Kan ons oorbelle dra?
Put, dit hang af wat jy met sin bedoel. Oorbelle gee nie spesiale kragte nie, hoewel matrose vroeër geglo het dat oorbelle sig kan verbeter, en hulle dien nie 'n praktiese doel nie. Maar oorbelle bestaan al duisende jare. Ötzi die Ysman ('n mummie wat duisende jare oud is) het effens uitgerekte ore gehad. Daar word geglo dat ou Egiptiese kinders oorbelle gedra het. Mans soos William Shakespeare het tydens die Engelse Renaissance oorbelle gedra. Dus, die dra van oorbelle is deel van 'n lang tradisie.
Dit is waar oorbelle sin maak. Oorbelle is 'n manier om jouself uit te druk. In die algemeen, piercings kan 'n mens se modesin wys, groep identiteit, en geestelike oortuigings. In Hindoe-godsdienstige tradisie, baie meisies kry hul ore deurboor as deel van 'n dharmiese ritueel. Westerlinge is geneig om nie hul optrede as 'n ritualisties te beskou nie, maar baie Westerse meisies kry hul ore deurboor as 'n ritueel van meisieskap. Deesdae, meer seuns kry ore ook as hul eie reg.
Soos hierbo genoem, piercings kan deel wees van persoonlike uitdrukking. Kyk na die wye verskeidenheid oorbelle wat mense dra. Proppe, silwer hoepels, groot diamante, kruise, and little enamel pizza slices are all ways we see people express themselves with earrings. Go into any mall and take stock of the variety of earrings. Earrings also can express group identity. Ek het 18 ear piercings, including my tragus and daith (and also including other face and body piercings). It's probably no surprise that I identify as “alternative.” For me, getting my ears pierced for the first time was a right of passage. My later piercings were a way to express myself and look unique. I don't see many folks with the exact amount and type of piercings I have.
From a cultural perspective, ear piercings make sense. To say otherwise would undermine all rites of passage and personal expression. Byvoorbeeld, does it make sense to wear suits to work? What purpose do they serve? Practically speaking, they don't serve any use. But suits in one shape or form have existed for hundreds of years, and the suits of today are connected to what men (and some women) have been wearing for a long time. Suits tell us a lot about the wearer (where they work, their means, their fashion sense) just like earrings follow a long tradition and hint at the wearer's background.
Things don't need to be practical to be important, particularly when they carry such a long history. It's enough that they simply exist. When someone gets their ears pierced, they are participating in their culture and engaging with history. That's a powerful thing.