These are Real! 8 Most Bizarre Religious Traditions Practiced Around The World.

Because women are not allowed to be naked ascetics, Digambaras believe that they cannot reach the level of detachment needed to become liberated. Therefore, a woman must be reborn in a male body to reach liberation. 7. Rolling Over Leftovers of Food Partaken by Brahmins (India) The practice, said to be 400 years old, involves people rolling over plantain leaves containing leftovers of meals consumed by Brahmins in the belief that all troubles and ailments will be cured. The Karnataka government informed the High Court that it has decided to modify the controversial practice at the Kukke Subramanya temple. From now on, food not tasted or eaten by anybody will be placed on plantain leaves in the outer yard of the sanctuary. 8. Practicing Group Sex and Masturbation A secret group in the Seattle area practices Pagan rituals to appease the spirits of fertility and fruitfulness through sex rites that were practiced in the ancient Middle East over 1,500 years ago. The spirits cannot enjoy orgasmic sensation within their own non-corporeal bodies, but they can feel the ecstasy of human pleasure through these rites. The practitioners have heterosexual and homosexual sex at the same time and in the same room, with the goal of achieving climax all together so that society retains the spirit relationship and is blessed. The spirits can also be appeased through masturbation with no intercourse.