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Finger Cut tradition Dani When Grieving.

So many ways to show sadness and condolences left family members who died . It took a long time to restore back pain lose . But unlike Dani in Papua , they have a fairly strange traditions . If there is one family member who died , not only by crying , they also cut off his finger .
Cutting finger symbolizes sorrow and pain when losing a loved family member . The phrase is so profound , even to lose a limb . For the people of the central mountains , the family has a very important role . For the people of Baliem Jayawijaya togetherness in a family has its own values .
Not only dani tribe who do so . Overseas, the yakuza gang would cut off one finger members when they fail to carry out the mission .

Why should cut off a finger ?

For Dani , a finger can be interpreted as a symbol of harmony , unity , and strength in man as well as a family . Although the existing naming finger on the human hand just to mention a family representative that the thumb . However, if the observed differences in the shape and length of each finger has a unity and togetherness force to relieve all human workload . Fingers work together to build a force that our hands can function perfectly . Ruasnya only lost one , could result in our hands maximal work . So if one part disappears , then there goes the components together and diminished strength .
Other reason is " Wene opakima dapulik welaikarek mekehasik " or basic guidelines to live together in one family , one clan , one honai ( home ) , one tribe , one ancestor , one language , one history / origin , and so on . Togetherness is important for the community central highlands of Papua . Deep sorrow and hurt the bereaved family members , will be recovered if the wound had healed and the finger does not hurt anymore . Maybe that's why the people of the mountains of Papua cut finger when there is a family who died .
Finger Cut tradition in Papua itself is done with a variety of a lot of ways, ranging from using sharp objects such as knives , axes or machetes . There also are doing it by biting her knuckles to break up , tied with a rope so that the blood flow stops and knuckles be dead , then just do the cutting finger .
In addition to the tradition of cutting a finger , there is a tradition in Papua also performed in the mourning ceremony . The tradition is a tradition of a mud bath . The mud bath is done by members or groups within a certain period . Mud bath means that every person who died has been returned to the wild . Humans originated from the land and back to the ground .
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DatePublished: December 2, 2013 at 17:35