Hearing a hundred times is not as good as seeing once, reading a thousand books is not as good as traveling a thousand miles, traveling a thousand miles is not as good as meeting countless people. India is a country with unique cultures unlike any other. When you set foot here to travel, many tourists are amazed by the unbelievable but completely true things. Did you know that Indian women never use toilet paper after going to the bathroom?
Why do Indian women never use toilet paper?
Different countries have different habits and customs. So when you travel to different places, initially you naturally feel uncomfortable. Many friends who have traveled to India have witnessed this situation, that is, local women never use toilet paper. In fact, the reason for this phenomenon is that India is a country with a very strong religious culture.
But their habits are really difficult to understand, and that is also the most difficult thing to accept for many tourists when traveling to India. The reason is that toilets are very dirty places for Indians, but toilet paper symbolizes purity so in the eyes of Indians, toilet paper is not allowed to be thrown into the toilet.
So how do they clean themselves after using the bathroom? In fact, their solution is to use the left hand to solve the problem, use the hand and then wash it clean. Seeing this, many people who have been to India may regret one thing, that is, they may shake hands when meeting warm-hearted people in India. But this is normal for locals.
However, in India, for some people who are better off, there will be a faucet next to their toilet. This pipe is used to clean after going to the bathroom.
Strange things only in India
+ Hallucination hill
The Magnetic Hill in Ladakh, India is famous for optical illusions that make traffic feel like they are going uphill even though they are actually going downhill.
+ Cows must have identity cards
In West Bengal, cows are required to have identity cards. This measure was enacted to prevent cattle smuggling and protect animals.
+ A village without locked doors
All houses in the village of Shani Shingnapur in the town of Nevasa, Maharashtra, India have no doors or locks. The local people assert that there have been no thefts in the village for many centuries.
In fact, this is considered to be a compulsory tradition that people here respect, even new modern buildings are not equipped with doors or locks.
+ The only floating post office in the world
The only floating post office in the world is located on Dal Lake in Srinagar, India. It was inaugurated in 2011 and is often visited by locals to send mail.
+ The tallest statue in the world
India holds the record for owning the largest statue in the world with a height of 182 meters and is known as the Statue of Unity. This statue symbolizes the leader of the Indian independence movement, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, commonly known as Sardar Patel.
+ The largest film industry in the world
Certainly, everyone thinks that Hollywood is the largest film industry in the world, but you are wrong. That position belongs to Bollywood – the Hindi film industry of India based in Mumbai. In 2012, it surpassed the products produced by Hollywood. The term Bollywood has its roots in the combination of two other famous names, Bombay and Hollywood.
+ Men hold hands in public
In India, it is common to see men holding hands on the street. In some countries, this is considered a sign of the third gender trend, but in India it is a sign of close friendship. However, the romantic relationship between men and women in India is not allowed to be expressed in public.