the most bizarre rituals from every Empire in the Mongol Empire tribal alliances were forged through becoming Blood Brothers a grand ceremony was held where each tribal leader made a small cut on their hand before pressing them together in ancient Rome February 15th was the day of lupercalia a famous Festival where men ran through the streets wearing cloth made from sacrificed goats their goal was Finding women and striking them with leather thongs it was believed to ensure fertility and ease the Pains of childbirth the bow people of China hung their coffins high up on Cliff edges
instead of burying them they believed elevating them would bring them closer to the heavens and protect them from evil spirits the Aztecs paraded captives through the streets before sacrificing them on top of pyramid temples they believed that their sun god required a daily supply of human hearts to fight darkness and raise the Sun every day
