All around the world different customs are practiced to show love for someone who has passed away. In Indonesia, they amputate a finger to show their love and a sign of grieving. Particularly the Dani tribe, that is located in Papua Indonesia. The town named is Wamena, which is located near the Cyclops Mountains. This has been a custom their for a while. The tribe is located in the Great Baliem Valley, most of the population in the blanks and hill slopes. The bizarre custom has lots of meaning behind it and no certain time that it began. Removing part of your finger seems very bizarre to most people in the world, besides the Dani tribe. “Tribe members have often cut off the top half of one of their fingers upon attending a funeral”(Ikipalin the finger...). When they cut off their fingers, it signifies that they are grieving for a loved one. “There was a cut finger by using sharp instruments like knives, machetes or axes” (Ikipalin the finger...) .Some people cut off the whole finger or just the part where the knuckle ends. The people of the Dani tribe sometimes have almost all ten fingers off. Everyone can decide for themselves, if they want to remove your finger, and too where it would be cut off. Another option is smearing clay or ashes over you face, but cutting your finger …show more content…
off signifies more grieving. Most people in the United States have a funeral when a loved one passes away, but the people of the Dani tribe do not think that is enough.
They believe that cutting your finger shows, and signifies the sorrow and pain towards the death of someone that meant a lot to you. “ This practice is derived from religious belief ”(Cut Finger, Dani). The people there believe that following this custom shows how strong and united your family is.They often say "Węne opakima dapulik welaikarek mekehasik" or basic guidelines to live together in one family”(Cut Finger, Dani...) As painful as cutting off a finger can be, some cut off their ear to represent more pain they felt when they lost their loved
one. The custom to remove your finger for a loved one who passed away stated a very long time ago. There is so specific date to when it started, but mostly the elders practice it now. It is believed that this started when newborns were dying. “ Women were mostly subjected to this gruesome ritual”(Oddity Central). Although the men did take part in it as well. The custom has been recently banned but some still participate in it, now mostly the elders only have fingers missing. “ Older women of the tribe are often seen with snipped fingers – all five of them” (Plaid Zebra). Although this may seem odd to most people, this is a very interesting custom that takes place. The people of the Dani tribe truly show their love, and how much grief they have by participating. When they cut a finger it is resembles the pain they went through when they lost their loved one. The custom is banded, but will always be remembered as something interesting and different the Dani tribe did. The elders of the tribe still have some fingers missing, but most people just show there love in other ways.
The Muckleshoot are a Native American tribe are a part of the Coast Salish people. their territory can be found located in Washington. They are recognized as the Muckleshoot Tribe, they are composed of generations of different tribal groups who inherited Puget Sound areas and occupied river drainages from the rivers confluence in Auburn to their reservations in the Cascades.
First of all, the Pomo tribe was located in North central California. Another example, the Pomo tribe lived in places that depended on the climate not too hot, not too cold. Pomo tribe lived in small communities of different types. One community was said to have 20 chiefs at a time and the head men lived in one main village. Also, the Pomo tribe lived in several types of shelter. Southeastern pomo used the tule reeds that grew in marshy areas around the Clear Lake to build houses. Last of all, the Pomo spoke 7 Hokan languages including Yakaya, Yokaia, Shanel, Kabinpek, and Gallinmero, and 2 more.
The mosh is an awesome place in Downtown Jacksonville; where everyone can learn some interesting facts about our city, how the body works , what animals are in the ocean and etc. I visited the Timucua Indian exhibit; I learned a lot of intriguing information that I didn’t know before. I learned how the Timucua Indians first came about, how the Indians lived and survived during this time period. This exhibit also showed me how the Indians looked and the way they did things. Being able to learn about the Timucua Indians is so fascinating to me.
Tulalip tribe is Indian tribe admitted by federal government, which is located on the Tulalip reservation in the mid-Puget Sound area bordered on the east by Interstate 5 and the city of Marysville. Tulalip tribe is a place where government allow the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skyimish, and other allied bands living in. the Tulalip tribe’s land cover 22,000 acres. The Tulalip tribe has abundant nature resources to supply their people’s normal life such as “marine waters, tidelands, fresh water creeks and lakes, wetlands, forests and developable land” ( who we are). Also, they have their unique language to communicate with their people which is Lushootseed –Coastal Salish. Because the traditional language should be extend, they have one master language
Additionally, the finger in question is his pinky finger, not the middle finger as the occult recipe calls for, and the finger is fractured-- not cut. You can find the email and pictures regarding it here.
In the Great Planes of America there was a tribe of Indians known as the Arapaho Indians. There is little documentation as to when or where they came from but it is known they were in many different places in the Midwest including Oklahoma, Wyoming, Kansas and Colorado. The Arapaho Indians were nomadic people who survived on hunting buffalo and gathering. This tribe was greatly changed when they were introduced to horses. The horses provided them a new way to hunt battle and travel. The horse became the symbol and center of Arapaho nomadic life: people traded for them, raided for them, defined wealth in terms of them and made life easier.
In ancient history the Aztecs and Mayans practiced tongue piercing as part of rituals. Tongue piercing was done because Aztecs thought it was a way to communicate with the gods. The Mayan’s also practiced tongue piercing as a way to demonstrate courage and virility.
Circumcision has been a religious practice in many different cultures, ranging from Africa to the Middle East, and to Asia. While prevalent in both Jewish and Muslim societies, the earliest known documentation of circumcision comes from Egyptian hieroglyphics discovered dating back to 2300 BC. While the reason behind circumcision is currently unknown, many theories exist as to attempt to explain it origins. One theory persists that that circumcision started as a way to release the body from sin, and purifying both the individual and the society, as sexuality was seen as dirty and impure, and the removing of the foreskin would reduce sexual pleasure. In Abrahamic faiths, Jewish and Muslim, circumcision is practiced as a way confirm one 's relationship to God, and is stated in the Torah, as the covenant between God and Abraham, “This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised. " While two of the earliest form of Christianity, Coptic Christian, and Ethiopian Orthodox
...rtain culture or religion believes. These beliefs may be such that removing pleasure from a female’s body is to prevent temptation, or that circumcising a male’s penis is to follow a religious belief as is the case in Judaism. In both of these practices a human part of the body is removed. The person undergoing the circumcision, unfortunately, usually has no voice on this process; it is totally up to their parents to make a decision for them and in the end it is the child who is really affected because he or she may not be “normal” according to where he or she lives. This issue has been an ethical and political target over the years due to the fact of the consequences of a female genital mutilation could bring at giving birth. Some people will argue that both a male’s and female’s circumcision are moral, while others will argue that both are wrong, even mutilating.
Some individuals see cutting as an art and do it to reclaim their bodies for themselves; others do it to show how they have lived a life of their own. Fakir Musafar is part of the S&M community and has corseted his waist down to 19 inches. To put that in perspective the average male waist size is 39 inches. Musafar strongly believes that S&M (sadomasochistic: characterized by or deriving sexual gratification from both sadism and masochism) is the highest form of the body modification movement. Although I can assure that I recognize how everyone wants to be different in their own special way, I personally believe these are very dangerous altercations and do not recommend anyone to do them. There are other ways to show that you have lived without causing such harm to the body. Unlike a tattoo, cutting cannot be removed and this can end in more serious
“I was shaking out of my skin with fear. I sat at Netsent’s head so she couldn’t cry out. The circumciser began to cut with a razor blade. She cut everything: the clitoris, the inner and outer labia. There was so much blood!” This is an excerpt from an article that appeared in Marie Claire in April 2003. The speaker is a girl by the name of Genet Girma, an Ethiopian, describing the conditions under which her sister Netsent was forced to have her genitalia removed. Each year, two million girls undergo the devastating and disfiguring practice of genital cutting (Goodwin 157). Genital cutting, widely known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), is the practice of cutting away parts of the external female genitalia. Although many people may see FGM as barbaric and dangerous, most of those who practice it see FGM as a religious rite and as a deeply rooted cultural practice.
Although, another meaning to that from my point of view is somewhat similar to Grimké’s stand is, the finger could be alluding us to take it as an outstretched arm pointing to paradise. The vivid imagery of the cypress lead to that conclusion I had of the silhouetted finger in the distance, attempting to feel what “paradise” their god(s) has to offer after they find peace from this
Circumcision is a surgical procedure involving the removal of the foreskin. ("Circumcision: Benefits, Procedures and Risks"). Circumcision is an ancient surgical practice that has evolved in many cultures in the world. The practice is most recognizable in Jewish and Islamic culture. For these religions,
Body modification has had a long history (Wohlrab, Stahl, & Kappeler, 2007). These modifications are popular with various cultures all around the world for varying reasons. Although the way the body is modified varies with different geographical locations, many of the modifications have a specific meaning for their own culture. These modifications can often be part of a rite of passage which Arnold Van Gennep defined as when “we move from one status to another within the lifecycle” (Crapo, 6.4). Each culture has its own rites of passages that are handed down from generation to generation with their own significance. Piercings is an example of body modification that is popular in many cultures today and started as an initiation rite in some cultures. It is reported that in Australia as many as o...
There are many cultural differences of body modification in the Eastern world because the Eastern world’s views and ways of self expression are different to those in the Western world.