The different cultures of the world, sometimes unknown by the more advanced societies, are the cradle of this practice, piercing, as the ritual or sign of belonging to a certain tribe. Very different from the destiny of piercing in our culture:
The Eskimos, even though this is very unknown, are the culture thatoriginally performed the piercings known as “labrets”, which in their world was practiced on the youth who were passing from childhood to responsible adults with qualities and aptitudes with which to hunt alongside the older hunters.Other pioneers of body modification were the Masai tribes, the female population in specific, which deformed their lower lip cavity in order to increase the size of their mouth as well lengthening of the earlobes, applying in them metal discs of great size.
Another tribe with traditions in perforations or piercings is the Mursi who place small discs in the lobes of their ears.
The Potok warriors: carry in their mouths a lip disc and pass a tree leaf through their nasal septum.
The women of New Guinea: pierce their nasal septum with a fish bone, while the men carry fish teeth in their septum.
The Tinglits: The women of this tribe poke holes their bodies as a show of passing from puberty on to maturity in every sense of the word but especially sexually.
The Sioux tribes: made the youth take on a consistent test in perforating their chest with hooks, hanging themselves with ropes tied to a tree until their skin was lacerated. In this way they showed they were ready to become warriors.
The ancient Maya: practiced piercing by perforating the lips, nose and ears with the most expensive jewelry that could be permitted. The Native Cashinawa perforated their noses in order to insert colored feathers which indicated their rank.
