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9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by justjify(m): 12:37pm On Apr 10, 2015 |
Some people around the world practice body modifications that will put punks to shame. Even though many of these rituals seem extremely painful to us, they carry a strong meaning in some countries. 1. Facial scarification Men of the Dinka tribe in South Sudan scar their faces with three lines across the forehead. It is a sign of courage. This practice marks the transition to manhood. 2. Body scarification Sepik River tribes in Papua, New Guinea practice scarification as part of an initiation ceremony for men. The elders use razor blades to cut the young men in a pattern that looks like the rough skin of an alligator. 3. Wooden Plugs The Apatani tribe resides in the Ziro valley in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Apatani women were amongst the most beautiful. They were so beautiful that they made themselves look unattractive as protection from invaders from other tribes. Apatani women consequently started wearing large wooden plugs in their noses. 4. Lip Elongation The Mursi is a nomadic tribe living in the border between Ethiopia and Sudan. Mursi women are famous for wearing large plates in their lower lips. This practice is a sign of endurance and maturity, and it is therefore admired within the community. 5. “Wodden Ears” The Rikbaktsa live in the Amazon rain forest of Brazil. In this community, the men wear wooden disks in their elongated earlobes. They have their ears pierced during a ritual celebration at the age of 14. This rite marks a young man’s transition into adulthood and eligibility for marriage. 6. “Long necks” The Kayan live in Myanmar. Most Kayan women wear brass coils around their necks. The brass coils are placed around young girls’ necks when they reach five years old. As time passes, each coil is replaced with a longer one. 7. Teeth Sharpening Teeth sharpening is a form of body modification that some South Asian women have undergone. It is practiced by the Bagobo women of Mindanao in the Philippines. 8. Gum Tattooing Fulani women tattoo their lower lip and gum with a pigment of charcoal mixed with shea butter. This event marks puberty. 9. Amputation In Dani, New Papua, finger amputation is a form of mourning. Tribesmen cut off their fingers in order to display their grief at funerals. Fingers are cut by close family members such as the mother, the father, or siblings.
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Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by justjify(m): 12:38pm On Apr 10, 2015 |
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Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by TI1919(m): 12:49pm On Apr 10, 2015 |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by nzeobi(m): 1:00pm On Apr 10, 2015 |
Thank God am from this part of the world oh. Some of them are just too horrible |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by MayflowerB(f): 1:11pm On Apr 10, 2015 |
Holy cow |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by justjify(m): 1:19pm On Apr 10, 2015 |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by MayflowerB(f): 1:22pm On Apr 10, 2015 |
justjify:I would love to see ur lips elongated like dat |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by Mologi(m): 1:23pm On Apr 10, 2015 |
This is bad for their body.... put them inside the.... LAGOON JARE |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by justjify(m): 1:23pm On Apr 10, 2015 |
MayflowerB: Kai! Beautiful babes dont talk like that naw |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by MayflowerB(f): 1:32pm On Apr 10, 2015 |
justjify:Ok which would u love to rock |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by justjify(m): 2:37pm On Apr 10, 2015 |
MayflowerB: Rock wetin? |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by Nobody: 3:51pm On Apr 12, 2015 |
Wow |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by macof(m): 8:25pm On Apr 12, 2015 |
nzeobi: If you were from societies with those culture stick alive, you wouldn't have a problem with it |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by CountDracula(m): 6:19am On May 21, 2015 |
I wud love No. 7 |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by justjify(m): 7:23am On May 21, 2015 |
CountDracula:Who You wan bite |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by CountDracula(m): 7:35am On May 21, 2015 |
justjify:U |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by justjify(m): 7:54am On May 21, 2015 |
CountDracula:Me ke? Guy, mind yourself oh. |
Re: 9 Extreme Body Modifications You Can Blame On Culture by iamodenigbo1(m): 12:49pm On May 21, 2015 |
no 4 scary 1 Like |
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