Indonesia is a country with a wide variety of cultures and tribes. Cultural diversity that comes from every tribe in Indonesia automatically enrich Indonesia.
As with any culture that comes from the Dani, Papua following which can make your skin crawl chilling.
Reporting from Odditycentral, Tuesday (07/02/2014), Dani tribe in Papua has a culture or tradition of cutting a finger.
Culture finger cuts made by women in Dani whenever a family member who died.
Losing someone close to us is very distressing and often provide emotional distress.
Not only experiencing distress, the Dani tribe in Papua inland they also live with the loss of a loved one suffering from physical pain.
The perpetrators of this cruel practice is usually women who have relationships with the relatives of the deceased.
Before the cut, their fingers will be tied with string for 30 minutes or more. After the amputation, the fingertips will be allowed to dry and then burned and soaked with ash.
Another reason of this tradition is to symbolize the suffering and pain experienced when we lose someone. For that reason this one, usually the lead cutting fingers are close family members, such as mother, father, or brother who died.
This practice has been banned by the government in recent years. However, if you visit this rate, it is difficult to find a middle-aged women with a finger that is still incomplete.
Title : Finger Cut tradition Dani, Wamena, West Papua
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