Many African and Melanesian / Oaceanian Tribes use teeth sharpening as a method to enhance beauty. Others Break some teeth
The Afar of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti Sharpen their teeth using files, and sometimes, anything that can do it.
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The Mbutu pigmies of the Congo
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Dogon of West Africa
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Mentawai of Oacenia
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Here is how some do it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDrvj3tkNFs
* imagine fighting with a woman who has sharpened teeth. You is dunnn, you is history. Bj would be a story for another day.
THE PASSION GAP
A practice unique to the Cape Coloreds of South Africa, these guys knock out the front teeth to look attractive. Absent front teeth are a mark of attractiveness among these guys.
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My Take
Kila Nyani na starehe zake, The Only gap I find attractive in teeth is the diastema. What my people call isang’ari and our neighbors to the south call it Rambanya. I always freeze when I see a beautiful nya-Rambanya. Our majority Bantu kin call it thenya i believe
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And I prefer accessories to physical modification
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Sand sana wadau.