Weird Celebration

THE WIERDO CELEBRATION

Tinku “Punch Your Neighbor” Festival

Having its origin in pre-Hispanic times whereby the earth Goddess Pachamama demanded blood to ensure a good harvest, the people from the Bolivian village of Tinku took this quite literally and decided to provide her with as much as she needed. The rest is pretty self explanatory.

Antzar Eguna (Goose Day)

Antzar Eguna or “Goose Day” can be traced back nearly 350 years and involves a group of young Spaniards trying to decapitate a dead goose hanging from a rope in the middle of the town’s harbor. Why? That’s been the question on a lot of people’s minds over the last few centuries. So far no satisfactory explanation has been provided.

Inti Raymi

On every June 24, people from Cuzco, Peru celebrate the reenactment of the Incan sun ceremony. Since 1944, hundreds of people have come from all over the world to witness the procession. The lucky man who is chosen to portray the emperor is carried on a golden throne to the ancient fortress of Sacsayhuamán to ask for the sun’s blessings in Classical Quecha; the original language of the Incas. For the Incas, the Sun God Inti was the creator of life so they celebrate his return every year after a long cold winter on the winter solstice.

Bonza Bottler Day

Created by Elaine Fremont in 1985, the Bonza Bottler Day is an Australian holiday celebrated once a month when the number of the month coincides with the number of day such as April 4, May 5, June 6, etc.  The term ’bonza’ is a word used by  Australians to denote that something is great, while ’bottler’ is their slang for ‘something excellent’.  The mascot for this event is a dancing groundhog throwing confetti.

The Feast of Anastenaria

The Anastenaria or the feast of Saint Constantine and Saint Helena is an eight-day dancing celebration that begins on May 21st. Celebrated in Northern Greece and Southern Bulgaria, revelers celebrate with fire walking, dancing and stomping accompanied by live music. As the music gets faster, the participants ‘touched by Saint Constantine’ claim to not feel the flames on their feet. The legend behind this ritual dates back to the Middle Ages when the Church of Saint Constantine accidentally caught fire. As the flames engulfed the church, the icons of the saint and his mother Saint Helena were heard crying inside. The brave churchgoers who rescued the icons came out unharmed and unscathed by the fire. The eight-day festivities are celebrated with all-night services and the sacrifice of a sacred bull, where every village family is given meat and sandals made from the hide.

Up-Helly-Aa

Up-Hell-Aa is a Scottish holiday that descended from a Viking celebration depicting the rebirth of the sun. This fiery holiday is celebrated with a variety of fire festivals that start with a torch procession of hundreds of people dressed in themed costumes and end with the throwing of the fires into a Viking ship replica. This is annually held in the middle of Winter to mark the end of the Yule season


The Day the Music Died

Every February 3rd, the Day the Music Died is celebrated to honor the famous singers who died in an airplane crash; the Big Booper, Richie Valens and Buddy Holly in 1959. These singers were quite famous with the 50’s generations and were mourned by many people.

Hadaka Matsuri

Hadaka Matsuri or the ‘naked man festival’ in Japan is celebrated on the third Saturday of February during one of the coldest nights of the year. Thousands of men all around Japan strip down to loincloths (or less) to test their manhood and bravery in order to secure luck throughout the year. The rituals vary from town to town. For example, in Okayama men purify themselves in water from the Yoshi River, run once on the Saidaji Temple and then try to catch the sacred sticks thrown by the priests to the crowd. The one who catches the sticks is promised a year of happiness.

Straw Bear Day

This English festival is held every January 7th after Plough Monday; another traditional festival to start the English agricultural year. During this time, a man or a boy is completely covered in straw and led to houses in the area to dance in exchange for food, beer or money. Though it was an ancient custom, it was revived in 1980.

La Tomatina

From Buñol, Spain comes the largest food fight ever where about 30,000 people; both local and tourists, fill the main square to hurl locally grown tomatoes at each other on the last Wednesday of August. Tractors bearing red, squishy tomatoes dump them throughout the streets as ammunition for a 90-minutes free-for-all tomato-throwing frenzy. There is no explanation for this tradition though it’s believed to have started between 1944 or 1945 in Buñol. No one is sure, however, whether it was in celebration of the town’s patron Saint Louis Bertrand, as a form of anti-religious protest, or just a capricious impulse after a tomato cart overturned.

INTERNET

Advantages of the Internet

The internet is probably one of the greatest inventions so far. The accessibility of the Internet has opened the world to people by stripping away geographical barriers and sharing information instantaneously.

1). Communication Forum. Faster communication can be obtained through the Internet. Families and friends can keep in touch easily. Platform for products like SKYPE allow for holding a video conference with anyone in the world who also has access.

2). Abundant Information. People can find information on almost any imaginable subject. Tons of resources can be found through the search engine in minutes.

3). Inexhaustible Education. For example, students can gain readily available help for their homework online. People can teach and learn in a worldwide classroom nowadays.

4). Entertainment for Everyone. Most of us love being on our laptop, smart phones and ipads, the internet is the big reason behind us spending so much time on these gadgets.

5). Online Services and E-commerce. The internet provides the services of emails, online banking, online shopping, etc. Free mail service to anyone is easily accessible all around the world. E-commerce enables one in America to buy things in Asia, Africa or other area in the world through some simple clicks of the mouse.

Disadvantages of the Internet

People's crazy love for the Internet may bring much harm to their life. The Internet's drawbacks cannot be overlooked any more as so many teenagers are suffering from Internet Addiction Disorder and so many women has become online shopaholics.

1). Internet Addiction Disorder. Internet over use is detrimental to not only physical fitness but also mental health. Internet use can be divided into 3 stages according to Grohol.

Some people simply get caught in Stage I and never move beyond it. They may need some help to get over it.

2). Web Crime. Hackers can create viruses that can get into your personal computer and ruin valuable data. Users' personal information such as name, address, credit card, bank details and other information can be accessed by culprits when used on the Internet, resulting in big economic loss.

3). Social Alienation. Time spent online flies really fast without consciousness. Once attracted by so many amazing things provided by the Internet, users are trapped by a "net", spending less time with people in real life. Less interaction and face-to-face communication in reality may result in decrease of networking abilities.

Animal With Pouch

Assalam all of you. did you know there is some animal that got pouch besides kangaroo ? lets find out !

Animals that come with built-in pockets.

1. Male Seahorse

Before seahorses breed they go on a multi-day date, during which they hold tails and swim and dance together. When the time is right, the female seahorse uses her ovipositor to squirt eggs into the male seahorse’s ventral “brood pouch.” The male is pregnant for 10 to 25 days until strong contractions allow him to release the fully formed fry. Directly after giving birth, this superdad is ready to onboard another set of eggs.

2. Marsupials

As you already know, marsupials — which include kangaroos, koalas, wombats and possums — have pouches called “marsupiums” for keeping their young protected and nourished. These built-in pockets are marvels of engineering. For example, koalas, who can’t reach into their back-facing marsupiums to clean them, have self-cleaning pouches. Right before the koala gives birth, she secretes an antimicrobial liquid in her pouch to prepare it for the arrival of the vulnerable, gummy-bear-like baby. BTW the pouch is the least weird aspect of marsupial reproduction; most marsupials have double-headed penises and triple vaginas.

3. Echidna

Echidnas (pronounced eh-KID-nehs), also called spiny anteaters, have spines and long, incredibly sensitive snouts. They live exclusively in Australia and New Guinea. Like platypuses, echidnas are monotremes: outside-the-box mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Echidnas have a temporary, “convertible” pouch for carrying their eggs and young. This pouch is formed by abdominal muscles contracting to create a pouch-like holder. When the female echidna lays an egg, she lies on her back, rolls the leathery egg down her stomach, and tucks it into her pouch. After about 10 days the baby hatches. The young echnidna, delightfully named a “puggle,” hangs out in the pouch until it begins to develop its spines, at which point it’s evicted by the mother for being too prickly.

4. Sea Otter

Yup, sea otters have pockets. Folds of loose skin across their chests create a pouch under each forearm to store stuff in. Sea otters often have a favorite rock for cracking open shellfish and clams, and they keep this rock in one of their pockets — typically, according to science, the left pocket. Sea otters also use their pockets to store food gathered on dives. (I know. As if sea otters weren’t already unbearably cute.)

5. Chipmunk

Many animals, including rodents, monkeys and platypuses, have cheek pouches for storing food. But of all Earth’s animals, chipmunks have the largest face pockets. When a chipmunk’s cheek pouches are full, they can reach the size of the whole rest of the chipmunk’s body. Check out this video to see how much a chipmunk can pack — and enjoy some flawless interspecies comedic timing

AUTISM

Remember my topic ASPERGER SYNDROME ? Its actually similar to Autism cases. But it slightly different. you need to understand to identify the difference of Asperger and Autism.

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by social-interaction difficulties, communication challenges and a tendency to engage in repetitive behaviors. However, symptoms and their severity vary widely across these three core areas. Taken together, they may result in relatively mild challenges for someone on the high functioning end of the autism spectrum. For others, symptoms may be more severe, as when repetitive behaviors and lack of spoken language interfere with everyday life.

As illustrated by the graph below, the basic symptoms of autism are often accompanied by other medical conditions and challenges. These, too, can vary widely in severity.

While autism is usually a life-long condition, all children and adults benefit from interventions, or therapies, that can reduce symptoms and increase skills and abilities. Although it is best to begin intervention as soon as possible, the benefits of therapy can continue throughout life

Chrometophobia

Wasn't it weird people scared of MONEY ??
Im quite shock when i found this, cause well nowadays people are materialistic. How can we afraid of money that give us everything.

Chrometophobia (also called Chrematophobia) is the intense fear of money. Both the words, Chrometophobia and Chrematophobia originate from Greek chermato meaning money and phobos meaning deep aversion, dread or fear.

Money is a necessity of life. However, to a person suffering from Chrematophobia, dealing with money is extremely difficult. The phobia naturally affects one’s daily life as shopping or working, traveling on buses and trains etc becomes very difficult. Some phobics are only afraid of the corrupting power of money; still others might fear financial failures or the responsibility money brings. Some cases of fear of money phobia might be related to fear of germs as a result of which the person might be afraid to touch money handled by someone else. Many go to the extent of wearing gloves to avoid getting sick after handling money. In general, Chrometophobia is a rare phobia affecting handful of people around the world.

Chrometophobia

Causes of fear of money 

• Generally speaking people with very little money tend to suffer more from the fear of money. Often, these include beggars who tend to starve themselves on the streets but refuse to ask for money to buy food. Such people also tend to feel anxious about the little money they have which creates thinking patterns that make them think of money as a bad object. 
• As in case of other phobias, the fear of money might also originate from negative experiences, which money often brings. Where there is money there is greed and this concept has been ingrained in us right since our childhood in the form of fairy tales and stories of evil doers who harm good people for money. 
• A child might see its parents fight and squabble over money and might grow up with negative thinking patterns about it. These patterns are hard to change and can lead to permanent Chrometophobia. 
• Finances also bring responsibilities. One has to take care and save money and invest it to make it grow. Bad investments lead to losses that are often devastating. News reports, stories about these can all lead to fear of money. 
• Money often leads to stress and anxiety and could make people feel powerless or out of control. 
• People having pre-existing anxiety disorders could also suffer from the fear of money phobia. Deficiencies, other physical illnesses or hormonal disorders could also lead to Chrematophobia. 

Symptoms of Chrematophobia

• The fear of money could cause varying symptoms based on the extent of one’s fear. 
• The phobic might refuse to deal with money. As a result, everyday activities become difficult for him/her. 
• Constantly counting money is another symptom of Chrematophobia. Those with little money often feel powerless or find themselves without means of taking care of themselves. 
• Many phobics tend to be socially withdrawn and might refuse to participate in family activities. They find it meaningless to buy necessities, or even go for movies, or to restaurants etc. This can affect his/her relationships with family members causing them to feel isolated. 
• Depression is a major side effect of this phobia. The phobic often realizes his irrationality of his thoughts but feels powerless to control them. 
• Sometimes, the mere sight or thought of money might bring on physical symptoms in the phobic including shaking, trembling, sweating, dry mouth, shortness of breath, nausea, the urge to scream, cry or flee. 
• When illness occurs, the Chrometophobic might refuse to see a doctor or dentist, often resulting in negative health consequences. 

As can be seen, Chrematophobia is a debilitating phobia. One might think that with the availability of electronic money transfers, or credit cards etc, such fears can be eased as the person does not have to handle money physically. However, the condition is not only about handling money, but more about dealing with its exchange. The thought of exchanging or giving money away sets off a full blown panic attack in the individual.

Time Management

i just found few good tips
on time management.
 i know all of us got this problem
so i wish we all can cope with it.

Stress Relievers

We all experience stress on a regular basis, though the type and intensity of the stress can vary from minor challenges to major crises. When stress gets to be too intense, chronic, and unmanaged, it can take a toll on our health and well-being. That's why effective stress relievers are essential in restoring inner peace and physical health.

It can be challenging, however, to find stress relievers that fit for every stressful situation.

You may not always be in the mood for meditation when your thoughts are racing, though it is a powerhouse of a stress reliever; you may sometimes face relationship stress that isn't as well-managed by breathing exercises (another highly effective stress reliever) as it might be by learning communication techniques. Guided imagery is fantastic for before bedtime while games are an optimal stress reliever to share with friends.

The following list was designed with versatility in mind. These stress relievers are proven effective and can be used in a variety of situations. You can try them each once and see what you enjoy the most, or make a few favorites part of your daily routine, with some extras to use on an as-needed basis.

Practice Using Guided Imagery

Practicing guided imagery is a fun and simple way to take a break from stress, clarify what you want, and build optimism.

It's a relatively quick pathway to mental peace.

Use Self-Hypnosis

Self-hypnosis provides a simple and relaxing route to changing habits, relaxing your body, altering your thought patterns, and more. Because all of these can be stress relievers, self-hypnosis is well worth the effort.

Use Journaling

Journaling can be used in several different ways, all of which can relieve stress. Because journaling is proven by research to bring several health benefits in addition to stress relief, this stress reliever is highly recommended.

Learn PMR

Progressive muscle relaxation, or PMR, is a technique that allows you to relax all of the muscles in your body, group by group. Beginning sessions take several minutes and allow you to feel physically and emotionally relaxed when done. With practice, you can achieve full-body relaxation within seconds.

Practice Yoga

Yoga incorporates breathing exercises, meditation, and light exercise. One session brings initial stress relief, and continued practice brings greater resilience to stress. It's one of the more potent stress relievers.

Use Breathing

Breathing exercises provide convenient and simple stress relief in that they can be used anytime, anywhere, and they work quickly.

Play Games

Enjoying a good game with a group of friends, or playing something relaxing online can take your mind off of your stressors, and can lead to a more relaxed state. Games are stress relievers that work well because people enjoy them enough to use them regularly.

Get More Laughter In You Life

The physical act of laughing releases tension and brings positive physiological changes. Finding ways to work more laughter into your day can be an effective route to stress relief.

Use Music Therapy

Music can alter your physiology in ways that help you to relieve stress. It's an enjoyable, passive route to stress relief. Formal music therapy sessions can help with a variety of stress-related issues.

Take a Walk

Exercise is a fantastic stress reliever that can work in minutes. Taking a walk allows you to enjoy a change of scenery, which can get you into a different frame of mind, and brings the benefits of exercise as well. Learn about the other benefits of walking as a stress reliever.

Plant a Garden

Getting outside and enjoying the scenery is just one of the ways that gardening can contribute to stress relief. Read about the other stress reliever benefits of planting a garden.

Practice Time Management

Honing your time management skills can allow you to minimize the stressors that you experience, and better manage the ones you can't avoid. When you are able to complete everything on your "to do" list without the stress of rushing or forgetting, your whole life feels easier.

Listen to Music as Needed

Finding a music therapist isn't the only way music can help as a stress reliever. Creating playlists for various moods (a cathartic mix for when you want to process feelings, an upbeat mix for when you need more energy, etc.) can help you to relieve stress passively, enjoyably, and conveniently.

Eat a Balanced Diet

A poor diet can bring greater reactivity toward stress. A healthy diet can bring greater physical and emotional wellness. Find some simple go-to meals and snacks, and feel less stressed in your daily life.

Learn Assertive Communication Skills

Relationships can be great stress relievers. Knowing how to keep your relationships healthy through effective communication is one of the best investments of time and energy for stress relief.

Enjoy Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy has real benefits for stress relief—it can help you to become energized, more relaxed, or more present.

Reduce Caffeine Intake

Consuming caffeine too late in the day can affect sleep quality, which impacts stress levels. Consuming too much caffeine, in general, can make you more emotionally reactive to stress. Learn how much caffeine is too much.

Drink Green Tea

Sitting with a glass of green tea and planning for the day ahead, or reflecting on the day behind (remember: decaf at night!) can provide you with a nice break and a taste of peace. You'll experience the health benefits of green tea as well.

Throw on Some Music and Clean House

This is more fun than it sounds. The music can lift your mood and energize you, the physical activity of cleaning can provide you with additional benefits, and you'll be left with a less cluttered, more soothing environment. It's a triple-threat stress relief strategy!

Watch Aquarium Fish

Even if you're just watching one fish swim around a bowl, taking some time to relax and watch a fish glide around in the water can help you to slow down, focus on something other than your stressors, and relax for a few minutes.

Take a Walk With a Friend

Social support is one of the most effective stress relievers around. Taking time to nurture your relationships when you're stressed can get you into a better place emotionally, and can be good for your friends, too.

Sing Along With Music

Music has the ability to sooth stress in several ways, and belting out a song can not only be an immersive experience but a cathartic one as well. Plus, singing can bring a special feeling of tension release during stressed times. (If you're shy about your singing abilities, you can always sing in the shower or your car.)

Cut Down on Some of Your Commitments

Living a full life is great, but when you're exhausted and overwhelmed, you are probably enjoying everything less than you could be. Sometimes cutting out some of the most stressful or least necessary activities can do wonders for your stress levels.

Use Chocolate to Your Advantage

Large quantities of chocolate can make you feel sick and regretful. But small amounts of the good stuff can give a wonderful flavor and provide an exercise in mindfulness without those downsides. And dark chocolate brings additional benefits as well!

Try Breathing Exercises

These stress relievers are wonderful because you can use them anywhere and the work—quickly!

Draw a Picture

Enjoying your creativity can be a wonderful way to relieve stress, and it's not just an activity for artists. It's been proven that drawing and coloring can effectively relieve stress, so pick up a pencil and doodle.

Dance to Your Favorite Music

If you like singing as a stress reliever, try getting up and dancing!

Musical Instrument

holla!
i mentioned in my first post that im an orchestra member. so today i would like to introduce some kind of instrument that i know. i dont know how to play all of this. i just wanna let you know for who doesnt.


A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates to the beginnings of human culture. Early musical instruments may have been used for ritual, such as a trumpet to signal success on the hunt, or a drum in a religious ceremony. Cultures eventually developed composition and performance of melodies for entertainment. Musical instruments evolved in step with changing applications.

The date and origin of the first device considered a musical instrument is disputed. The oldest object that some scholars refer to as a musical instrument, a simple flute, dates back as far as 67,000 years. Some consensus dates early flutes to about 37,000 years ago. However, most historians believe that determining a specific time of musical instrument invention is impossible due to the subjectivity of the definition and the relative instability of materials used to make them. Many early musical instruments were made from animal skins, bone, wood, and other non-durable materials.

Musical instruments developed independently in many populated regions of the world. However, contact among civilizations caused rapid spread and adaptation of most instruments in places far from their origin. By the Middle Ages, instruments from Mesopotamia were in maritime Southeast Asia, and Europeans played instruments from North Africa. Development in the Americas occurred at a slower pace, but cultures of North, Central, and South America shared musical instruments. By 1400, musical instrument development slowed in many areas and was dominated by the Occident.

Musical instrument classification is a discipline in its own right, and many systems of classification have been used over the years. Instruments can be classified by their effective range, their material composition, their size, etc. However, the most common academic method, Hornbostel-Sachs, uses the means by which they produce sound. The academic study of musical instruments is called organology.

Don't Mess With Melaka

Assalamualaikum all of you. hope we are doing fine together. I would like to tell you some things about my state that i was born in. Everyone familiar with Malacca right ? and almost all of us said that Melacca people kind of harsh, rough and so on. thats pretty true but all we need to know is, Our HEART IS MADE OF GOLD. 
So lets start with the History...

Malacca dubbed "The Historic State", is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca.

The state is bordered by Negeri Sembilan to the north and west and Johor to the south. The exclave of Cape Rachado also borders Negeri Sembilan to the north. Its capital is Malacca City, which is 148 kilometres (92 miles) south east of Malaysia's capital city Kuala Lumpur, 235 kilometres (146 miles) north west of Johor's largest city Johor Bahru, and 95 km (59 miles) north west of Johor's second largest city, Batu Pahat. This historical city centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7 July 2008.

Although it was the location of one of the earliest Malay sultanates, the local monarchy was abolished when the Portuguese conquered it in 1511. The head of state is the Yang di-Pertua Negeri or Governor, rather than a Sultan.

Present-day Malacca in the nation of Malaysia reflects its tumultuous history - a multi-racial population of Malays, Indians, and Chinese call this historic city home. Most notably, Peranakan and Portuguese communities still thrive in Malacca, a reminder of the state's long experience with trading and colonization.

Malacca's founder, the ex-pirate Prince Parameswara, was said to be a descendant of Alexander the Great, but it's more likely that he was a Hindu political refugee from Sumatra.

According to legend, the Prince was resting one day under an Indian gooseberry tree (also known as a melaka). As he watched one of his hunting dogs trying to bring down a mouse deer, it occurred to him that the deer shared a similar plight to his own: alone, exiled in a foreign land and surrounded by enemies. The mouse deer then achieved the improbable and fought off the dog.

Parameswara decided that the place where he was sitting was a propitious one for the disadvantaged to triumph, so decided to build a house on the spot.

Malacca did indeed turn out to be a favorable place to found a town, due to its sheltered harbor, its abundant water supply and its prime location relative to the regional trade and monsoon wind patterns.

Melaka and the Chinese

In 1405 an ambassador of the Chinese Ming Empire, the eunuch admiral Cheng Ho (or Zheng He), sailed into harbour with a huge armada of giant trading ships.

Ho started a mutually beneficial trade partnership, which eventually culminated in Malacca agreeing to become a client kingdom of the Chinese in exchange for protection against the Siamese.

After its adoption of Islam in the 15th century and conversion into a sultanate, the town started to attract traders from the Middle East, swelling the ranks of those already arriving from every seafaring nation in Asia.

Malacca and the Europeans

Soon after, the covetous eyes of the emerging European naval powers fell on the wealthy little nation. The Portuguese, who arrived in 1509, were at first welcomed as trading partners, but then expelled when their designs on the country became apparent.

Miffed at being rebuffed, the Portuguese returned two years later, seized the city and then attempted to turn it into an impregnable fortress, bristling with seventy cannon and equipped with all the latest anti-siege war technologies. These, however, proved insufficient to keep out the Dutch, who starved the city into submission in 1641 after a six month siege, during which the residents were reduced to eating cats, then rats and then finally each other.

When Holland was overrun by the French in the Napoleonic wars, the Dutch Prince of Orange ordered all his overseas possessions to surrender to the British.

After the wars ended the British handed Malacca back to the Dutch, then shortly afterwards managed to regain the city by swapping one of their Sumatran colonies for it. Apart from a brief tenure by the Japanese during WW2, the city stayed in British hands until Malaysia declared independence, here in Malacca, in 1957.

Malacca Today

All these disparate traders and invaders intermarried, resulting in the ethnic and cultural diversity which now make Malacca a UNESCO World Heritage site, such a fascinating place to visit and also, for the non-culturally-curious partners of the many culture vultures who flock to the city, also a delicious one in which to eat.

You get a sense of a quainter age as you meander round the old streets, an age where gentlemen wore white suits and pith helmets and briskly swung rattan walking sticks as they walked to their clubs for a snifter of gin. The rattan canes often swung a little less steadily on the way home, their owners having enjoyed a measure or two more than sobriety allowed – these were, however, easily justified as being essential for the health, due to the gin’s supposedly prophylactic properties