The Vampires of Mentawai: These Indonesian tribes use a chisel as a beauty tool
What scares you the most? Vampires? The dentist? Both? What if we told you there are customs practiced within some Indonesian tribes that combine these scary entities? Some Indonesian tribes believe that our soul may escape our physical body if not pleased with it. To preserve their soul, it is essential to look their best at all times. One way to do it was to chisel their teeth, so they had sharper ends!
We had chills down our spine reading about this practice common among Mentawai women. What’s even more dreadful about this tradition is they were not given any form of anesthesia during the process. The only way to numb the pain to some extent was some raw bananas.