Unique Tribal body modification.

Sharpen teeth, extending ears, lips Plate, Bracelet giraffe's neck and nose Patch is beauty for their tribe. That's why this body modification is mostly done by women than men. But whatever the mode of body modification today, all that has been done before by tribes around the world, often for hundreds of years.

Some Unique Body Modification tribes in the World include :

Mursi tribe.

Mursi tribe or Murzu are nomadic cattle herders in Ethiopia near the border with Sudan, one of the areas of the country's most isolated. Mursi tribe population is currently estimated at 6,000 to 10,000. Mursi tribe women wearing plate that is applied on the lower lip of his mouth.

Use of this plate is a sign for endurance, maturity and beauty among women Mursi tribe. The bigger and beautiful plate tucked into the lip, then the woman the higher the stamina, the richer and more beautiful. How they eat with lips like that? What is clear at this rate may not be familiar with kissing lips.

Rikbaktsa tribe.

Rikbaktsa are ethnic groups that live in the rain forests of the Brazilian Amazon region of Mato Grosso. They are also sometimes called Orelhas de Pau (Ear wood) because of the habit of the tribal men wearing pieces of wood in their ears to lengthen. Youth youth responsibility will Rikbaktsa their ears pierced during the ritual celebration at the age of 14 or 15 years old when they were able to hunt large animals and know about traditional ceremonies.

This ritual marks the transition into a mature young man and eligibility for marriage by renaming them as a child into the new adult names. Rikbaktsa tribe currently has only 909 members and rituals are not followed further extension ears among young men.

Dayak.

Tradition elongate ear in the other mode is also done by the Dayak tribe. And are still doing so up to now is Dayak Kenyah, Bahau and Kayan in East Kalimantan. Among the Dayak Kenyah, both men and women have deliberately stretched earlobes, but the length between men and women are different. Men should not lengthen his ears to exceed his shoulder, while women are allowed to grow it up to your chest.

Earlobe piercing process itself began in childhood, ie since the age of one year. Then every year they add a piece of silver earrings or earring. Earrings or earring silver used was different, style earrings Different shows the difference in status and gender. Such as the nobility has its own style of earrings should not be used by ordinary people.

Meanwhile, according to Dayak Kenyah, elongation ears among the Dayak traditionally serves as a marker of their human identity. The 21st century has been little Dayak people who still have long ears, and even then most of the elderly over the age of 60 years.

Apatani tribe.

Arunachal Pradesh, one of the Seven Sisters, in northeast India which is a remote area but culturally rich tribal culture. Tradition tradition there are still inherent in everyday life today. One of the most interesting parts is the Apatani. Apatani tribes living in Ziro valley in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.

Apatani tribal women are considered the most beautiful women in the tribe of Arunachal. Until so beautiful, so they have to make themselves look unattractive as protection from other tribes who fight them. Therefore, Apatani women wear large wooden plugs in their nose, but this tradition is no longer done by their younger generation. Currently apatani tribe numbered about 26,000.

Kayan tribe.

Kayan tribe is a Tibetan-Burman ethnic minority in Myanmar and famous for its brass coils are tribal women wear around their necks, they extend to unusual proportions. Due to a conflict with the military regime, many Kayan tribe left Myanmar in the late 1980s and early 1990s and moved to Thailand, where long neck Kayan women has become a tourist attraction.

Coils / Bracelet brass placed around the neck of the girls when they are about five years old. Each coil is then replaced with longer ones. The neck was not extended, but more because of the heavy brass coils push the collarbone down and pressing ribs. Once applied on the neck, the coil will not be released unless it comes time to replace it with a longer

When asked about the purpose or benefit of body modification like that, the answer Kayan women will refer to the grounds of cultural identity and beauty. Anthropologists have long speculated on the exact purpose of this brass coils. And they came the theories regarding the purpose of the use of traditional brass coil is:

- To make it more attractive
- So as not to draw
- In order to prevent the tiger to pounce
- In order to symbolize the dragon (an important figure of folklore Kayan).
In recent years, young women have started unloading a roll.

Bagobo tribe.

Sharpen the teeth is a modified form of the body that are painful where women from several ethnic groups in South Asia have been doing it for years. Things like this are considered most important when considered as a beauty. The women Bagobo tribe in Mindanao, the easternmost island of the Philippines, had to spend a lot of time to sharpen his teeth by means of carved bamboo and wood.

Mentawai tribe.

Mentawai tribes are the original inhabitants of the Mentawai Islands. As Nias tribe and tribe Enggano, they are supporters of Proto-Malay culture that settled in the archipelago west. Mentawai residents residential area, in addition to the Mentawai Islands also in North Pagai and South Pagai. This tribe is known as gatherers and when it was first studied are not familiar with farming. Typical tradition is the use of tattoos all over his body, which is linked to its role and social status. The main clothes for men is a loincloth and they are decorated with necklaces and flowers in their hair and ears.

Women wear the same thing except they wore a piece of cloth wrapped around the waist. Woman wearing a little vest and sharpen their teeth with a chisel for aesthetic reasons that make teeth look like a shark. Tattoos done with needles and banged wooden needles. Men hunting wild boar, deer and primates. Women and children collect wild yam and other food from the forest. Small animals hunted by women. Mentawai tribe raise pigs, dogs, monkeys and sometimes chickens as pets. Thank you for reading this article.
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DatePublished: August 7, 2015 at 13:52

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