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This tradition in the Dani tribe in Indonesia takes bizarre to a whole new level. When a family member passes away, women from this tribe have to suffer physical pain besides suffering from emotional grief. And to do so, they cut off a part of their fingers. This is supposedly done to 'satisfy ancestral ghosts.' Whatever that means. I wonder why do men not follow this custom? For sanity's sake, this custom is rarely practiced now.
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This tradition in the Dani tribe in Indonesia takes bizarre to a whole new level. When a family member passes away, women from this tribe have to suffer physical pain besides suffering from emotional grief. And to do so, they cut off a part of their fingers. This is supposedly done to 'satisfy ancestral ghosts.' Whatever that means. I wonder why do men not follow this custom? For sanity's sake, this custom is rarely practiced now.