What can be more frightening than cutting your own fingers, but believe it or not, some people amputate their fingers as a sign of sorrow and grief. It is specially true about Dani people of Papua New Guinea.According to this tradition,all relatives of a dead man ,specially women and children,cut their fingers to show condolence for the dead one. Before cutting off the fingers,they tie them with a string for about 30 minutes. After amputation,fingers are dried and burned to ashes. Thank God they do not eat them at least !
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