
Tooth filing, Bali.
Balinese women get their teeth filed for preparing themselves for marriage. Smooth teeth are a symbol of controlling evil emotions such as anger, greed, jealousy and lust.
Bullet ant gloves.

Boys of the Amazonian tribe have to prove their manhood when they come of age by wearing a woven mitt in which deadly creatures called bullet ant are placed. Then, they wear these mitts on hands and dance for 10 minutes.
The bizarre part is that they have to repeat this at least 20 times in their lifetime.
Hindu Thaipusam festival piercings.
