[Sca-cooks] body piercing

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In a message dated 3/22/02 6:55:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, troy at asan.com
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> >Does anyone know if self body piercing was practiced (for appearance,
> >tradition, custom) in period? And by which cultures? I seem to
> >remember that tatooes were frowned upon by the Church, so likely
> >they would not have liked body piercing either. But maybe there
> >were non-christian peoples that did practice this?
>

There are plenty of African cultures that get pierced lips, noses, ears etc.
Though some of these tribes and societies don't use just simple rings/hoops.
A plate is inserted through the opening to show wealth. The bigger the plate,
well you get the idea.  This is just the one example I remember from reading
National Geographic. I don't know how far back into out period these customs
go, but it's a starting point if anyone wants to research it.

Finn