Sunday, 17 August 2014

African body scarification

If in my previous entry, I shared with you guys about tattooing among Maori people, here in this entry, I'm going to let you discover about African scarification. Africans are dark-skinned people, so applying tattoos is not an effective way to decorate their dark-pigmented skin. Hence, they choose another way of beautifying their body- scarification. It is also a symbol of strength, fortitude and courage among both men and women.

Various patterns of body scarifications symbolize strength and courage
Courtesy of Google Image




Scarification involves the process of puncturing or cutting patterns and motifs into the skin epidermis. Different tools are used to produce different types of scars ( cutting, like seriously?). To make the scars more prominent and embellished, ash or other organic saps might be added to a wound. Of course, the whole procedure is very slow and painful. Beautiful and complex designs depend not only on the artist's skills, but also on the person's tolerance to pain. Arghh...imagine having your hand cut with sharp objects. The pain would be unbearable!

Ethiopia Omo Valley Surma tribe doing the scarification
Credit to Google

The first scars a young woman receives are those on her abdomen, as it shows the role of childbearing. As she gets older, designs will be added on her skin and this continues through adulthood. "The main reason for my scars is to attract a male that will give me joy, because I will be beautiful and hopefully get a husband," says one girl from Karo tribe in Africa, when asked in an interview.

Seriously, honestly, If I were that girl, I'd rather not get married than being cut on skin to look beautiful.


Complex designs symbolize higher tolerance to pain
Photo by www.ezakwantu.com



Here I include a video on African scarification:





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