Piercings and tradition? What about them? -Part 2

Hello there, today's topic will go into detail. I'll be writing about a particular type of piercing category and these piercings require a jewellery called the barbell (it comes in different shapes and sizes )

The barbell above -commonly known as the belly ring, is used in navel piercings. ....

Which leads us to another one of my favourites  Navel piercings. 
OK so navel piercings date back to Ancient Egypt and back then, it was a symbol of royalty  (😌)   yep!!
And guess what? Only the pharaoh was allowed to have it. And if anyone. ...I repeat if anyone apart from the pharaoh was found with this distinct and respectable piercing and was not of royal blood, he or she was to be executed.
But this piercing was later commercialised when bikinis came into fashion, the navel was at first considered scandalous because — believe it or not — of its similarity to the vagina. The piercing and showing off of the belly button remained fairly taboo, at least up until the early 90s, when Christy Turlington sported one in a London fashion show in 1993. Naomi Campbell and Madonna quickly followed suit, and soon the navel piercing became one of the more popular fads of the era.
But to be honest, for me,having this piercing is a luxury. If you can, do it. But don't be stupid!😊
Moving on to another type of barbell.....drum roll please........

                           Nipple barbells.  

So without further ado, 
It would interest you to know that Nipple piercings actually began with men and in those days, having a Nipple piercing was a symbol of virility and masculinity. Very interesting huh?
That was a common practice at the time in ancient Rome. 

It was later on,In the mid-14th century, Queen Isabella of France introduced “garments of the grand neckline,” dresses with such low necklines — sometimes to the navel — that the nipples were often openly displayed. As such, nipple piercing became a form of jewelry to match the dress.

In the 1890s, the “bosom ring” came back into vogue. These often expensive rings enlarged the nipples and caused them to be easily pleasured, which brought much excitement to high class women. According to one socialiate of the time, “with regard to the experience of wearing these rings, I can only say that they are not in the least uncomfortable or painful. On the contrary, the slight rubbing and slipping of the rings causes in me an extremely titillating feeling, and all my colleagues I have spoken to on this subject have confirmed my opinion.”

Meanwhile, in Victorian England, doctors
would recommend nipple piercings to enhance the size of the nipples and make breastfeeding easier.

Well, well, well😂😂😂

Information can really be life changing. Lol.

Next on the bill is the industrial barbell.  

       Ladies and Lords, fans and critics, the               most famous barbell of all time😌the                              industrial barbell!

The industrial piercing is actually two piercings in one(an outer helix piercing connected to a foward helix piercing).

Done through the upper cartilage of your ear. It is comprised of two holes, one on each side of the upper ear, with a long (2.5 to 3 inch) barbell slid between the holes. This gives the appearance of a large bar going through the ear, and there are usually sizable balls screwed on the ends of the barbell. The barbells are normally straight. This piercing was named and popularised by Eric Dakota.

So it's only safe to say that this piercing is not so much rooted in some old and long forgotten history but more of an innovation. 

Have you ever seen that nose piercing with jewellery that looks like a horseshoe and makes the one wearing it look like a cow??
Or it's just me. No offense but that'swhat I thought of it at first.
Well Ladies and gentlemen, readers, and passers by. The septum piercing and barbell  (horseshoe )

 

      So this, I should say are the horseshoes,                they're called that because they look like               horseshoes, there's  an open one and a closed one. 

So apparently septums are related to war,religion and beauty. 

Septum piercings are quite common among tribal peoples, often used to make warrior men look fierce. The Asmat tribe in Irian Jaya, Indonesia will stretch these piercings to as much as 25mm in diameter, allowing for the leg bone of a pig or the femur of a killed enemy to be placed within it.

                         There you have it. 

The Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas pierced their septums with gold and jade to symbolize the water and sun gods, a practice still kept up by the modern day Cuna Indians in Panama.

In India, Nepal, and Tibet, an amulet called a bulak is attached to the piercing, often so big that it has to be lifted so that the person with the piercing can eat. It is believed that piercing the nose prevents infection, though the bulak itself seems to be purely ornamental — and the bigger, the better.

Among the Aborigines in Australia, the piercing is used to flatten the nose and therefore make it more “beautiful.”

I must say, this is getting interestingly out of hand. Please do visit for more info on piercings in my next blog post, it's not over yet. Lol. I'll finish up on the barbells in my next post. I hope this made some meaning to you. 

Até ja. See you soon. ✌