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How they do the tattoos is that they cut into the skin and make designs and they it will scar over and become scar tissue. Then they end up with their inkless tattoos.

Styles, Ruth. "Home." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 18 Feb. 2014. Web. 14 Nov. 2016.

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Delicate swirls of raised flesh to intricate dotted patterns, the scars that decorate the bodies of Ethiopia's tribes are more than just the signs of injury.

They aren't just any scar: They're an elaborate part of local culture and signify everything from beauty to adulthood or even, in some cases, are simply a mark of belonging. But Ethiopian tribes aren't the only ones to embrace scarification. In Uganda, the Karamojong are famous for their elaborate scar patterns, while across Ethiopia's border with Sudan, Nuer men bear scarred foreheads and consider getting them a key part of the transition from boy to man.

Styles, Ruth. "Home." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 18 Feb. 2014. Web. 14 Nov. 2016.

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Foot binding was inspired by a 10-century court dancer named Yao Niang who bound her feet into the shape of a new moon. She entertained Emperor Li Yu by dancing on her toes wearing a six-foot golden lotus festooned with ribbons and precious stones. Altering the shape of a foot, the practice also produced a particular sort of gait that relied on the thigh and buttock muscles for support.

Foreman, Amanda. "Foot Binding." Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian, Feb. 2015. Web. 13 Nov. 2016.

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Foot binding is a cruel practice of mutilating the feet of young girls. Foot Binding starting in China, where it was seen as a sign of wealth and marriage eligibility. From the 10th to 20th centuries foot binding went on and off, deeply ingrained in Chinese society.

Storchlic, Nina. "Foot Binding." The Daily Beast. Newsweek/Daily Beast, 07 Feb. 2014. Web. 13 Nov. 2016.

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The finial size of the disc determines how much the women will be worth when selling of at marriage. The bigger the plate the wealthier the income for the family, to which the family then views her ad beautiful.

Lip-plates." - Mursi Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2016.

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Part of the Mursi and Surma-Suri culture is lip plates for women. When a women becomes engaged to be married, usually around 14 or 15, the gap between her front lip and flesh below is per iced and gradually stretched.

"Lip-plates." - Mursi Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2016.

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Where did this fashion statement begin? The coils represent beauty and wealth, which makes the women attractive to the men in their tribe. The rings also serve the purpose that other tribe men know that these women are off limits to them and are only for men of the Padaung tribe.

"Neck Elongating Still Practiced Within This Indigenous Tribe." Medical Bag. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Nov. 2016.

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Young girls of the Padaung tribe in Southeast Asia have participated in this painful process as a rite of passage into adulthood. Neck coils is estimated to be used back to the 11th century and starts at a very young age when the neck bones are still small and flexible. Although the look is an illusions of types, the neck never actually stretches but instead the collar bone collapses, and as result the upper ribs bare the pressure as well.

Neck Elongating Still Practiced Within This Indigenous Tribe." Medical Bag. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Nov. 2016.