47 Completely Normal Things In Some Countries That Shock Foreigners

Chasing a block of cheese down a hill.

That jerk ruined it. We still do use it by the way. Just not out of the country or temple.

"Perchten" or krampus runs are really funny and sometimes scary.

South Africans call Traffic Lights "Robots"

This is posted to r/UrbanHell every week. In Dubai we won't even blink since this style of house is very common, most communities built in the last 20 years have identical houses. I do agree tho its ugly.

These guys running around Kraków for some reason. Allegedly its origins are people dressing up as Tatars once.

Gotta burn once a year, people.

Lord Buckethead during the 2017 UK general election declaration in Maidenhead.
Lord Buckethead is a novelty candidate who has stood in four British general elections since 1987, portrayed by several individuals. He poses as an intergalactic villain resembling the Star Wars character Darth Vader.

The name means “you fish on your side, I fish on my side, and no one fishes in the middle”.

In the Netherlands we celebrate King's Day ‘koningsdag’ and then everyone wears orange and there is orange everywhere.

It’s only specific to some regions but where I grew up people dressed like that would go around on fasnacht and ‘kidnap’ the kids in attendance, put them in a barrel/wagon and drive them along the street with them. I imagine seeing parents laughing as they watch their kids be carried away by creepily dressed masked strangers is probably quite odd for people unfamiliar with the practice (the witches only very rarely eat the kids tho so it’s all fine).

JaiBaba108: It and symbols like it have been used by cultures all over the world for millennia. For tons of them it’s used as a solar symbol, maybe to call upon the blessings of the sun god (Surya for the Hindus). For Jains it’s represents one of their “Tirthankars” or fully enlightened masters that belonged to the Solar dynasty of kings before he renounced the world.

Capirotes, during Holy Week

This is the oath to the flag that Argentinians take in elementary school. I always think that if someone from another country saw it, they wouldn't understand it.

Moro Islamic Liberation Front, an Islamic armed group in the south of the Philippines.

A traditional Balkan custom known as Zadušnice (All Souls' Day)

Its not THAT weird I guess. Quebec Winter Carnival

I'm guessing some people may take it as a black face but this rapper (2nd from left) is from Silesia, a full of coal region and it's a reference to miners covered in coal dust.

Oil wrestling...

It’s the dance of the devils. It’s a traditional Afro-Mexican, syncretic ritual originating in the Costa Chica region. Symbolizes the taking of the souls of the defeated Moors. Those unfamiliar with it might mistake it for something satanic.