Czy możemy nosić kolczyki??
Dobrze, zależy co rozumiesz przez sens. Kolczyki nie dają specjalnych mocy, chociaż żeglarze wierzyli, że kolczyki mogą poprawić wzrok, i nie służą praktycznemu celowi. Ale kolczyki istnieją od tysięcy lat. Ötzi Lodziarz (mumia, która ma tysiące lat) miał lekko rozciągnięte uszy. Uważa się, że starożytne egipskie dzieci nosiły kolczyki. Ludzie tacy jak William Szekspir nosili kolczyki w okresie angielskiego renesansu. Dlatego, noszenie kolczyków jest częścią długiej tradycji.
W tym przypadku kolczyki mają sens. Kolczyki są sposobem na wyrażenie siebie. Zazwyczaj, piercing może pokazać wyczucie mody, tożsamość grupowa, i wierzenia duchowe. W hinduskiej tradycji religijnej, many girls get their ears pierced as part of a dharmic rite. Westerners tend not to view their actions a ritualistic, but many Western girls get their ears pierced as a rite of girlhood. Dzisiejsze czasy, more boys are getting ears pierced too as their own right.
Jak wspomniano powyżej, piercings can be part of personal expression. Look at the wide array of earrings people wear. Plugs, silver hoops, large diamonds, krzyże, 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. I have 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. Na przykład, 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.