Shade
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Shade
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_9092
Description
Stretching, in the context of body piercing, is the deliberate expansion of a healed piercing for the purpose of wearing certain types of jewelry. Tribes in various countries in Africa, Eurasia, America and other 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. Many young, western people adopted the practice of stretching ear lobes in order to stand out and look different in society. This seems to give the impression that this is a modern practice, although it is not. The practice of stretching ear lobes, as well as tattooing, scarring, branding, and hairstyles has been found to be as old as recorded human history. Historically, the practice has been used for the purpose of tribal status, to scare enemies in war, and beauty purposes. It has been and still is a common practice for both men and women. For men, it has been used historically to indicate the standing members of a specific tribe. The bigger the stretching, the higher the ranking the male had. For female, it was more for decorative and beauty statements.
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Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is Featured on the home page of the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 a day" group!
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