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| UNIQUE ORNAMENTS |
Ornaments have been used since
ancient times. Most of them were made of iron, gold and silver. Many of these ornaments used to wear by mostly kings,
queens and other valuable person. But tribal people wear unique type of ornaments on their body. They make
these unique ornaments by themselves
to carry their legacy. We all heard about Bangles, Necklaces, Ear-rings, and
Rings. But have you ever heard about Buffalo
teeth necklace, lip-plate, nose-plug, ear-plate,
Coin-ring etc.? Here we will discuss
about these unique types of ornaments
and from where they belong.
10.
NOSE-PLUG:
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| NOSE-PLUG ON APATANI WOMAN'S NOSE |
Nose-plug
is a very unique ornament of Apatani tribal groups of Arunachal Pradesh. They
wear it for a special reason. Apatani women wear Nose-Plug when they grow up as adult or after their 1st
Period. But History says that Nose-Plug
is a protector of women. It used to help them look bad or ugly, that does
protect them from greedy People. They wear it on both side of their nose. They
still wear this Nose-Plug to carry
their legacy.
9.
NECK-RING:
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| NECK-RING OF THAI TRIBAL WOMAN |
This is a unique
ornament of Kayan people of Thailand. Both male and female wears this Neck-Ring as an ornament. They start to
wear Neck-Ring from their childhood.
They believed that Neck-Ring
increase their beauty and make them attractive. Along with age they increase
the number of Neck-Ring. They never take
it off their throats because it can be risky to remove. Weight of this Neck-Ring can be up to 5 kg.
8. NOSE-BONE:
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| PAPUAN TRIBE WEAR NOSE-BONE |
Hog Nose-Bone is very unique ornament in
Papuan tribes. They live in Rainforest of New Guinea of North Australia. Only
men wear this Nose-Bone on both side
of their nose. Nose-Bone is actually
the tusks of male wild pig. Papua people hunt them and take out those tusks for
using as ornaments. They also wear various types of bone ornaments to look
attractive and strong.
7.
CAP HAIR:
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| ETHIOPIAN CAP-HAIR |
Cap-Hair
is very popular ornament of Ethiopian tribe of Africa. Only female wear these
type of caps on hair to show their beauty. Actually Cap-Hair is a unique hair style which is decoration of hair with
bottle caps and other metallic things. They use to decorate their hair since their
childhood. Ethiopian tribe wears lots of
necklace, wrist lace and 1000s of bottle caps to enhance their outer beauty.
6.
COIN RING:
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| COIN-RING ON TRIBAL WOMEN'S FINGER |
Coin-Ring
is very rare ornament of some Orissa tribes. Only female wear this unique style
of finger ring to show their status in society. It is believed in Orissa tribe
that only rich people can wear this type of coin ornaments. Coin ornaments are
included with necklace, ear-rings and finger-rings. These are actually made by
real Indian coins.
5.
HEAVY EAR RING:
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| BIG AND HEAVY EAR-RING |
This is a very famous ornament
in Wodaabe women of Africa. Mainly Wodaabe women wear these heavy Ear-Rings to show their beauty. Women
wear 9 to 10 big rings on their each ear to enhance their look. These rings are
heavy and made with silver or copper. They believe that more they wear this ear
ring, they will be more attractive.
4.
HEAVY SILVER JEWELRY:
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| GHUNGHROO BASE SILVER JEWELRY |
These heavy Ghunghroo base silver ornaments are
traditional of Bhil tribe of Madhya Pradesh in India. Bhil tribes like to wear various
designs of silver Ornament. Bhil women love to wear hand Ghungroo to enhance their beauty. They believe that men are
attracted by the Ornaments on women’s body.
3. BUFFALO TEETH
NECKLACE:
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| NAGA TRIBE'S BUFFALO TEETH NECKLACE |
This Buffalo Teeth Necklace is a great
symbol of power in Naga tribes. Only wise and strong person can wear this
necklace in their society. The Headhunter hunts the buffalo and receives its
skull as his trophy. These necklaces consist of 400-500 teeth of buffalo. This
unique and rare water Buffalo Teeth Necklace
is also famous in Ethiopian tribes.
2. HEAVY COIN NECKLACE:
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| TRIPURA TRIBE'S HEAVY COIN ORNAMENTS |
Heavy Coin Necklace is very popular in
Tripura tribes. Women wear unique types of jewelry on their hand, ear, neck and
toe. They believe that all these jewelry enhance their womanhood and make them
more attractive. These coin
Ornaments are actually being made with metallic coins. These ornaments represent
a woman status on their society.
1. LIP PLATE:
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| LIP-PLATE OF ETHIOPIAN WOMAN |
Lip-Plate is most unique ornament of world. Only Ethiopian
tribal women wear this lip-plate on
their lower lip. It believed that women’s beauty can be prevented by these
Ornament. They thought that the more you wear big lip-plate, the more you look ugly. As these are heavy and painful
to wear, they don’t wear it continuously for long time.
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