21 Things People Do In Their Country That Turns Out To Be Weird For The Rest Of The World

Cultural differences when it comes to habits, behaviors, and even how we refer to things are so interesting! Some cultures show respect by refusing offers and invitations, but some prefer you to agree to one even if you might not be able to make it later! Some countries wear their shoes everywhere, but some prefer going barefoot most of the time.

Scroll on to see the most unusual customs and traditions worldwide and see how many you can recognize!

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“In Denmark, if you haven’t gotten married before the age of 25, you’ll get tied to a streetlight and get showered with cinnamon. It’s common to see big orange spots on the ground around streetlights. It’s a very old tradition and we don’t actually expect people to get married before 25, but the tradition still goes on.” – Trowaway_29

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“We scream when we cut the birthday cake in Venezuela. It is expected to be a blood-curdling scream, and people laugh at you and ridicule you if it wasn’t loud or scary enough. Also, our birthday song is like 2 minutes long.” – Sadlycoris

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“Kissing the cheeks as a way to salute between men. It’s pretty common here, but when I’ve done it in America while visiting a friend of mine some other people asked us if we were gay. They didn’t come to our face saying “Hey buddy you’re gay?’ They simply misunderstood and told this friend of mine they didn’t know he was not straight. It was nothing disrespectful. Italy!” – ImmondoVianello

4.

“I found out that brushing my teeth in a public bathroom was strange outside of Brazil.” – sormatador 

5.

“Wearing socks is sandalas. You guessed it, I’m Czech.” – Spirit_Ghoststar

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“Throwing porcelain, ceramic pots, and other things in front of the bride-to-be’s house a day or two before the wedding in order to break them into shards. It is said that these shards bring luck. Anything that breaks can be thrown, except for mirrors, as breaking a mirror brings 7 years of bad luck according to superstition. Germany.” –TheBassMeister

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“In China, a lot of bathrooms don’t have toilet paper because they don’t want people to steal it. You have to bring your own. A lot of toilets are also squatting toilets (no actual seat).” – _day-z

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“I live in Italy. After completing a driver’s license exam and receiving a license, you are classed as a novice driver and limited to driving only small cars for the first year. Even if you have had other national driver’s licenses and have been driving large cars for years. My wife recently took the Italian exams as her prior license (U.S). was not transferable and now we have to sell our car as she is no longer qualified to drive it. Go figure.” – tomorrow509

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“South Koreans are always older then Americans. We grow one year old when the year passes. And we also consider a baby 1 year old when they are born.” – Erica_Plays_Roblox

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“Tea ladies. This is a literal translation, and I guess the best interpretation in English would be a tea saleswoman? They’re in EVERY street in my country. Wherever you go, wherever you turn, whatever time of day it is, there’s a woman selling tea (and other hot drinks) nearby. Sudan!” – tinysnark

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“In New Zealand, it is normal to be barefoot in public. In the mall, the supermarket, fast food places, etc. It’s even normal for kids to go to primary school barefoot. It’s recognized this is unusual and has become a point of national pride for some people.” – newkiwiguy

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“I live in the UK and I find it so weird that 80% of the houses have carpet in their bathroom floors.” – MageLocusta

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“My Indian/Hindu friend told me that I can’t clip nails inside the house. It had to be done outside so I had gone out onto the balcony.” – littleadventures

14.

“We call a traffic light a robot. I really don’t know why. South Africa!” – nervous_Journal08

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“I live in the UK. Recently a woman from New Zealand started working in my office. Everyone is horrified because she walks into the office without shoes, barefoot, which is considered normal in her motherland.“

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“Indian Edition: Going unannounced at someone’s place and staying for like a month.” – EmotionSenior9999

17.

“In the Netherlands when you go to a birthday you don’t just congratulate the person who’s having their birthday, but you congratulate everyone at the party with that person’s birthday. It can take a while to congratulate everyone…” – Jealous-Proof5505

18.

“Giving spiders a cute name when they move into your house and regularly thanking them for eating all the bugs. Australia!” – LikeASpectre

19.

“Also here is more offensive to say no when you are invited to hang out and you don’t want to do so, than saying that you will try and just don’t show.” – elav92

20.

“Don’t get me started on France. The number of kisses and which cheek you begin with all depends on which part of the country you are living in. It’s so awkward when you meet someone and you don’t do it the same…” – forestotterqueen

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“Touching feet of our elders is very common in India, I doubt if it’s practiced anywhere else.” – viren0311