Ganna in Ethopia
- Ganna is a brutal game involving a ball and stick
- The ball is made of olive wood or leather and is heavy enough to knock out players
- No size requirements are put on the field length so it could be well into the night before any team scores
KFC in Japan- KFC is the holiday feast eaten by a large population of Japan
- The KFC status is thought to be caused by the 40 year old advertising campaign by the company where they stated fried chicken is the traditional American holiday food
- Colonel Sander statues can be seen outside KFC stores dressed in Santa attire
Spider webs in Ukraine
- Spider webs are used as decorations on trees
- This tradition comes from the old fairy tale of poor families not being able to decorate so they used spider webs as they glisten in the sun as lights and tinsel would
Mattak in Greenland
- Mattak is whale skin with a thin layer of blubber
- Nordic holiday traditions include eating mattak raw, in the shape of small cubes
- Other holiday delicacies include fermented seabird and fresh seal liver
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