German island to end ritual of spanking women with cow horn – DW – 12/02/2024
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A centuries-old tradition in Germany's Borkum in which young men hit women on the buttocks with a cow horn during the Klaasohm festival will be discontinued.
  • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    16 days ago

    That article was even weirder and creepier than I expected. By a lot.

    Also some interesting bits from a different Austrian tradition:

    The Krampuses are now encouraged to only symbolically brush festival-goers, and not actually whip them.