Exotic way to sharpen the teeth of shark Mentawai

Dental grinding has been around for a long time in the Mentawai, Indonesia tribe. The woman with more sharp teeth, the higher her appreciation for beauty and attention of many men.

Following the scary beauty chain in the world, this time we will drop by Indonesia to witness the grisly beauty customs by grinding teeth, of the Mentawai tribe currently living in Siberus Island. This is considered the minority ethnic group "isolated" most from the outside world.

Mentawai people have their own language, their own culture and live like prehistoric people. They put long hair, loincloths and flowers on their hair. People in the tribe lived together in a large house along the river. Common houses are called Uma and use monkey heads to decorate the door. Mentaiwai people conceive that people have a special attachment to nature and forests. Plants and animals have souls.

How to grind Mentawai's teeth.

With a very different way of life, Mentaiwai people also have a very different concept of beauty. Women of the tribe must follow a common beauty standard of grinding teeth. The women with teeth are more and more beautiful and valuable. The man who can marry the girls with the sharpest teeth is highly appreciated.

Women's teeth after grinding.

Banana peels are the only "pain relief" tool they use.

The process of grinding teeth is very rudimentary and dangerous. The worker used a wooden stick as a fulcrum, then directly grinded his teeth with a knife or chisel. If you are not careful, it is easy to stab your mouth. In addition to the concept of beauty, sharp teeth also show the quality of each woman.

The adult man will be tattooed from the neck down to his feet.

Mentaiwai people also practice tattooing to mark the stages of every man's life. The boys will have their first tattoo on their backs when they are 7 years old and continuously added until they get married. The standard for being married is to have tattoos from thighs to legs and complex patterns in the chest and neck.

Mentaiwai people also practice tattooing to mark the stages of every man's life.

As rudimentary as the teeth grinding tools, the Mentawai people used sharp, sharp-edged bark or thorns of forest lemons and citrus scratched directly on the skin to form scars.

The way of tattooing is very painful.

Not only are there different notions of beauty, Mentawai people also have "strange" cultural practices. They only eat fruit when it comes to season and eat meat on special festivals. The tribe's shaman is always the sorcerer, the dancer and also the supreme leader. Not only that, for couples, they cannot have sex in a common house but have to work outside the forest.

Mentawai men.

The way of life like the Mentawai tribe's prehistoric people encountered a lot of opposition from the authorities and humanitarian organizations around the world. However, it is difficult to change a tribe living apart from the current civilized lifestyle.