- Buried in Hot Sand
For the first cruel tradition of women in southern California, it is done by the inland Luiseno tribe. In the tribal custom, the women are required to undergo a procession of welcoming the mature woman that is buried alive in the sand. It should be done when a woman has menstruation for the first time. When a girl has gotten her period, it will be greeted happily by the family and the tribal elders will prepare the ritual buried in the sand. As we know that California beach sand is quite hot so it can not be imagined if someone should be buried in the middle of the day. Although tortured, the tribe women should be proud because she will be a tough woman and after getting a discourse, the girl is considered to have grown up and ready to undergo a marriage process or ready to be applied by a man to a wife.
- Run during menstruation
This strange tradition can be found in the Navajo tribe especially the Apache Indians living in northern America. In this indigenous tribe, women who have menstruation must perform a ritual that is very tiring and even seem cruel. For women who experience menstruation the first time, they have to run by using traditional clothes made of deer skin. While wearing heavy clothes, for 4 days in a row, the woman must run to the east where the sun rises. And at night that is only in the first night after the woman ran, she should sit with a position selonjor and should be done until the morning before. Not only that, the next day he is required to make a big cake made from corn flour. The cake was made for all members of the tribe who attended the event tradition.
- Burned and Bitten by Poisonous Ant, Suriname
In the area of Suriname especially in the Carib tribe, there is a ritual for the women who are very painful. Women who are experiencing puberty must undergo a very painful ritual, even two rituals at once. First they had to hold the cotton that had been burned until their hands blistered. Not only that, after the ritual, the women also have to wear a cover cloth filled with poisonous ants. Of course, it will be very painful. Do not believe? Try it yourself.
- Stomach Stomach
There are also other cruel rituals that are not less sadistic and must be lived by women in ethnic Tiv, Nigeria. These ethnic women who just got their menstruation are required to do a painful ritual. Their stomach should be slashed as a sign that they have become adult women. Penyayatan that was done was not using drugs so that women should withstand extreme pain. The incision was not just once but many times. At least, at least the women should have four incisions so that she would otherwise get a good match. And no less strange, according to ethnic Tiv belief, this ritual can make the fertility of the woman will be better if he married later. What's the connection trying, errr ..
- Chest Iron
The sadistic tradition of women also occurs in the country of Cameroon. This West African state performs a tradition of chest iron for women undergoing puberty. The chest iron that is done is very painful because the mother of the girl will iron the chicken breast of her own daughter who on average still aged 9 to 10 years by using wood, metal, rock or hammer that has been heated. Without adequate medical intervention, this ritual of course will be very painful. Many mothers living in rural Cameroon believe this should be done so that girls who are puberty will not get hooh hooh harassment because their chests are flat and make men interested to seduce them. According to UNFPA world statistics, there are 24 percent of Cameroonian women who get this treatment and not infrequently they experience various health problems such as infections, cysts, wound inflammation and other disease problems. Dangerous and perceived as a violation of the human rights of women, many parties want this ritual removed.
