African Body Modification (aka Beauty)

Posted on Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 7:35 am

A report for my World Geography class about Body Modification in Africa. Ritual Scarification, Body Piercing, Ear and Lip Stretching, Teeth Filing, cranial deformity, female genital mutilation.

I was up until 4 am few nights in a row reasearching and editing, and very tired. So happy it is done. Please forgive some of the words I have mutilated in this video. Very tired and didn’t want to remake it.

Duration : 0:9:59


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25 Responses to “African Body Modification (aka Beauty)”

  1. Koolkat9941 says:

    very interesting. …
    very interesting. very different from our culture but still very cool.

  2. ieatcheesewithglass says:

    fuckin, ‘A star’ …
    fuckin, ‘A star’ report there, i was well engrossed in that, nice work!

  3. NomsaRa says:

    europe has more …
    europe has more jungles than africa

  4. vmkoz says:

    they must get bored …
    they must get bored in the jungle

  5. analisa420 says:

    It’s not …
    It’s not necessarily messed up….it’s just part of a culture we know absolutely nothing about.

  6. wickedqueenamanda says:

    This is messed up, …
    This is messed up, but I can’t look away. I was especially mesmerized by the old lady with the floppy lip & the eggheads…

  7. piqwry71 says:

    Body modification …
    Body modification should be a choice

  8. Devastatoras says:

    Yaks… I am so …
    Yaks… I am so glad to be born hellenic. We never had anything altered in our body since ancient times.

    There must be some DNA thing, african people always tend to change their image even when they live in white societies!

  9. caspertrick says:

    The teeth filing …
    The teeth filing part made me squirm lol

  10. JizzNiblets says:

    You didnt have …
    You didnt have anything on ear stretching. :/

  11. Moniqtee says:

    HELLO! YES THEY ARE …
    HELLO! YES THEY ARE! INSANITY!

  12. ecilaniltiac says:

    This video is …
    This video is beautifully done.
    Thank you. (:

  13. dylanallendexter says:

    My stomach is …
    My stomach is really uneasy after watching that but it was an amazing project :)

  14. chris323 says:

    fuck this im …
    this im glad i wasnt born overthere

  15. dissected133 says:

    this is a very …
    this is a very awesome project.

  16. Sambucca says:

    These cultures are …
    These cultures are seriously f*cked up.

  17. junkinthetrunkk says:

    There are some …
    There are some reasons why I don’t feel like circumcisions are cruel and barbaric, But I will not get into that here :)
    ~Amber

  18. junkinthetrunkk says:

    Thank you.. I got a …
    Thank you.. I got a good grade for it too :P

  19. junkinthetrunkk says:

    Big BABY :P
    Big BABY :P

  20. msixpackabs says:

    I couldn’t watch it …
    I couldn’t watch it Amber.
    I am sorry!

  21. TheStarvingSoprano says:

    Hi Amber – this is …
    Hi Amber – this is such a good project – I hope you are proud of yourself. I watched last night and couldn’t comment, so waited to comment this morning.

  22. PalmOliveSoap says:

    super cool video …
    super cool video art you have put together here hunny

  23. weightywonderwoman says:

    Wow, I learnt a lot …
    Wow, I learnt a lot!!! Thanks for the insight Amber!!

  24. oceanjessika says:

    gross! good project …
    gross! good project though

  25. PortugueseChewy says:

    OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! …
    OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!