hi folks,

fancy this question.? everyone of you might think thaT it is fashionable to pierce ears and tongue and what not (except may be a balloon for a child and human ego for adults)

but in truth it is quite the contrary to fashion and modern world.

it is the raw primitive instincts of human being has made piercing a custom.

let's take a look at yesteryear customs.

in india hinduism is a polythiestic religion. but hinduism wasnt so before twenty centuries back.

there was paganistic worship,shakti (goddess)worship, shiva (linga )worship

vaishnavite worship,kali worship,naga worship etc.,

perhaps these polythiestic forms of worship amlagmated to the present day hinduism much thanks to the then emerging buddhist religion, followed by islam (with mughal invasion )and then the christians ( with the invasion of the british.)

so about 20 centuries back we had altars and sacrifices-much to the chagrin of the present day civilisation -HUMAN SACRIFICE-

most of the human sacrifice was of children .they were victims of this cruel and barbaric form of custom.

the child chosen for human sacrifice or a human being chosen should be devoid of scars or injuries.that was the prerequisite.

SO INORDER TO SAFEGUARD THEIR CHILDREN PEOPLE STARTED PIERCING THE EARS SO THAT THESE CHILDREN WERE UNFIT FOR THE RITUAL.

so now these form of sacrifice customs have evolved to animal sacrifice at altar which has touched rock bottom thanks to lot of anim al welfare organisations.the same civil rights and animal rights were highlighted by the buddha and his followers as ahimsa .

but then sadly when these single animal or hen sacrifice is put on hold for the past few days there is mass culling of chicken said to be afflicted by the avian virus since they are unfit to be edible for the modern cultured and civilised population .

this is the irony of our culture and civilisation