“Bacha bazi” is a disturbing practice found in some parts of Pakistan, particularly in Pashtun regions, where young boys are made to dance for older men and often suffer abuse.

Foot binding was an old Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls’ feet to make them small, seen as a sign of beauty and status. It caused pain and lifelong problems and was banned in the 1900s.
Foot binding was an old Chinese practice of tightly wrapping girls’ feet to make them small, seen as a sign of beauty and status. It caused pain and lifelong problems and was banned in the 1900s.

Banna tribe in southern Ethiopia
In a tradition of the Banna tribe in southern Ethiopia, young men walk on tall wooden stilts as part of a cultural practice.

In an Indonesian tribe, it’s a tradition to exhume the bodies of deceased relatives annually, clean them, dress them in fresh clothes, and celebrate their lives in a unique festival honoring their memory.

In Papua New Guinea, when someone dies, family members sometimes cut off their own fingers as a sign of mourning.