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case 2:  you draw like a pre-schooler, were the words dropped by a science teacher to our little girl who's now in grade 5.  confound it.  it's a reading class, not an art class, yet she requires so many drawings... anyway, siya may maestra, hala na lang.

the effect on our little girl was something else.  nakaestorya ang arts teacher nga nahibung siya nganong way gi-pass bisag usa nga artwork ang bata nga hapit na mahuman ang semester.  this, bisag busy kuno kaayo ang bata ug kurikuri during art class.  gitapigan lang diay niya ang iyang trabaho, believing that they're something she should be ashamed of, kay mora lagig drinowingan ug pre-schooler, according to that idiot of a reading teacher.

solution: to be fair, we suggested that the arts teacher give her a failing mark so she'll realize that her duty is to pass her work and not to get conscious about it.  there's still time to make up for the failing mark anyway.  whatever the art teacher's reasons were, he gave her high passing marks instead.  he must have a better grasp of child psychology.  now our little girl submits the required art projects, on time.

aw, kun naay sakit sa kasingkasing ang akong bata pareha ani simbako lang unya maglisod nag ginhawa tungod sa kahiubos, kiha gyod nga wa dinhi wa didto; matangtang sa trabaho, matangtangan pa ug teacher's license gyod ang akong rumbo.  mag-andam na lang siyag new career nga tigpatanto sa nagpabilin nga teachers.

case 1:  grade 3 pa siya ato.  giingnan sa maestra nga di kuno siya kahibawo mosuwat.  maestra ka, angay ba god na isulti ug pupil?  you're supposed to teach and encourage learners, not make them feel stupid.  i'll emphasize here that at that time the only language our little girl can speak was english; she had a few words of cebuano though she couldn't string them into a sentence, and her tagalog was zero.   

heartbroken ko ani kay ang damgo intawon sa among little girl kay mapareha kuno siya sa iyang parents who are both writers, at least in her eyes.  in fact, she kept a pen and notebook under her pillow where she wrote her thoughts down before going to sleep.  it's a good sign for someone who wants to be a writer.  after the teacher's discouraging words, the pen and notebook were gone.

solution: we didn't make a fuss.  but since a repeat was out of the question (i'll raise hell kun otrohon ug insulto), we just see to it that our little girl will never be under the same teacher again in that subject area.       

unsa kaha ning eskwelahana nga pribado man kaha? 

it's not only physical punishment and the embarrassment that a child sustains among his classmates that could mark him for life. 

nagbantay man lang ko unsay development aning among little girl kay kaduha na baya siya nalabtikan ug hait nga sinultihan ug maestra.  torn pod hinoon ko kay tahakunon baya ning thin line between being overprotective and letting a child tackle the world and all its harshness so he can strengthen himself.  makakat-on ug barog sa iyang kaugalingon imbis magsalig nga labanan.   

kana nga hilmit ang angay ni pikoy.  bisag way tuli-tuli, hahaha!  pahuwamon tingali ka ana ni bolbuhol, piks.

gross.  you have a funny way of introducing yourself, bai hubs.

asa ra to si bolbs?  iya man tingali nang pinaborit singsong... siya ray makatubag ani.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 03, 2012, 10:28:40 AM
Di diay ka palaban sa imohang Tsaynis Trayad?

hehe, hangtod mosurender ang tsaynis sa scarborough shoal, mas feel nako ang yakuza.

anha ra ko bilib kun himoon niya iyang kaugalingon ug venus hottentot.

Today, there are roads and cars in Toraja and raising the dead is no longer needed to transport the body. Sometimes the villagers like to prove that they still know how to raise the dead so they use their rituals on dead animals.

Take one more look at the picture. Doesn’t it look like the “dead lady” is looking at something in the bottom right corner?

Maybe she is walking towards her coffin.

http://zazenlife.com/

Funeral Rituals of Toraja

According to one, in the ancient past, it was believed that a dead man must be buried in the village that he was born in, and not at the place of his death. Since villages then were far apart, it was difficult for family members to carry the corpse from one village to another. Certain people would do rituals that made the dead man walk, and the dead man would be able to walk back to the village where he was born.

Imagine walking to the grocery store, and seeing a dead person making his way back to his place of origin?

Supposedly if they were interrupted or approached, they would just collapse. Pretty creepy.



The second theory about the Toraja zombies is just as scary.

The villagers believe death is a long process, and that it takes many years for the deceased to work their way through it, finally reaching afterlife. So long and costly arrangements need to be made for the funeral, allowing the dead to make the transition the right way. A problem arises when a family cannot afford all of the arrangements. So what they do is  make use of a temporary coffin, until they gather enough money and collect all of the funds. Once the permanent coffin has been made ready, the dead are actually raised and made to walk into it.

After seeing this picture of a “walking dead person,” I asked myself multiple questions:

    Is this lady really dead?
    Is this lady just terminally ill and about to die?
    Is this lady 100+ years old?
    What makes these villagers want to raise a dead person?
    How did this “walking dead” concept evolve?

So I did some research, and I was able to answer a couple of these questions.

To start, we will never know if this lady is dead in this picture or not. The only way to better understand this is to use common sense and think scientifically. Simply put, a person cannot function anymore when all of the organs of the body stop working. A dead person's heart is stopped which means there is no blood pumping through the body, and no blood getting to the brain.

So if she is really standing up, walking on her own, and she really has risen from the dead, the only possible conclusion is some kind of freaky ritual that actually works.

My first answer to this picture was that she was very ill or very old, but who am I to say that? This ritual has been going on forever in their culture.



During my research, I found some interesting information about the origins of this strange behavior. There seems to be two separate theories on how the walking dead came to be.

Real Life Zombies: The Walking Dead of Toraja

March 15, 2012
by breakinbadd

“Real zombies? no way..”

That is exactly what I said when I first was introduced to the walking dead people of Toraja, Indonesia.

Certain Villagers in Toraja have the ability to raise the dead with a specific ritual that they use during the funeral process. I know this sounds crazy, but it has been a part of their culture for thousands of years.

now look at this picture below.  can one really categorically say that the woman is alive?  or dead?



unless the whole thing is a set-up and the make-up artist for the subject woman is a professional, or the picture went through photoshop, we'll be hard put to answer one way or the other.

please go through the following accompanying blog of this picture, in the next post.

so what is a zombie?  (the similarity to my personal text is purely coincidental.)  good old wikipedia says that in haitian culture, a zombie is an animated corpse resurrected back to life by mystical means, such as witchcraft. 

to the west and the rest of the (modern) world, zombies are "...fictional undead creatures regularly encountered in horror and fantasy themed works. They are typically depicted as mindless, reanimated corpses with a hunger for human flesh, and particularly for human brains in some depictions". (wikipedia)

also from wikipedia: "Although they share their name and some superficial similarities with the zombie from Haitian Vodun, their links to such folklore are unclear and many consider George A. Romero's seminal film The Night of the Living Dead to be the progenitor of these creatures."

hinoon, bisan unsa nga wa sa atong experience, wa sa atong namat-an nga pagtuo (sama sa atong religion), ug di ma-explain sa science, lisod gyod tuod tuhoan. 

but let's try to set these aside for awhile, as in considering what happened to galileo when these three (experience, religion and science) sort of mixed unfavorably for him and how he was proven right centuries later.

visiting kitty ra na siya.  my kitties also know how to use a knife paired with a fork.

Sotto twits fellow senators

Sotto also had words for fellow senators who are backtracking from their support of the cybercrime law.

"Kami, pag may pumasang batas, walang kamalay-malay, ganoon talaga iyon," he said. "Pasensiya ka nakalagay ang pangalan mo doon, nakamarka ka."

The senators who approved the anti-cybercrime law proposal on third and final reading were Sotto, Loren Legarda, Francis Escudero, Gregorio Honasan II, Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, Pia Cayetano, Bong Revilla Jr., Jinggoy Ejercito-Estrada, Panfilo Lacson, Lito Lapid, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Ralph Recto, and Manny Villar.

Only Senator Teofisto "TG" Guingona III voted no.

Senators Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano have vowed to file Senate bills amending the legislation signed into law September 12 by President Benigno Aquino.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/

"January 24, pinasa iyan. Natapos iyan sa Senado. Kasama na doon sa committee amendments, sinama na lahat ng crimes, punishable by the Revised Penal Code," he said.

He said he doesn't know what happened to the proposed legislation authored and sponsored by Senator Edgardo Angara when it reached the bicameral committee.

"Huwag nila akong atakehin. Akala nila may mga na-insert pa, wala, hindi totoo," Sotto said. "hindi ko nga tinayo sa individual amendments eh. May nagsasabi, ako raw sa individual amendments, hindi, intensiyon ko iyon nung last quarter."

 Sotto, in his dzMM interview, remained firm in denying that he was not behind the libel clause.

"Ang plano ko talaga, noong bandang January, period of amendment, isama itong libel. Noong pinag-usapan na namin iyon, ang sabi ng committee, ang committee na ang bahala sa period of amendments," he said.

The Senate committee report did not have the libel clause.

"Kalokohan iyon," he said. "Iyung committee (amendments), nasa record ng Senado iyon."

"Mayroon pa silang sinabi, nasa journal daw ng Senate. Marunong pa sila sa journal ng Senate. Sa akin dumadaan iyung journal ng Senate. Ako ang Senate majority leader," Sotto said.

Pages 879 to 880 of the January 24, 2012 Senate journal on the website state:

    "SOTTO  AMENDMENT

     Preliminarily,  Senator  Sotto  stated  that  there are  numerous  abuses  in  technology,  particularly the  video  and  photo  uploading  and  unnecessary write-ups  and  comments  in  social  networking systems.

for the full journal entry on this amendment, please go to http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/10/01/12/why-sotto-must-read-jan-24-2012-senate-journal

Why Sotto must read the Jan. 24 Senate journal on cybercrime law

by Jojo Malig
ABS-CBNnews.com
10/01/2012


Senator Tito Sotto denies crafting the e-libel rider in the new anti-cybercrime law despite Senate records stating he inserted the clause near the end of the proposed legislation's amendment period.  ABS-CBNnews.com file photo

MANILA, Philippines - Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III has a problem with the January 24, 2012 Senate journal that indicates who inserted the libel rider in the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2011.

Sotto insisted on Monday that he did not insert the libel rider in Republic Act No. 10175 that may send an erring Internet user to prison for up to 17 years.

Sotto, in an interview on radio dzMM, denied Senate records uploaded on the upper House's website that showed he inserted the libel clause in the period of amendments.

oil, man, oil.  guard the oil or go back to horse-drawn carriages.

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 02, 2012, 11:33:14 PM
WELCOME to the City of Chicago!!

I'll call you! Maybe we can catch late lunch / early dinner today.

are you two enjoying lunch/dinner by now?  guten appetit!

maayo pa rakrakan na lang ug calabrian mafia.

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 02, 2012, 10:03:03 AM
PS.  To isles, today i saw a patient who was sharing with all of us -- the medical staff -- pictures of her cat. I thought of you. 

i presume it's not a cruel reminder, hahaha!  one thing with cat owners is that they're almost like parents with babies.  these owners show pictures of their babies or cats around when to the rest of the world all babies look the same and all cats look the same.

i'm watching over our sick kitten.  i think she has a sprained left front paw, which is obvious when she walks.  she's been sleeping the whole day and hadn't eaten at all; unusual for a terribly active kitten.  if she doesn't improve by tomorrow, to the vet we go. 

Born to soon

In an all-white suit, Chavezâ€"who identified himself as a broadcast journalist and a friend of Marcos loyalist lawyer Oliver Lozanoâ€"declared he was running under the Kilusang Bagong Liwanag (formerly Kilusang Bagong Lipunan) party.

It was his fourth attempt to run for a national post, Chavez said.

Claiming to be a former Marine, Lagata came in a barong and sported  red curly hair. He publicly proposed to GMA TV reporter Tina Panganiban-Perez.

“If only I hadn’t been born too soon, I would have been ready to marry you in all the churches,” the 68-year-old Lagata told her in Filipino, adding in a half-whisper: “I also kiss sweetly.”

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

Changing the lotto

Bernardino, a 47-year-old civil engineer from Caloocan City, said he was running as an independent candidate but quickly admitted that, as in the past election, he would most likely be disqualified by the Comelec.

“This is anticlimactic … I just wish to share with you my advocacy,” he said.

Bernardino’s “advocacy” included the “refashioning or reorientation” of the popular numbers game lotto, the construction of housing projects for the poor, libraries in all city and provincial halls, elevated Light Rail Transits in the cities of Davao and Cebu and railroad tracks from Laguna province to Bulacan province, and the publication of a Filipino encyclopedia.

Parasites not needed

In a black suit and bow tie, with a name plate that read “Sen. Magtira” pinned to his left chest, one 52-year-old aspirant claimed to be a rock musician. He said he would run on a platform that would push for a constituent assembly “through economics, arts and culture.”

In his COC, “Sen. Magtira” indicated that Kris Aquinoâ€"the President’s sisterâ€"was his spouse and that he was officially nominated by former first lady Imelda Marcos and Manila Rep. Carlo Lopez.

Magtira, who also filed his candidacy in past senatorial and presidential elections, left a piece of advice for voters: “The Filipinos must elect officials in the Senate who are honest to the nation, especially to the poor. Those who must be elected to the Senate should be sensible, not a parasite who wears clothes amassed by ill-gotten wealth.”

He gave away T-shirts and showered a group of Comelec employees and reporters with P1 coins on his way out of the building.

Class of nobles

Claiming to be the “heir” to King Luisong Tagean, a descendant of Raja Soliman and supposedly the rightful owner of the entire Philippine archipelago, this particular senatorial aspirant said the disputed Spratly Islands and Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal were part of the archipelago owned by the Tagean clan.

But he said he was not going to talk with rival claimant China to settle the territorial dispute.

“Let the government do something for me… I belong to the Maharlikans,” he said, referring to the class of nobles during pre-Hispanic times.

Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said the poll body was expecting, as in previous election seasons, applicants like them in the next four days.

They also used different tacks in an apparent attempt to be unforgettable. One gave away free shirts and showered onlookers with coins before he left, another proposed marriage to a television reporter. Others distributed press releases enumerating their platforms of government.

They gave their names as Daniel Magtira, Aeric Bernardino, Anicio Escosura, Mel Chavez and Melito Lagata. Most of them, it turned out, were “regulars” at the Comelec around this time of the election season.

A first-time applicant, Salam Lacan Luisong Tagean, from Camarines Sur, said with conviction that he decided to run for senator to give land to the landless. He came wearing a vest and a cap.

PH ‘owner,’ rocker, kisser seek Senate seats

By Jocelyn R. Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

One was an “heir” to the supposed rightful owner of the Philippine archipelago. Another claimed to be a rock ‘n’ roll musician. A third said he was a hot kisser.

They were among the first senatorial aspirants to file their certificates of candidacy (COCs) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday.

Coming in pressed suits and bow ties, the early birds took turns filing their certificates as soon as the Comelec offices in Intramuros, Manila opened their doors at 8 a.m., the start of a five-day period for filing COCs for the May 2013 elections.

song sohong singsing singsing singsong...

Man dead in karaoke fight

By Mike Frialde
October 02, 2012

MANILA, Philippines - For allegedly refusing to pass the karaoke microphone, a 32-year-old man was stabbed dead inside a bar in Las Piñas City on Monday night.

Southern Police District director, Chief Supt. Benito Estipona, identified the victim as Edwin Miranda of 772 Sultana St., Barangay Manuyo.

The suspect, Angel Julio, 60, of 802 San Jose St., Barangay Manuyo, was arrested shortly after the incident by barangay tanods led by PO1 Rodel Buenaventura Daniel Fajardo.

Initial investigation showed that Julio and Miranda went to the Padrino’s Karaoke Bar and Restaurant along Padre Diego St., in Barangay Manuyo to unwind at about 11:30 p.m.

Already drunk, police said Julio asked Miranda to hand over the karaoke’s microphone.

Police said Miranda refused, causing Julio to shout and curse at the victim. A fight then ensued which was broken up by the waiters. Police said Julio then hurriedly left the bar.

Police said Julio then returned to the bar armed with a knife. Without warning, he lunged at Miranda and stabbed him repeatedly at the body.

Miranda was rushed to the Las Piñas District Hospital but was declared dead on arrival.

Julio meanwhile is now detained at the Las Piñas City Police headquarters as a charge for murder is being readied against him.

http://www.philstar.com/

lahi lagi ning anggulo sa laing gipatik dinhi nga ang source banat news.  (http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=55415.0)  ambot ba ning mga news reporters uy.  lain-lain man ang estorya.  ang nagkapareha lang ani nga 16 anyos nga inahan ang nidunggab sa 1 year old kapin nga anak sa saavedra, moalboal.  ang ubang manorya lahi na.

otobot?  ano gid ya?  pasabta ko bi.

Quote from: chicogon on October 02, 2012, 06:31:44 PM
Nitingog na ang mga expert bwahahaha...

ug nintungha na gyod ang manulonda nga maoy mohukom kun balikog ba o wa mosubay sa saktong dalan ning estoryaheee...

mapriso ba kaha pod ta tungod sa atong posts dinhi sa tb nga uroy ug di maayonan sa mga cyber police.  tuod, di diay crime ang plagiarism sa?

tinuod ka, bai tigs?  abi nakog di mo-alarm ug bagyo ang pag-asa kun wa sa ato.

tago na lang mo daan.  ugma, cybercrime na ning inyong estorya.

atot ba ani...

PIKAT hang moduol kang nene kay sure gyod na MABULIKAT.

kini gyod si kris... for once gitak-om iyang baba.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 01, 2012, 04:27:07 PM
Kon eleksyon na gani, manggawas ang mga luag og tornilyo...

way kaso.  luag na pod bitaw ang tornilyo sa uban nga naglingkod na karon sa senado.

Quote from: Pikoy on October 01, 2012, 04:19:02 PM
haha ang tawo way siguro pilay palad diay pero bahalag pilde basta nkadawat ug fundings..hahah..

serious ni sila.  way funding kun way bona fide partido, mao nga they have to campaign using funds from their own pockets.   kun di ni sila ma-invalidated, sila na lang akong botaran.  enjoy pa ko kay sure ko nga maihap gyod akong vote.

...This developed as De Lima admitted yesterday that she opposed certain provisions in RA 10175 even before it was enacted last month.

De Lima bared this even as the DOJ is ready to implement the controversial new law starting tomorrow.

She said she had issued an opinion raising reservations particularly on provisions that impose higher penalty for libel and give the DOJ authority to order searches and seizures similar to that of a judge.

“I know there are objectionable portions and may I state for the record that those provisions did not come from us - the libel provision and the provision that gives us the take-down power. In fact, our position papers would show that we have actually raised questions on that,” she told reporters in an ambush interview.

She said she specifically recommended the deletion of cyber defamation, cyber threats and Internet libel. â€" with Paolo Romero

full article at http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=854974&publicationSubCategoryId=63

DOJ puts up new cyber law office

By Edu Punay
The Philippine Star
October 02, 2012

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Justice (DOJ) will create a new office, to be manned by 100 state prosecutors trained in cyber forensics, to prosecute cybercrimes identified in the newly signed Republic Act 10175 or Cybercrime Prevention Act.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said yesterday that her office would also hold constant dialogue with key stakeholders to address issues and concerns on the implementation of the law, starting with a multisectoral forum on Oct. 9 at the DOJ.

She gave the statement after two more groups filed yesterday before the Supreme Court the sixth and seventh petitions seeking to stop implementation of certain provisions of RA 10175.

The petitioners, composed of a group of lawmakers, bloggers, members of academe and students, questioned the constitutionality of sections 4, 5 and 6 of the law.

Quorum

Though having a quorum, the SC spokesperson and lawyer Gleo Guerra said the justices need more time to study the petitions.

"The SC did not issue a TRO in the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 petitions which are up for further study,"Guerra said.

Among those present at the SC en banc session were Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Senior Justice Antonio Carpio and Justices Presbitero Velasco Jr., Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Arturo Brion, Martin Villarama Jr., Jose Portugal Perez, Jose Catral Mendoza, Bienvenido Reyes, and Estela Perlas-Bernabe.

Absent were Justices Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, and Mariano Del Castillo, who are all on official business abroad.

more at http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=855169&publicationSubCategoryId=63

No TRO on Cyber Crime Law

By Camille Diola and Dennis Carcamo
The Philippine Star
October 02, 2012

MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court on Tuesday did not issue a temporary restraining order against the newly-passed Cyber Crime Law, paving the way for its full implementation on Wednesday.

Instead,the SC will decide Tuesday next week whether or not to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the controversial measure. The petitions against the law were included in the en banc agenda of the SC.

A member of the court, who requested anonymity, said the magistrates of the High Court have yet to thoroughly study all the petitions opposing the implementation of the measure.

During the en banc session, the SC justices said they will rule on the seven petitions now consolidated against the Cybercrime Act next week, the source said.

right here at tb?  or do i have to go to fb?

ayaw gyod.  na-shoot down na ra ba ang usa nimo ka numero.

bitaw, bolbs.  mahadlok silag mahurot ilang kangaroo.

kinadak-am ug paakam, to.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 02, 2012, 04:36:15 PM
Hmm, premyohan ang kinadak-an?

siguroa nga tinuod nga ang kinadak-an ug hungit ha?

Quote from: bugsay on October 02, 2012, 04:33:51 PM

botoy=b_song og t_toy 


pasayloon unta....

aaa, way pasayloay... busong og tatoy, ala balingsya.

korek, bolbs!  lusot-lusot god ang dinuguan ug ang humba modahili lang.

baliha si toto.  labaw gyod nga ambongan.  may pakapin pang hangin.

ngilngig gyod ning bohol ug mga awards.  naay TOBAW, karon naa na poy TOBOY.  hinaot sugdan ni sir balong ang TUBOD (tubag bohol outstanding dokdoker).  uy, mora man nig linya ni fr chic...  

Quote from: Pikoy on October 02, 2012, 04:05:32 PM
wahh.. ahhhh... dna matabas tabas ning ilang gibuhat...

ningsakit ug ahat akong lagos nga gatan-aw ani nila.  an assurance: it is a disappearing tribal art.

In the Mursi tribe, the tradition of lip piercing is usually undertaken a year before the marriage ceremony. To begin with the bride to be's mother will pierce the hole with a knife and then a wooden peg is placed in the hole. Once this has healed, the peg is removed and the first plate is inserted.


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As you can see, there are many tribes around the world who have lip piercing. In some parts of the Amazon, it is only the men who have their lips pierced and a plate inserted. The Suya tribesmen pierce their lower lip purely to make themselves more attractive. The women go for a more startling look with two plates.


itsfine-levine.blogspot.com

http://nell-rose.hubpages.com/

The lip plate or plug is inserted into the top lip or lower lip through a hole that has been pierced. Over time, the plate is removed and another one is inserted to make the hole bigger. This is said to be most painful to the women, and each time it is stretched it causes it to bleed. The actually term is described as labret, which means pierced lip ornaments.


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The plate or plug is made out of clay or wood. It all depends on what region the tribe is from whether the women place the plate in the top lip or lower lip. It has been said that it is a form of status, the bigger the plate the more important the woman. The disturbing thing about it is that when the plate is put in the lower lip, the women has her two lower front teeth knocked out to accommodate the plate. Sometimes there are up to four teeth taken out.


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African Mursi Tribe

The Mursi tribe are an ethnic people who live in Southwestern Ethiopia. The area is close to the Sudan border. According to the national census of 2007, there are 7,500 Mursi. The area in which they live is surrounded by mountains and has one major river named the Omo. It is one of the most isolated regions in the whole country.

Their language is part of the Nilo Saharan, and is simply called the Mursi language.

Once again we see that the body modification art is commonly used only by the women of the tribe. In the case of the Mursi women, it was believed to stop slave traders taking the women. But there are probably many other reasons too that have been lost over time.


atlasobscura.com
Mursi Tribe Lip Plugs

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.


kmle.co.kr

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.


yaping hurlo

http://nell-rose.hubpages.com/

The Apatani People

The Apatani are a tribe of people who live in the Ziro Valley which is in the lower Subansiri or district of Arunachal Pradesh in India. There are over 26,000 of the tribe living in the valley and across the country. Their language is Tibetan and is called Sino Tibetan also known as Tani.They have no written history, so their stories and lifestyle is passed down from generation to generation.

Body modification is an ancient art form, and many tribes around the world have practised these strange and sometimes bizarre form of body art for centuries. To us they look strange and unfamiliar, but to them its part of their tradition and holds many parts of their tribe together, as time passes and the world begins to intrude on their lives.


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naa pay mas kuyaw, piks.  ganahan lagi ka.

sari-sari store ka ba?

pautang na man diyan.  buhay ko ang bayad.

(atot ba ani.)

balik ko sa akong thread nga tribal art uy.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on October 02, 2012, 03:03:55 PM

mga inimbentong expressions Ma'am Isles, nga wala dire wala didto?... heehehe

ganahan ko sa "pusang iring" most of all.  from now on, gamiton na gyod na nako, with your permission, loll.  asong iro?  nice gihapon ang sound sa pusang iring.  bow-wow-wow, sabi ni bantay.

Quote from: Pikoy on October 02, 2012, 03:26:39 PM
mura man sya ug maypagka amgid ni palito nuh?

si posporo ray akong nailhan.  (pikoy pick-up line?)

The reason for wearing the rings is a bit of a mystery but when asked, the women told that it was because they didn't want Tigers biting them! Others have said that it makes them look attractive for their husbands.


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The down side of wearing the rings is that over time their neck muscles become weak, and this is used as a form of punishment against adultery. Once the rings are taken off, the woman's neck is so weak she has to lie down for the rest of her life. Not surprising then that the divorce rate and adultery is very low in the tribe.

Other members of the Karen tribes wear large earrings that are made to make the ears look big and heavy. But its the neck rings that make the Padaung Tribe famous.


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Not all of the Karen tribe use neck rings as part of their tradition.

The neck rings are made from brass and are added each year the child grows. An adult woman can wear as many as 25 rings around her neck.

There is a myth about how long the neck will stretch as the rings are applied. In fact the neck itself does not stretch, its just a visual illusion.

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The Padaung or Long Neck Tribe


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The Padaug are a sub tribe that is part of the Red Karen tribe. They are indigenous to Burma but also live on the Tibet - Burma border. They are most famous for their neck rings which are placed on the woman when she is a child.The tribe is known by many different names but the most recognisable is the Long Neck Tribe or the Giraffe Tribe.

na hala.  pasagdan na lang ta mong duha.  bantay baya ug di magdayon.

mas nalingaw ko sa inyong mga comments, hahaha!  arang gajod.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on October 02, 2012, 01:18:49 PM
Di jud kalikayan naa juy ingon aning mga tawhana.

maayo gani kay naa poy pareha nato.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 02, 2012, 01:06:00 PM
Unsa kahay problema aning tawhana...

duha ray akong banabana.  favorite fruit niya is saging, or mora siyag orangutan.

mora gyod, raqz.  pwerteng luoya nga wa gyoy nakaalalay.  gaba na lang ang sa uyoan, tsupih.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on October 02, 2012, 01:37:49 PM
"Sana unan na lang ako..........para pwede mong KAYAKAP at KATABI sa pagtulog" .....


iring....

muscling into bugsay's territory na ni; land grabbing, hahaha!

Quote from: Pikoy on October 02, 2012, 12:22:31 PM

ikaw diay ms isle di diay pwd?

lizod.  piangan na ko kay daghan na kog gikaeskrima dinhi.  maayo man si lolla kay lamorok pa.

very inspiring.  thanks, bai hubs. 

OT: mahinumdom man ko kun ako pa untay tag-iya sa project cabawan, gwapo gyong lugara shelteran ug homeless animals.

how's fr chic, lorenz?  gearing up for his needed bohol vacation?  here are hopes that he's fine as ever.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 02, 2012, 11:49:02 AM
Hmm, "Pinoy Pick UP Lines"? Morag "Pikoy Pick UP Lines" galing...

si lolla ra gyod diay ani ang makaatbang...

a little improvement

hilom mo.  taas manorya.  nakaihi ra na si inday uy.

i won't mind having this kun pensioner lang unta ko with enough funds to maintain this.  healthy animals mean healthy humans.  and that's expensive.  i should know.  with around 20 cats (and counting) and 4 dogs ourselves, i know how much we spend for each one per year.  wa na lay labot ang visiting cats.  (those cats who come to our place for food and water as a matter of habit.)  wa na lang poy labot ang airplane trips and health certificates nila.

is it crazy?  you bet.  but try asking those cats and dogs.

how very fast time flies...

the land before time:



the land in our time:

Quote from: Lorenzo on October 02, 2012, 09:53:31 AM
Hoarding naman ni...

hoarding to keep everyone alive.  i feel her pain.

bilib na ko.

the horror, the horror!

ideal siya.

she's really a standout.  literally.

niasenso tawon ko uy.  sa edad, sa panumdoman, sa grado sa mata... daghan.  mas daghan kog kataw-an karon kay sa una.

Quote from: hubag bohol on October 01, 2012, 11:37:48 PM
Hmm, to bol sang imo lo bot...

Quote from: BolBuhol on October 01, 2012, 11:42:35 PM
halmoranas sang key boat.

dayon?  unsa may sumpay aning kulba-hinam nga sugilanon nga lupig ang life story ni sir balong?

whole afternoon nagbabag lang kog duha ka bangko.  kadaghan bang tawo uy.  mao wa ko kadokdok ug tb.  bag-o pa sad ko nahuman ug online reservation sa cebu pacific para christmas break.  sold out na man kuno ang promo fare.  ambot ba ana uy wa man gyod ko katunong ug promo fare sukad.

sang monitor ang linalambos.

asa ra man to si sisiw?  nakalupad na?

kuwag ang data.  needs further investigations and hearings before rendering any judgment.

the cojuangcos already had 2 presidents.  not another senator, please.

undecided yet.  i'd vote for an enrile if it were still the father who would be running, no question.  i haven't decided yet on this son.  besides, could this be the start of another dynasty?

undecided yet.

undecided yet.

no.  one erap son in the senate is enough. 

bagaa gyod hinoon aning legislators uy.  they never touched the constitutionally enshrined provision on anti-dynasty in our politics so they could come up with an enabling act.  nyet.  giuna hinoon ang silly cybercrime law.  how petty.