Piercing

Piercing is the act of cutting or puncturing part of the human body. Body piercing is a form of body modification. Usually, this is done after 3-4 months a baby is born, usually for females. It is done for jewelry reasons, at least in our culture. Archaeologists have found mummy remains with pierced ears implementing that even back then they would pierce the ear for jewelry, “ample evidence exists to document that it has been practiced in various forms since ancient times throughout the world” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_piercing). Although once individuals started piercing other places than the ear, it was influenced through tribal piercings. “Some people pierce for religious or spiritual reasons, while others pierce for self-expression, for aesthetic value, for sexual pleasure, to conform to their culture or to rebel against it.” And this attitude is what has run the drive for piercing in the nose, nipples, and other body regions (even genitalia).

In some native American tribes piercing was used in certain tribal rituals “the Crow ceremony, men who wished to obtain visions were pierced in the shoulders or chest by men who had undergone the ceremony in the past and then suspended by these piercings from poles in or outside of the Sun Dance Lodge.
“ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_piercing#Reasons_for_piercing). It is the western culture that mainly uses the ritual or act of piercing as show, or to basically change their appearance. Or else in majority of tribes of southeast Asia and such treat piercings as sings of maturation, or acts for the gods and such. It is amazing how a simple thing as a hole through the bodies flesh can mean so many things to so many different individuals.