ugly = safe!

By: anupreet

Mar 03 2010

Category: Anupreet, Daily Photo

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Women of Lazu (a small settlement of Nocte tribe in Arunchal Pradesh) have been known to be amongst the most beautiful women. But there’s an ugly story behind the beauty.

Before Independence, British soldiers used to take away beautiful young women for a night, and sexually assault them. In order to protect themselves from such abuse, these women started defiguring themselves by inserting bamboo in their noses (to make it flat) and by tattoing their faces to make them look ugly! This became a tradition and you can still see most older women in this village with tattos on their face. Thankfully, the young girls of this community no longer go through this pain.

Location: Lazu, Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh.

2 Responses to “ugly = safe!”

  1. 4 Mar 2010 at 12:20 am Samatha

    Nice caption !! :-)

    Interesting storyline along with a beautiful picture. Not ugly at all !!

    Thanks

  2. 2 Apr 2010 at 2:04 am Michal

    Maybe the British should pay today for their sins against India in the past

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