A type of body modification, a custom in which the surface of the body is artificially damaged for religious, decorative, or status-symbolizing purposes. The San people of Africa inflict scars on the area between the eyebrows and shoulders during their coming-of-age ceremonies, which are both decorative and symbolic of the person's joining the ranks of a full-fledged adult, and also have a magical meaning in anticipation of hunting. This custom is also common among the Australian aborigines and peoples of Africa, New Guinea, and Melanesia. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
身体変工の一つで,信仰的,装飾的あるいは地位を象徴する目的から,身体の表面を人為的に傷つける習俗。アフリカのサン族は成年式の儀礼に眉間や両肩の間に瘢痕を施すが,それは,一人前のおとなの仲間入りを象徴する印としての装飾法であるとともに,狩猟を期待する呪的意味をもっている。オーストラリア先住民や,アフリカ,ニューギニア,メラネシアの諸民族にも多くみられる。
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