Weird Tradition clog female Nose

It may sound scary to say, that there were people who closed / clogged nostrils own. However, this is real and true thing that happens, one of the Indian tribe, have done so in accordance with the provisions of the existing tradition.

One of the many tribes of Indians are a group Apatani. Located on the highland Indian Apatani, Apatani or Tani, who is the tribal group has about 60 thousand members. Often praised, because they are very efficient agriculture, conducted without animals or machines.


They have no written record of its history, and traditions handed down orally, from generation to generation. The unique of this Apatani tribe, which is a tradition to close / block the nostrils for the women, and this is very well known and has been accepted since the days of yore.
 
The tradition of fast fading in the mists of time, clogging the nose of this Apatani traditional, worn by most of the old woman in the tribe. There was once a time when every woman should wear accessories that other strange, but since the mid-20th century, a habit that was slowly dying.

According Apatani, the plug (cover / stopper) nose was born, as a way to protect women of the tribe. Apparently, women Apatani always considered the most beautiful among the tribes of Arunachal, the village they were constantly invaded by neighboring tribes, and the women are then kidnapped.

 
To make themselves unattractive to other tribes, the women began to wear nose Apatani this terrible corked, and tattoo their faces with a horizontal line, from the forehead to the tip of the nose, and five lines on their chin.

However, because the development of the era, and everyone was very modern, Apatani women born since 1970, was no longer willing to continue the tradition of horrible like that again.


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