In the Apatani tribe women wear nose plugs. This is an ancient art form of their tradition, but these days you will only see the elder women of the tribe wearing them as the art has died out ever since the 1970s.
The story goes that the women were said to be the most beautiful in all the land, and were constantly being bombarded by other tribes trying to steal their women. So they came up with the idea of the Nose Plugs to try and make themselves unattractive.
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There is definitely a pattern between tribes of the world with this in mind. Along with the Apatani, the Long Neck women above also said this was part of the reason why they added the neck rings. The nose rings are known as yaping hurlo and are made from local wood, though when researching this I couldn't find the exact method or wood that they used. Its possible that some of the nose plugs were made from bamboo. The women also tattoo their faces to complete the art.
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