Tongue piercings have been used as a rite of passage for many tribal communities. It was very common in the Mayan and Aztec civilizations and served to indicate one's hierarchy on the social ladder and to create an altered state of consciousness, in which the...

After ear piercing, the Septum is the second of the most common types of piercing among peoples around the world. In the past it was particularly widespread among warrior cultures, precisely because of the particularly "ferocious" aspect it induced. In the Aztec, Mayan and Inca...

The nose piercing, one of the most famous between the women, is very ancient. Many tribal tribù were usual practice it. We already find traces among australian aborigines, in Medio Oriental population and within American Native. For this last one, for exemple, it used from...