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What are cultural body modifications

eddiewang25_2 — 2024-02-28 01:04:53 UTC

In its broadest definition it includes skin tattooing, socially acceptable decoration (e.g., common ear piercing in many societies), and religious rites of passage (e.g., circumcision in a number of cultures), as well as the modern primitive movement.

Hymen reconstruction

eddiewang25_2 — 2024-02-28 01:15:40 UTC

Many individuals of Middle Eastern culture feel the neccesity to restore their hymen
This is as, if women who've had sex before marriage were revealed, they would be ostracized by their commmunity.

Examples in the article included a woman who doesn't want to reveal to her husband that she was not a virgin.

Maori tattoos

2024-02-28 01:17:43 UTC

Ta Moko tattoos traditionally represented particular Maori tribes but for those of different heritage/ancestry

the most popular kind of Maori tattoo was the facial tattoo, which was composed of curved shapes and spiral like patterns. Often this tattoo covered the whole face and was a symbol of rank, social status, power and prestige.

Maori tattoo traditionally does not involve the use of needles; rather the Maori used knives and chisels made from shark teeth, sharpened bone or sharp stones. The chisel, also called the uhi, was made from albatross bone although some were said to be made of iron. Knives and chisels were either plain and smooth or serrated, and these were used interchangeably depending on the intended pattern or design in the skin.

Lip plates

eddiewang25_2 — 2024-02-28 01:19:52 UTC

Lip plates are a series of disks that are placed between the lower tooth and lip. These disks increase in size over time and are utilized as symbols of some African cultures.