The Cellar - View Single Post - October 14, 2006: Swinging bricks from the chest

Undertoad · 10-14-2006, 09:34 AM

Not sure how to title this xoB/WaPo shot. The official cap says this guy is from the Meishan tribe and this is a tribal festival. Now my question to you is this: why does there always have to be some weird tribal connection to body modification and nails through the chest and etc.? It seems like there is always talk about ritual, religion, tribalism and so forth, surrounding these things.

The fact that this is happening in China tells us maybe it has a universal nature -- have different cultures have picked up the practice independently?

Would anyone (amongst us) find this to be a personally fulfilling act somehow?

10-14-2006, 09:34 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	October 14, 2006: Swinging bricks from the chest Not sure how to title this xoB/WaPo shot. The official cap says this guy is from the Meishan tribe and this is a tribal festival. Now my question to you is this: why does there always have to be some weird tribal connection to body modification and nails through the chest and etc.? It seems like there is always talk about ritual, religion, tribalism and so forth, surrounding these things. The fact that this is happening in China tells us maybe it has a universal nature -- have different cultures have picked up the practice independently? Would anyone (amongst us) find this to be a personally fulfilling act somehow?