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Essay On Body Adornment

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Introduction: In this essay I will be discussing body adornment. An adornment in general means adding an accessory or an ornament to enhance ones beauty or the wearer’s status. A body adornment can either be permanent such as tattoos and scarification or non-permanent such as piercings but it will always leave a scar. I will be looking in to the more permanent side of body adornment such as scarification. The symbolic, communicative and aesthetic role of dress and adornment • Traditional Scarification – symbolic meaning: In southern Sudan there were a group of people called the “Dinka people”, these people believed that scarring one’s body isn’t the only way to find your place in society but it’s a full blown rite of passage. Both boys and girls perform Scarification. Scarring patterns tell a very personal story of bravery as it is a method of extreme pain but it also tells you where specific …show more content…

Today I feel like most tattoos and scarification doesn’t come with a meaning anymore. I feel like it’s more of a fashion statement, also trying to show people how brave you actually are to sit and do that procedure, just because you want to. I know of people who have done this procedure and also people who practice this procedure. It’s like it’s a thrill, a rush. The feeling is addictive and normally people will always go back for more. • Communicative meaning: I would say that these people all belong to a subculture and as rare as Scarification may be, it will always attract the people who want to get it and the people that already have it. I also think tattoos and scarification are linked in a way, because they’re both an image or writing etched in to your skin and they will always be there to remind you what you were going through at that specific moment in your life. People also like to see it as a way of decorating their body and adding some

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