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Dani Finger Amputation
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Dani Finger Amputation as a symbol of mourning
Honors 101
Tiarra Banks
Oluwatoniloba Alabi
Take a Minute & Think
first
- What do you do when someone close to you passes away?
- What does the lost of that loved one mean to you?
- How do you think women and men mourn differently?
- How far would you go to show what somone meant to you?
Overview
Overview
We will answer a few basic questions in order to help you reach the full understanding of the Dani Finger Amputation as a Symbol of Mourning
- What? What is the finger amputation?
- How? How is it done? The steps and Process?
- Why? How is this a Symbol for Mourning? What do they believe this does?
- Who? Who participates? Where did this come from?
- Credits
- Bibliography
- K.T.S.E. Did your answers or mind change at all?
What's Going On?
What? When?
- Finger Amputation is a religous belief that after the death of a loved one or child, the relatives are expected to cut off the top of their finger
- Although the ritual has been banned/outlawed by Indonesian government, it can still be seen in the older women of the community with their mutilated fingertips
Visual
- Warning and need to know before continuing; the Dani tribe is very unique with their beliefs and practices, this is how they dressed, women rarely wear shirts regardless of age & the men wear what they call Koteka's, one of their customs of wearing a different type of underwear or a 'penis sheath'
How is it done??
- The process starts off by tying a string around the upper half of the finger tightly for about 30 minutes.
- This is done to make the finger feel numb so the removal is less painful
- The finger is then removed with the use of an ax and the open sore is then cauterized to stop bleading and closing
- The finger piece that has been cut is then burned to ashes or placed in a sacred place
How?
Image
Even if multiple people pass away, they keep amputating with no complaints
The Meaning
Why?
- It is believed to be a way to show satisification to the person who has passed while also being way believed to drive away spirits.
- It is also believed that giving physical pain they are expressing their sorrow.
Who
- This is practiced by the women of the Dani Tribe in Papua, Indonesia
- One of the worlds most isolated tribes, which was discovered by Richard Archbold in 1938
Who?
Location
The Dani Tribe is located in the highlands of Western New Guinea, Indonesia
Credits
Content, Visuals & & Layout- Tiarra
Research & Order- Oluwatoniloba
Credits
Works Cited
Archarya, Vikas. "Ritual Finger Amputation." Travel Frontier. N.p., 15 Feb. 2016. Web.
Google Search. Google, n.d. Web.
Grover, Shobha Rana. "9 Customs That Oppress Women Across The World." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 24 Mar. 2017. Web.
Lichtefeld, Chandler. "Grief: Ritual Finger Amputaion." Postcolonial Studies. Curbside Consult, 24 Feb. 2017. Web.
Mailonline, Gareth Davies For. "Indonesian Dani Tribe Where Women Amputate a Finger When Relatives Die." Daily Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 17 Nov. 2016. Web.
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Did you keep that same energy?
KTSE
- What do you do when someone close to you passes away?
- What does the lost of that loved one mean to you?
- How do you think women and men mourn differently?
- How far would you go to show what somone meant to you?