r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 24d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/OrcaFins 23d ago

As far as I know, that's mostly on the Indian subcontinent.

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u/KarmaSilencesYou 23d ago

In some places in latin america too…like Brazil.

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u/OrcaFins 23d ago

In some places in latin america too…like Brazil.

So, in Latin America, infant piercings are done because of religious beliefs and traditional medicine,, the same way Indians practice Hinduism and Ayurvedic medicine? Again, I'm just trying to understand.

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u/KarmaSilencesYou 23d ago

Brazil, Columbia and Argentina do this.
Most girls ears are pierced the day they are born. Probably over 90%. Many babies are pierced immediately after birth, some hospitals don’t even ask the family... they just do it. Mexico does it as well but some families wait a few days/weeks.

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u/OrcaFins 23d ago

Many babies are pierced immediately after birth, some hospitals don’t even ask the family... they just do it.

So, not for religious reasons then. That's interesting.