Tribe

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Is D/s just something that only happens in the West? A comment to one of my recent posts reminded me of a programme that the BBC broadcast called Tribe, in which the explorer Bruce Parry went and stayed with a number of tribes for an extended period, finding out about their lives and filming them. In one particular episode he participates in an initiation ceremony for a young man of the Hamar tribe, part of which involves the whipping of his young female relatives.

In one scene the young women dance round in a circle, blowing horns and shouting "we want to be whipped"! I won't go into any more detail, but you can find the clips here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tribe/tribes/hamar/index.shtml

Comments

  1. ~January~5 August 2007 at 20:05

    Your breadth of knowledge never ceases to amaze me!

    ~January~

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  2. Unknown9 August 2007 at 00:13

    i love learning more...especially when i am trying to figure this out about myself....xoxo

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  3. Lena11 August 2007 at 16:26

    wow, this is so fascinating. thanks for the link! and I thought that the Borat was as close to home (pun intended) as it gets!

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  4. Anonymous15 August 2007 at 11:24

    hi, that was fascinating.

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  5. ronjazz18 August 2007 at 02:18

    I can see the evolution a little. I do wish for more information and anecdotal evidence for sadism and masochism...that's the area in which I have a lot of trouble in acceptance.

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