5. A Welsh Ritual Called Mari Lwyd
Where: Wales
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In Southern Wales in the 1800s, this was a very popular ritual that some individuals carried on to this day. The Mari Lwyd tradition features an actual, enormous horse skull adorned with bottle eyes, ribbons, and rosettes.
Mari Lwyd: An Airborne/Facebook Welsh Ritual
So, it’s not precisely a piece of décor that you could buy at Walmart. In the middle of winter, the horse skull is carried around on a stick, and the bearer challenges their neighbors to food and drink. In little Welsh towns, the skull has a great time running wild with its bearer, singing and making crude rhymes.