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The Travel Time Of Nose Piercing

Nose Piercing

Nose Piercing

Following the trend of body piercing, we are agree that body piercing is now become the part of the trend fashion. The proves that body piercing is already become the part of human kind was found in the oldest mummy, name Ötzi the Iceman, from about 3300 BC. This mummy founded an Autrian glacier with an earring. The earring measured 7-11mm in diameter.

Nose piercing, which is one of types of body piercing, is a piercing that engaging the nose that become the objects of the pierce. It normally having purpose as wearing of jewelry and become the second popular piercing after earlobe piercing.

Dating back to the early history of nose piercing, it was sixteenth century Hindu legends related nose piercing to the ancient legends of Parvathi, the daughter of the Himalayas and the mother goddess of marriage. Besides any worshipful or medical purposes for nose piercing, it was simply looked upon as a mark of great beauty and an indicator of elevated social standing.

In the days of ancient India, a young bride would have her nose pierced as her wedding day approached. The nose jewelry would be fastened by a chain to her hair, and it would be removed by her groom on their wedding night. Time after time, nose piercing become more popular and already spread among Arab and Egyptian cultures. Not only women, men are also start to wear this piercing because it shows the manliness and power. Body piercings of all types became increasingly popular, even spreading throughout all corners of the Roman Empire.

Nose piercing is now remained on the social radar of all types of young people, from the hippies of the Seventies, to the Punk rockers of the Eighties, to the Goths of the Nineties all the way through to today. For many it symbolizes their rejection of traditional ideals and values.

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