Cicatrization - Hankonbunshin (English spelling)

Japanese: 瘢痕文身 - はんこんぶんしん(英語表記)cicatrization
Cicatrization - Hankonbunshin (English spelling)
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

Japanese:
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。

出典 ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典について 情報

<<:  Khansā' (English spelling)

>>:  Anti-Soul Pill - Hangontan

Recommend

Command and control system

It is abbreviated as C 2. It is a general term for...

Lipofuscin

…Even if nerve cells decrease with age, their fun...

Information CM - Announcement

...This is because commercial broadcasting is run...

Oya

The former name of a town (Oya-cho) in Yabu-gun, ...

Únětice (English spelling)Unetice

…An Early Bronze Age culture whose reference site...

Paspa characters - Pasupamoji

A phonetic script created by the Tibetan monk Pha...

polar orbit

... Based on their shape, satellite orbits are cl...

Radical reaction - Radical reaction

A chemical reaction in which radicals (free radic...

Cathode rays

Also called electron beams, these refer to the fl...

rapid transit

...Train buses have the characteristics of guidew...

Subarctic cultural area

...It has been thought that their livelihood was ...

Ogino theory - Ogino theory

This theory was announced by Ogino Kyusaku (1882-1...

Carrhotus xanthogramma (English name) Carrhotus xanthogramma

…During the breeding season, males perform courts...

Kokichi Tsuburaya

A long-distance runner. Born in Fukushima Prefectu...

Metatungstate - Metatungsten Sanen

A salt of metatungstic acid, one of the polytungst...