Photo by Eric Lafforgue (Image found on Google)
Don't start singing "Scar Tissue" yet. Although scars may seem at first like a reminder of something that hurted us in the past, subsaarian tribes have a different view of it.
Through scarification, they mark their own bodies with symbolic drawings cut in the skin, to highlight important deeds in one's life or as body art (much like our tattoos). The process may begin in childhood and continue for life.
If you want to know more about it, check out Eric Lafforgue's amazing photo series.
Through scarification, they mark their own bodies with symbolic drawings cut in the skin, to highlight important deeds in one's life or as body art (much like our tattoos). The process may begin in childhood and continue for life.
If you want to know more about it, check out Eric Lafforgue's amazing photo series.
~Ally
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