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Australian Aboriginal initiation rites

In Australian Aboriginal peoples: Socialization
Subincision (incisura of the urethra) was especially significant in its association with secret-sacred ritual. Other rites included piercing of the nasal septum, tooth pulling (in New South Wales this was central in initiation), and the blood rite, which involved bloodletting from an arm vein or…
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body modifications and mutilations

In body modifications and mutilations: The genitalia
Subincision (opening the urethra along the inferior surface of the penis for a varying distance between the urinary meatus and the scrotum) was a common practice at puberty initiations among Australian Aborigines and has been recorded as a therapeutic measure among Fijians, Tongans, and Amazonian…
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