What if you have to become a crocodile to show your strength? Sounds funny? But believe me or not, a tribe in Papua New Guinea called Kaningara are pretty much serious about this odd ritual. According to this custom, for a young male to become a mature man, he must scarify his body like a crocodile. By doing this, they show their bravery, courage and strong relationship to the environment because crocodile is symbol of strength. They also believe that human race has developed from crocodile and by this scarification of crocodile teeth, they will become close to the ancestral crocodile. It sounds crazy to do all this crocodile thing !
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