The 5 Most Weird Tribal BodyMods

The 5 Most Weird Tribal BodyMods 

Long Before Tattoos and body piercing became all the rage,many ancient had practiced body modification for thousand years.However,these practices usually had religious or social significance instead of simply being a fashion statement.

1.Scarifacation

       scarification is done by cutting or branding the flesh to make raised scars permanent.In some cultures,scarification is done by women as they reach maturity to show that they are capable of handling the pain of childbirth.In others,this bodymods shows social status and tribal identity

2.Lip Plate

Some amazoinian tribe associate lip palte with singing and public speaking skills,while in Africa many tribe wear lip pate as symbol of strength.For the women of the Mursi,an Ethnic group that lives in southwestern Ethiopia,lip Plate mark the start of their womanhood.They usually wear a lip plate in their lower lip in their husband’s precense or in public.

3.Wooden Ear Discs

            Diamond earring were not good enough for the Rikbaktsa people of the amazon rainforest in Brazil.When boy of hunting tribe reached the age of 14,they had to undergo an ear piercing ritual and show their hunting skills as part of the ceremony After wards,they wore wooden discs as a symbol of their status as hunters

4.Nose Plugs

            The Apatani are tribe dwelling in the ziro Valley.Arunacahal,India.Like many traditional tribes around the world, The Apatani adorn their body with tattoos,but they are most famous for the nose plugs worn by female elders.Apatani Women were considered the  most beautiful among the Arunacahal tribes.

5.Teeth Filing

Many tribe practicing teeth filing including the Balinese and the Mentawai tribe in Indonesia.Mostly teeth filing was done for religious beliefs.For examples,the Balinese tribe used to believe that teeth represented anger,jealously,and other negative feeling,and tooth filing would get rid of these emotion.