The ritual of drinking a solution of blood and milk for a strange and exciting competition.
We do our best to keep ourselves slim and intelligent, especially as we remain the enemy of our paunch. So that somehow it can be got rid of.
But a nation in the world is proud of its belly paunch.
Many people worldwide are in the news because of their beliefs, strange traditions, and customs.
Due to the evolution of life, these traditions and customs have decreased, but even today, there are tribes in the forests and backward areas which retain the old traditions.
Today we are going to tell you about a strange tradition followed by a tribe of Africa.
People here also drink blood with cow's milk to get fat.
While the people of the world work hard to lose weight and want to look smart by making six-pack abs, on the other hand, the men of this African tribe (Ethiopian) are proud of their obesity and are obsessed with gaining weight.
The fat men of this tribe have the status of superstars.
The name of this tribe is the "Bodi Tribe," which is found in Ethiopia.
The tribe lives in the interior and is located in southwestern Ethiopia.
A bizarre belief is followed here. Young people here drink a mixture of cow's blood and milk to make them fat.
They do not kill the cow to drink the blood but cut a vein in their body and mix its blood into the cow's milk.
The men who feed more here are considered the heroes of the whole tribe.
In this regard, a special celebration is held on the New Year. A New Year's Eve party is called the "Ka'el ceremony."
It is like a competition between men in which unmarried men have to drink a mixture of blood and milk.
They start preparing 6 months in advance to compete.
During these 6 months, they can neither have a relationship with a woman nor can he get out of their hut.
During this time, they drink blood and milk. The first cup is of 2 liters which are drunk at sunrise. The rest of the cup can be drunk throughout the day.
On the day of the competition, they cover their bodies with ashes and mud, show their fat body in front of the whole village, and establish their supremacy by jumping.
In addition, the sacred trees also take hours to circle.
Meanwhile, the elders decide which of the men is at the top and is performing better.
Then they sacrifice a cow and guess from its intestines what the coming year will be like.
The winner is considered the fattest man in the village and is praised throughout the year.