Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 16, 2014
December 15, 2014
December 17, 2014
Transcript:
Don't forget your passport! Believe it or not! You can cross the international border between Spain and Portugal on a zip line! Every year, the Quechua people of Macha, Bolivia, hold a 600-year-old festival of violence called the Tinku, where tribe members fight each other, sometimes to the death, as a fertility tribute to mother nature. Camel urine is used in traditional Hindu medicine, and is still sold by the bottle in parts of India.
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Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
¿Pero dónde en España y Portugal? Mas onde em Espanha e Portugal? But where in Spain and Portugal?
timgilley about 10 years ago
Likely the Muslims of India use the camel urine as medicine since Mohammad recommended its use as recorded in the Hadiths and Sunnas.
Leeroy about 10 years ago
Gives yet another meaning to the phrase “I’d walk a mile for a Camel”….
LV1951 about 10 years ago
What in the world do they think camel urine cures?
Bob. about 10 years ago
How do they get the camels to pee into a bottle?
Stephen Gilberg about 10 years ago
Well, the Quechua sure don’t give a darn for modernization.