Question

Name any five bad customs practised in the different parts of our country.​

Answer 1

1) Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

This ritual with both, a religious as well as a cultural background is the most brutal practice that exists even today.

2) Self-flagellation

A ritual of religious significance done in the name of the atonement of one's sins is practised widely even today and the people engaging themselves in the act confess that they do not experience any sort of pain as they are in a religious trance.

3) Impaling

This ritual largely in practise even today involves piercing oneself with sharp dangerous objects.

4) Baby tossing

This ritual which takes place solely in India has been in practice for the past 700 years, making it one of the oldest dangerous rituals.

5) Finger amputation / Yubitsume

Just another insane cultural ritual banned but still practised