Editing Spanking (section)

==Ritual spanking traditions==
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[[File:Pomlázka.jpg|thumb|180px|An [[Easter whip]] (Czech: ''pomlázka''; Slovak: ''korbáč'')]]

=== Asia ===
On the first day of the lunar Chinese New Year holidays, a week-long 'Spring Festival', the most important festival for Chinese people all over the world, thousands of Chinese visit the Taoist ''Dong Lung Gong'' temple in Tungkang to go through the century-old ritual to get rid of bad luck. Men traditionally receive spankings and women get whipped, with the number of strokes to be administered (always lightly) by the temple staff being decided in either case by the god Wang Ye and by burning incense and tossing two pieces of wood, after which all go home happily, believing their luck will improve.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 January 2004 |title=Ring in the new year with a spanking for luck |work=Independent Online |location=Cape Town |url= https://www.corpun.com/twi00401.htm}}</ref>

=== Europe ===
On [[Easter Monday]], there is a [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] tradition of spanking girls and young ladies with [[Easter whip|woven willow switches]] (Czech: ''pomlázka''; Slovak: ''korbáč'') and dousing them with water.<ref>{{Cite book|author1=Ember, Melvin|title=Encyclopedia of sex and gender: men and women in the world's cultures|author2=Ember, Carol R.|publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum|year=2004|isbn=0-306-47770-X|location=New York|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=oGasFR3USxYC 382]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=Montley, Patricia|title=In Nature's Honor: Myths And Rituals Celebrating The Earth|publisher=Skinner House Books|year=2005|isbn=1-55896-486-X|location=Boston, MA|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=cxzHq4SmCucC 56]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=Knab, Sophie Hodorowicz|title=Polish customs, traditions, and folklore|publisher=Hippocrene|year=1993|isbn=0-7818-0068-4|location=New York}}</ref>

In [[Slovenia]], there is a jocular tradition that anyone who succeeds in climbing to the top of [[Mount Triglav]] receives a spanking or birching.<ref>{{cite news |last=Walters |first=Joanna |date=12 November 2000 |title=Reach for the top and a birching |newspaper=The Observer |location= London |url= https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2000/nov/12/climbingholidays.slovenia.observerescapesection}}</ref>

In [[Poland]] there is a tradition named ''[[Pasowanie]]'', which is celebrated on the 18th birthday. The birthday person receives eighteen smacks with the belt from the guests at the birthday party.<ref>[https://kobieta.onet.pl/dziecko/nastolatki/zabawa/dorota-zawadzka-krytykuje-zwyczaj-bicia-pasem-na-osiemnastce/kdpemec Dorota Zawadzka krytykuje zwyczaj bicia pasem na osiemnastce] - Dziecko. (in Polish). 8 june 2021.</ref>

=== North America ===
''Birthday spanking'' is a tradition within some parts of the United States. Within the tradition an individual (commonly, though not exclusively, a child) upon their birthday receives, typically corresponding to their age, a number of spanks. Characteristically these spankings are playful and are administered in such a fashion so the recipient receives no or only minor discomfort.