I actually stumbled across these photos of IAM: xbanditax performing with Psycho Cyborgs (after the break) when I was researching another post, and thought they were pretty, and hot, and thought-provoking and pretty..
Read on for a few more, but a friendly warning, they do get a little gory and bloody! Seriously, if you have a weak stomach just have a cup of tea instead (I’m not joking)..
My friend Ferg sent me some incredible photos of a ceremony he recently took part in, read more for some amazing photos and his story. More to come soon!
I was the main participant this weekend in a male initiation ceremony at one of the nearby outstations that involved horizontal chest cutting done with a sharp (although could have been sharper and less serrated thank you very much) stone. We all danced the night before, slept, got up at sunrise, were painted, danced all along the beach to the men’s business area where I was laid down and sliced open. I was told (translated from Yolgnu Matha) the things that a man has to do from now on and after a final dance with my immediate Aboriginal family members it was off home for a well deserved hot bath.
Following up on the facial knife fight scars, here’s some chest work out of Istanbul, Turkey.
These are the lyrics to “Little Panda McElroy” by Xiu Xiu, if it makes any difference to the way you choose to interpret the image…
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In terms of the recent discussions about cutting, Tomii sent in these photos of his scars, now seven years old. Not that it’s not obvious, and but always remember that with cutting you may carry your pain with you in public forever — as a side note to this, I know someone who was excused from mandatory military service due to their scars (since covered up) making them ineligible for psychological reasons.
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In relation to the skewer pictures below, here are some current photos that are quite graphic on the subject. This particular photo set is from back in February, and since then the sender has healed without complication and submitted another set of similar pictures of a more recent ritual. Illustration of the depth of the cuts continues after the break.
The remainder of the photo set of E-Vomit and her boyfriend continues after the break (and on BME/HARD in the next few days as well)… one of the few cutting entries that isn’t solo, I think?
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