Crocodile Men : A Show Of Strenght And Courage : The Ritual
Today's write-up will be centered on the Chambri tribe,a tribe with exceptional way of life,the tattoo tribe of no other country than the new Guinea in East Africa, a very large Island.
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The Chambri Tribe have a Unique tradition which, basically is a cultural/ritualistic rite, that further gives young men special privileges and passage to manhood,where their bodies are brutally scarred to give them marks like crocodiles.
The crocodile is a small god to the chambri tribe and they hold this creature in high esteem,as it is worshipped daily by this tribe.
Their be live centred on the fact that That men evolve from the sacred crocodiles, and they organise festivals to celebrate this sacred reptile. Because it is believed that crocodiles transform back to men and live amongst them.
Young boys from ages of 11 to 20 are taken to The sacred spirit house where females are disallow access to and they dwell here for a period of six weeks before the initiation ceremony.
The professionals (Elders) use bamboo slivers to cut centimeters into their skin. The black skin Which is usually hard due to weather conditions in Africa is given hundreds of cuts down the length of the back.
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During this ritual The boys are held down with any pain reliever, this is a way the clan groom them into manhood,, they are further placed closed to the fire and the smoke blows into the scare, while clay and oils is used and robbed on the tattoed like scare which raises The skin and makes it look like a crocodiles skin.
When a young boy finally survive this ritual, without falling ill, it is believed that the crocodiles spirits now lives in them.
I strive not to be a man of success, but rather to be a man of value.
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