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28th September 2020, 02:52 AM | #1 |
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I have seen scarification up close on Nigerian fellow students (a sign of not ever being a slave nor their family).
Interesting to see the tools used. Must be crazy painful though. |
20th September 2021, 11:02 PM | #2 |
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"a sign of not ever being a slave" even more; it showed their "belonging" such as tribe, position and membership to a (secret) society
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27th September 2021, 03:11 PM | #3 |
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...not secret for the Congolese ( wrong word as there are so many tribes in what is called Congo) and or other Africans but secret for the colonial "masters" who in their "superiority" prejudice often either ignored or underestimated these cultures...and hence didn't understand these signs Similar like the green tattoos of the North African women did not mean anything to the French and Spannish but would tell you a lot about the specific woman |
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think of f.i. Skull and Bones... , or less "heavy"some tie-wearing folks in the UK and Eire showing their belonging to Oxbridge, Eton-ic kind of schools which might bring priviliges in the concerned folks future ...Or as you live in Ireland, if your name is tied to a grandparent who had a certain status not only during the Troubles but since the eary 1920-ies...from either side |
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