Robert Garcia
Phoenix, Arizona

True. The blood ritual has been around for centuries in the Americas, Europe and Asia. It comes in many forms, but the one you’re asking about is a bonding between friends or even adversaries. It usually entails the cutting of fingers, palms or wrists and pressing them together. Sometimes the ceremony includes  drinking the other person’s blood. With people knowing these days that diseases can spread through blood, the mixing of blood in such ceremonies can have dire consequences.

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