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Etymology

The word comes from the English to pierce , which means “to bore”. The exact English word is body piercing (drilling of the body).

Origins

Old

The drilling technique of the body to insert an ornament there is old. Already into the Neolithic , in Africa, in particular to the Mursi, a tribe of Ethiopia, Labret S out of stone were inserted into the level of the lower lip or the ear lobes.

The piercing with the nose is a habit coming from the India. It, at the time, was reserved to the higher castes. In India and with the Pakistan, this habit is practiced since centuries. In India, the piercing with the nose is usually carried by the women since the 16th century. In ancient Egypt, earrings out of gold were carried by the high level men social. The perforations of the nose and the ears were reserved to the Pharaons and to other family members royal. These practices are mentioned in the Bible. In the Genesis 24:22, the servant of Abraham gave earrings and bracelets to Rebecca, wife of his son Isaac.

In America, the perforation of the language was popular in the Aztec elite of civilizations and Maya, although it was carried out as a ritual element nonpermanent, supposed to make it possible to come into contact with the gods. These Civilizations précolombiennes carried jewels to the ears, the nose and the lower lip. Such decorations continue to be popular among the people autochtones of these areas.

Modern

The perforation of the ears exists since the Antiquité. It continued during the 20th century. However, with the the United States, the practice had become relatively rare between the years 1920 and 1960. As from the years 1960, it regained ground among the American women, and was adopted thereafter by the gay Hippie S and communities , then later the culture Punk.

In the years 1970, the perforation of other parts of the body gained in popularity in the gay culture BDSM. In 1975, Jim Ward opened The Gauntlet, the first store of piercing of the United States, with Los Angeles.

In the years 1980, the perforation of the ears at the men became common in the western world, even if the men have as a practice to bore only one ear.

Today, the piercing became true a mode and was gradually spread in all the layers of the population.

Significances

The piercing corresponds to an esthetic will or a social demarcation. Thus, the purpose of the piercing is the improvement of its appearance, the will to be distinguished from the whole of the population or to join a particular group.

the piercing is an esthetic improvement. The piercing is a jewel, it revêt thus a concern Esthétique.

the piercing is a ritual. According to an anthropological concept going back to 1909: according to the times and the areas of the world the piercing can be a ritual of passage at the adulthood. Today of many sociologists assimilate the piercing at the teenagers like which can raise of this concept.

the piercing allows the membership. The piercing can thus be a mark to join a particular group. In ancient Egypt it was the membership of the elite. Nowadays the Gothic Punk S, , the Teufeur S, the Emo S and other groups use the piercings like one their means of identification.

the piercing is a means of being different. It is used by certain being opposed to their parents or the company. It is a manner of affirming themselves, of building themselves and of being expressed.

the piercing is a means of érotiser its body, in certain cases, it is associated with sexual practices or is been dependant on the Masochisme.

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