throwing
festival, this fascinating single-volume encyclopedia examines more
than 100 customs, traditions, and rituals that may be considered
strange and exotic to U.S. readers. This work provides high school
and undergraduate students with a compelling and fascinating
exploration of world customs and traditions. Comprising entries by
anthropologists, religious leaders, scholars, dancers, musicians,
historians, and artists from almost every continent in the world,
this encyclopedia provides readers a truly global and
multidisciplinary perspective. The entries explore the origins of
the custom, explain how it was established as a tradition, and
describe how and where it is practiced. A thematic guide enables
readers to look up entries by the type of tradition or custom, such
as birth, coming of age, courtship and wedding, funeral, daily
customs, holidays, and festivals. Provides a unique global
perspective via content from 48 authors currently working, living,
or traveling in most continents of the world Supplies
interdisciplinary points of view by incorporating aspects of
religion, food, festivals, history, social practices, funeral
traditions, and grand community celebrations Serves to highlight
distinct cultural differences while also enabling readers to
discover how much people have in common and to consider how certain
American traditions might seem "strange" to people from outside the
United States
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