AFRICA TRIBAL PIERCINGS

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Ear stretching is a modification practiced by and originating from indigenous peoples. Tribes in various countries in Africa, Eurasia, America and other indigenous lands have practiced the ritual of ear stretching for cultural, religious and traditional purposes. This is a ritual that has been practiced by people all over the world from ancient times. Bone, horn, wood, and stone were generally carved for ear stretching, but other organic materials that had the right shape naturally, from shells to teeth and claws, were also used.

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In Africa, a lower lip plate is usually combined with the excision of the two lower front teeth, sometimes all four Increasingly larger discs (usually circular, and made from clay or wood) are inserted into a pierced hole in either the upper or lower lip, or both, there by stretching it. The term labretdenotes all kinds of pierced-lip ornaments, including plates and plugs.