People who are fond of alcohol always find an excuse to drink it. Be it happiness or sorrow, they try to create an atmosphere of alcohol. Everyone knows that drinking alcohol is injurious to health, but despite this people consume alcohol. Everyone consumes it in their style. But did you know that there are many unique laws or practices related to alcohol consumption in foreign countries that have to be followed? Here we are going to tell you about such strange and poor customs related to alcohol around the world, knowing that you will also be surprised. Let's know about them...
El Salvador: There will be firing for drunk driving
Drunk driving can be fatal for anyone. For this, every country has made strict laws, but in El Salvador such a law has been made on drunk driving, knowing about which you will be surprised. Drunk driving here is inviting death. If you are found drunk driving here, you could face a firing squad. This country has probably made some very strict laws related to drinking alcohol.
Hungary: It is forbidden to say cheers after hitting a jam
People all over the world bump the scales against each other before drinking alcohol. However, doing so in the European country of Hungary is considered very bad. It is said that after the murder of some Hungarian revolutionaries in 1849, Austrian military officers clattered the glasses. Since then, the people of Hungary are away from this custom and feel very bad about doing so.
Canada: Bartenders cannot make flavors
The bartender makes the drink of the people's choice in the bar, but in Canada, they cannot make different flavored liquors. Here the bartender can make flavored drinks only at the behest of the customer who comes to the bar. Because of this law, it has become difficult for bartenders to get a job.
Korea: Don't make your drinks
It is considered a very bad form to pour your drink in Korea. It is customary here to always pour wine into glasses for others and make sure to refill their measure as soon as it is empty. If someone gives you a drink, you have to receive it with both hands. While serving, hold the glass with both hands. In Korea, younger people always serve older people, regardless of the rank or position of the younger ones.
France: You have to keep your alcohol testing machine
Alcohol testing machines are seen near the police officers. But if you're thinking of driving in France, you must have an alcohol testing machine. If you do not have an alcohol testing machine while driving, you can be punished.
Netherlands: shot without hands
A very strange custom is associated with drinking alcohol in the Netherlands. This ritual is called kop-sto-che. Under this, the bartender serves genever (a type of Dutch gin) in a tulip-shaped shot glass while a separate beer is served next to it. The drinkers then take their hands back and try to drink the genever with their lips. Next, they take a sip of beer.
Bolivia: Married women can drink a glass of wine in public
A strange law related to alcohol has been made in Bolivia. Here a married woman can drink only one glass of wine in a bar or restaurant. No one can molest a woman in the country, that's why such a law has been made here.
Ukraine: Drink in the shoe of the bride
In Ukraine, there is a ritual of stealing the shoe of the bride. It is different in India that here the shoes of the groom are stolen and in return for returning a huge amount is collected from the groom. In Ukraine, a man who steals a bride's shoe can ask other wedding guests to drink wine in the same shoe. In Australia too, people drink alcohol in their shoes during celebrations. This custom is called do a shoe. In this, alcohol is poured into the shoes and drunk, after which the shoes are worn back.
