THE FIVE ECCENTRIC PLACES

In Italy, there’s a place holding a law that the natives should remain happy and delighted. Likewise, there’s a country where failing to remember the birthday of the wife is considered a crime, also a country issuing their coins embedded with the picture of a cartoon character, Mickey Mouse. Can you believe that all these absurd occurrences happen in our world? Even if, our world holds 195 countries it carries millions of cultures and mannerisms. And, this article deals with such five eccentric places 1. Chewing gum banned country 2. The nation with the most official languages 3. Corpulent nation 4. Cartoon characters in coins 5. The land of Dracula

1. Chewing gum banned country

Singapore is always considered the cleanest and safest place in Asia and it has been ranked 5^th position on the cleanliness basis by World Health Organization. As a part of this venture in 1992, the Singapore Government banned the vending and use of chewing gums as it make the public pathways and vehicles shabbier. Later, Singapore took up some relaxation based on it as it became needed for medical purposes and the emigrants were also allowed to keep it in small amounts. Still, trading is forbidden and huge fines are imposed if someone is caught spitting gums inroads.

2. The nation with the most official languages

Normally, every nation may have one or two official languages but Zimbabwe has the most official languages with 16. Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sign language, Sotho, Tongo, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa are their official languages. On 9 May 2013, the new constitution of Zimbabwe approved their legitimation. Economic interests, cultural connections, integration of various groups of people are the reasons for the adoption of more than two official languages.

3. Corpulent Nation

The island nation situated in South Pacific called Nauru is known for its corpulent natives. Although Nauru is the world’s smallest island nation, the dwellers are of larger sizes. According to the report published by the Food and Agriculture Organization under United Nations in 2013 claimed that the 71.3% of the total population in Nauru is heavy and fleshy. If the body mass index(BMI) of a person is more than 30, he’s contracted with obesity. But, Nauruans admire obesity as a sign of wealth. Due to the lack of physical exercise, awareness about health and relevant education are the factors behind their misconception about obesity. It’s also surprising that Nauru holds this rank by subjugating the overall dominant nation, the United States of America.

4. Cartoon characters in coins

Niue is a small island nation in South Africa holding around 1200 people. Although the nation is not renowned, their coins have attracted worldwide attention. All other nations imprint their admired national leaders and renowned personalities in their coins whereas the coins in Niue are embedded with the pictures of cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse, Pokemon, Disney princesses. In 2014, the country even issued special ‘Cartoon coins' covered in 7.1 grams of gold.

5. The land of Dracula

The character of Dracula in horror films and stories always made us spooked and you may have noticed the haunted castles filmed in the flicks. These castles are known as ‘Bran Castle’ and ‘Hunyad Castle’ proudly sit in the Transylvania region of Romania. These castles now stand as the main attractions of adventurous tourists. This Dracula story and castle became eminent through the novel of an Irish writer, Bram Stoker. During the 15^th century, there was a ferocious ruler Vlad lll, who overpowered regions in Romania and he even consumed human blood and thus assumed the terrific contour of Dracula.