The Marende: These are scars of beauty, elegance which consist in two or three horizontal lines on the forehead.Р’В Marende term returns to marense (SonrhaР“Р‡ origin of dyers) which is a socio-professional category of moose.The relationship with this social stratum was not evident in explanations of tradition bearers Manga.Р’В But also the reference to marense is very likely.Р’В 2.Р’В The wiifu of Nakombga: these are the scars exlusively reserved for princes which consists of two facial scars from the cheek to the chin one right, one left Р’В 3.Р’В The lemde or scarification chin is in the form of a cross on the chinР’В 4.Р’В The dedendga is a form of scarring that is vertically and horizontally rotate three scars left and right cheeks.Р’В All these scars are made РІР‚вЂ№РІР‚вЂ№by a specialist scarifying. Admittedly scarification allowed to reveal the identity value individual Moaaga.Р’В Thus, one could recognize a noble (Nakombga), a commoner (Talga), a Busanga etc.Il must say that time Naba Oubri a Moaaga scarified was saved from slavery, torture and abuses and thus benefited from protection.Р’В scarification social importance in Moose MangaР’В Scars allowed social classification dividing society into nobles, princes or slaves depending on the type of scars that you wear.Р’В 1. Omo valley tribes like suri, Karo and Mursi ramined the most desired tribe for Photographers, they have long history of body painting, decorative scarring and their bodies with pulverized minerals for millennia, like Red ochre, yellow sulfur, white kaolin, white limestone and grey ashes, contact tribal tour leader fitsum for tribal photography. It is unfortunate that many Africans have also bought into this cultural imperialist propaganda against tribal marks and other marks on the body of an African.Р”В®thnic scars are forms of culture and art that African peoples have developed.Р’В In almost every sixty ethnic groups in Burkina Faso, we find that cultural value appears as an identity card but also a work of art with its meanings and aesthetic values. Deaf / dumb kids etc., were tribal marked for quick identification especially when such need assistance in public. Today, in the Western world many people are also piercing their bodily parts (including tongue, lips, navel, clitoris, penis, breast, eyebrows et al) and inserting it with various rings as a sign of high class culture and they turn around to accuse Africans who mark their body for various valid historical, cultural, medical, religious and aesthetic reasons.

The more rare a type of jewelry was, the more it was prized, being used for trade or even money in some cases. The piercing may be adorned with bone, ivory plugs, bronze or other metal jewelry as well as shells and fish vertebrae.

Taken in Eastern Sudan,close to EthiopiaР”Р„s a matter of fact I take strong exception to the marks on African indigenes as 'Scarification.' It was is the Westerners way of undermining everything African and making it look ugly and an un-civilize practice. Piercing of the lip, ears or nose is a common form of African tribal body art. They are divided to many main branches and every branch have a different marks('Shluh')on their faces.She has also unique black tatoo on her lips. They are nomads with cattles,by origin from countries in Western Africa.

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