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25 Insane Rites of Passage
8Â Scarification
This is done throughout the world, but the Sepik River tribes in Papua New Guinea use it as part of an initiation ceremony that lasts weeks and includes public humiliation. Elders use razor blades to cut the young men all over their bodies in a pattern that closely imitates the rough skin of an alligator (in hopes that the alligator will consume their youth).