21 Things Only in India Tourists Can't Understand

now before somebody gets married in india they get a thorough shall we say snooping sometimes without even being aware of that there are pre-matrimonial detective agencies in india that provide services of private investigators there are also spit inspectors these people also known as nuisance detectors catch and give fines to those who litter or spit in public one more profession you aren't likely to meet anywhere else is an ear cleaner so the process of removing earwax requires some traditional instruments they don't use q-tips we're so used to their instruments are called the steel needle some cotton and a pincer yikes the ear cleaner rolls some cotton around the needle so it looks like a q-tip and the clients have their ears clean ear cleaners usually can be found somewhere in the city center around monuments or at a local market this profession is rare and exotic in today's india but it used to be quite common in this country your dream may come true and you'll get paid for sliding down a water slide the profession's called water slide tester and these people have to control if the slides are both safe and fun usually these people work in various hotels and spend most of their time in planes traveling from one resort to another there's a village where locals have no locks on doors not a single house there has one even public toilets have no locks or doors only a curtain thank you it might seem somewhat reckless but in fact it's one of the safest places out there the locals lean a wooden stick against the door just to keep the stray dogs out of their houses the only police station opened there only in 2015 and still there are no complaints even the local bank has no luck it's officially the only bank in the world that's never locked when the locals are out of town they don't ask the neighbors to look after their houses and they're not afraid to leave valuables money and jewelry without hiding them vegetarian dishes are quite popular in india between 15 and 30 percent of the whole country's population are vegetarian some people tend to eat fish only and never eat any land animals many large food chains famous for yummy meat dishes even provide a whole new vegetarian menu for india cutlery isn't really required for many traditional indian dishes they say that mouth watering curry tastes even better if eaten with the fingers now i would assume that you'd want to eat the finger separately but hey just thinking out loud here there's also a wide range of crazy traditional dishes but there's one called okay let's just put it on the screen thanks it's made from potatoes which are pretty common for indian food the exotic part is that the potatoes in the dish are actually extra old even more they're rotten and there's a bunch of traditional spices it's just a side dish you'll need to choose the main course samosas are another traditional indian dish made of potatoes they're deep fried and look like dumplings and they're both a side dish and a main course now if you love sugar don't forget to thank india for it it was first extracted and refined there about two thousand five hundred years ago then the chinese picked up the technique and it spread all over the world another thing you should be grateful to india for is shampoo the very first version was made from dried herbs some extracts and water soap berries and soap nuts were widespread in india so this component was a perfect match for the shampoo formula it's probably because of the right shampoos that most indians have absolutely stunning hair and cool hairstyles by the way in india it's possible to cut clients hair with fire it's not that widespread though only one barber is said to do it first they sprinkle the hair with some flammable powder then they light it up and literally set the hair on fire while the hair is burning the stylist creates the right shape with the help of two combs he says the fire helps fix the hair right he also claims to have at least 15 clients each day who come to get this very cut he sure makes it look like it's a singe to do if you like holidays india is the destination for you indians have about a thousand various festivals and events sometimes people even celebrate the first hair cutting or who knows hair burning all of the local celebrations are totally worth seeing holy is the festival of colors and people consider it to mark the beginning of spring it starts at the end of february and finishes in march it involves the famous powder throwing so don't wear that brand new white shirt to the festival diwali is the celebration of lights that last five days people give gifts to each other usually sweets and light thousands of candles and oil lamps no other country in the world has that many celebrations india holds a lot of world records too the largest sundial in the world is located in the town of jaipur it's a tower 90 feet tall it's made of polished stone and looks like an architectural masterpiece the shadow of this sundial moves at about two and a half inches per minute so you can see the time literally moved there another longest thing in india are nails according to the guinness world records the longest fingernails ever belong to an indian man they're almost as long as a london double-decker bus he got them off back in 2018 but before the total length of all his fingernails had reached 358 inches there's also a record for the quantity of movies produced per year in 2018 1813 new movies were filmed in india the quantity is so impressive that if you wanted to watch all the movies made in the country in 2018 and you watched a movie per day you'd still be watching them today in 2021 north sentinel island which is a part of india is probably the world's most remote place since nobody can visit it strangers aren't welcome there the locals are quite introverted and would always reject any contact from outside no ship is allowed to come closer than five nautical miles and special people always patrol the area it's one of the very few places in the world that has no modern civilization recently the island's been open to the researchers but tourists still can't visit it several years ago two frogs got married in one coastal town named udipi it was done to encourage the rainfall it was too hot over 120 degrees fahrenheit both animals had unique outfits for this occasion and the bride even had a tow ring the two frogs were sent off on a honeymoon to manapala and were released there sadly each of these guys had to go their own way a couple of months later because the locals had to stop the downpour that started soon after their wedding somehow there are not four but six seasons overall here according to the north west and central indian calendars indian spring is in march and april next comes summer also known as hot season it starts in may and finishes in june it's also one of the marriage seasons next comes monsoon also known as rainy season it starts after the summer solstice usually in july and lasts throughout august next comes fall which spreads from late september to mid-november after fall they have a pre-winter or simply cool season the real winter or cold season starts in january and goes on until february in fact there are many more other calendars in india but all of them have six seasons with slight differences the statue of unity is actually twice as tall as the statue of liberty reaching 600 feet it was open to the public only about two years ago back in 2018 the statue consists of five parts but only three of them are accessible to visitors the first part starts at the statue base and finishes at the shins this zone has three levels and includes the exhibition area a garden and a museum the second part reaches up the statue's thighs the third one has a viewing spot at a height of 500 feet the fourth part is the maintenance area and visitors can't get there finally the fifth one comprises the shoulders and head in the first 11 days after its opening almost 130 000 tourists came to see this colossal statue that's more than the population of the capital of kansas topeka apparently a whole lot of people showed up topeka at this statue yeah pun intended

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Length: 9min 4sec (544 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 03 2021