Mapendes (Teeth Cutting) Ceremony

I don't know if this pictures are good enough to be posted here
but i just wanna try and please feel free to criticize me
Taken with my old and trusty canon 500 D
BTW... Mapendes is a traditional teeth cutting (symbolic) ceremony which every Balinese youngster must do.

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it'd be much better if you have a picture of the ACTUAL ceremony process..

Ehm I have them, but they are not this good, hahaha... i must bang a few heads with my elbow to get the ceremony picture, and they start to give me the evil look

that tells the story much better.
but omg.. that's so.. bizzare

Hahahaha, the princess told me that the process is not hurt at all, just a gentle tap
But i'm agree with you... Ouch

Teeth Cutting WHAT? Can someone explain this process. This is kind of disturbing

Interesting!!!! they just chip a part of her tooth or something? hmmm? or do they cut out a tooth and keep it for keepsake? gonna have to google this!

Mapedes is a traditional Balinese coming of age ceremony, where every Balinese do, they just grind the teeth a little with a symbolic strike and symbolic grind filing with a small file

But wow, they treat the participant like a queen and king for the whole week