Body Modification

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…a personally significant way, seeking spiritual experience, or some combination of these motivations. Although not every person who chooses to have a tattoo or body piercing may know or care about the origins of these practices, many who are engaging in them do so consciously, and regard themselves as participants in a neotribal movement. Whether consciously observed or not, these practices have histories and psychological and cultural meanings that are significant and worthy of attention.