Unusual practices around the world

‘Night Hunting’ in Bhutan

Known as Bomena in eastern parts of the Himalayan kingdom, young men looking for love and marriage set out at night for a different kind of hunt. They break into the rooms of eligible spinsters and spend the night there. If caught, they have to marry the girl, or work in her father’s fields as a punishment. 

This tradition is much debated today as women are subjected to rape and an invasion of privacy.