'Villain-hitting' – where a shoe-wielding senior beats your foe from your life

Beneath the expansive concrete overpass amid the bustling hub of Causeway Bay, you'll find a bizarre and enduring tradition in Hong Kong – "villain hitting." Here, elderly women perform an elaborate ritual that involves bashing a name written on paper with a shoe, while chanting, to free people from someone causing them grief and encourage fortune and peace in their place.

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Category: Holiday Destinations, Outdoors

Tags: History, China, Traditional medicine, Ghosts, ancient, Shoes, Fire, World's Most Powerful