@interesting_planet_facts · Post #1049 · 11/18/2025, 12:11 PM
🌎 In Papua New Guinea, the Kaningara people of the Sepik River region perform a crocodile-scarification ritual. Teenage boys undergo elaborate skin-cutting ceremonies that create raised scars resembling crocodile scales, symbolizing a spiritual connection with the river’s sacred crocodiles. The process involves hundreds of cuts and can last several hours. ✨ #ritual⚡#anthropology⚡#tradition 👉subscribe Interesting Planet 👉more Channels
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