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There is a city in Belgium that used to have a tradition of throwing cats from towers.

There is a city in Belgium that used to have a tradition of throwing cats from towers.

And the city we're talking about is called Ypres.

It's a small town in Belgium that used to battlefield in

During World War I and a former Belgian city.

In the past, here used to have beliefs that became an inherited tradition.

And that's throwing cats off the tower, but why?

And now there is still a tradition? This clip has an answer.

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... Read moreเมืองอีเปอร์ไม่ได้มีแค่ประวัติศาสตร์ที่น่าสนใจเกี่ยวกับสงครามโลกครั้งที่ 1 เท่านั้น แต่ยังมีประเพณีท้องถิ่นที่เกี่ยวข้องกับแมวที่ชวนให้คิดตาม ในยุคกลางประเพณีโยนแมวลงจากหอคอยเกิดจากความเชื่อที่ว่าแมวสามารถจับหนูได้ดี ซึ่งหนูในโกดังเก็บผ้ามีจำนวนมาก แม้จะเป็นวิธีที่ดูโหดร้ายในปัจจุบัน แต่นี่เป็นสัญลักษณ์ของการขจัดสิ่งไม่ดีออกไปจากเมือง ประเพณีนี้ย้อนกลับไปสู่ปี ค.ศ. 1817 แต่ในยุคหลังสงครามโลกครั้งที่ 1 เมื่อเมืองนี้ถูกทำลายเกือบทั้งหมด ประเพณีดังกล่าวได้เปลี่ยนแปลงมาแทนที่ด้วยการโยนตุ๊กตาแมวแทน เพื่อระลึกถึงประวัติศาสตร์และขนบธรรมเนียมเดิมอย่างสงบและอ่อนโยนมากขึ้น ถ้าคุณไปเที่ยวเมืองอีเปอร์ จะพบกับพิพิธภัณฑ์ In Flanders Fields ที่เล่าเรื่องราวสงครามโลกครั้งที่ 1 อย่างละเอียด รวมถึงประเพณีแปลกนี้ที่สะท้อนให้เห็นถึงวิถีชีวิตและความเชื่อของชาวเมืองในอดีต ประเพณีนี้แม้อาจฟังดูโหดร้าย และชวนให้ตั้งคำถามกับวิถีชีวิตในอดีต แต่ก็เป็นหนึ่งในเรื่องราวที่ทำให้ประวัติศาสตร์และวัฒนธรรมของอีเปอร์น่าจดจำ และถ่ายทอดมาถึงยุคปัจจุบันในรูปแบบที่เคารพชีวิตสัตว์มากขึ้น ซึ่งนับเป็นตัวอย่างของการปรับตัวของวัฒนธรรมตามสภาพสังคมและยุคสมัย

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