Mentawai tribe: Tattoos - Tribal Wives - BBC

[skaterbaj]

I see they be rolling up.

[dasanvazquez707]

LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT JOINT

[VodooKisssss]

It's not a joint nor a pot! It's an ordinary handrolled cigarette of common tobacco, rolled with natural dried stem. I'm from mentawai, and this is what my ancestors looked like. These people are great! and this, is only some part of their way of life everyone should actually appreciate and also appreciate them for keeping the culture alive in this era of all hi-tech :)

[fool1shmortal]

I'm sure Goth kids would be running out there if they knew. Would any pros be able to do that in The West?

[trilobright]

Amazing how this village in Indonesia looks so much like a typical Amazonian village in the Brazilian interior, both the scenery and the people.

[TicklemeSavvy]

i am amazed at how different their culture is than ours

[Jadespeakschinese]

Really makes you feel like your culture is such a wimp! They would laugh at every person in cities and such. 

[RiEwOLdT]

@Jadespeakschinese why would they laugh? only people with low intelligence would laugh and make the assumption of other cultures

[N0RlK0]

"Ta maeru" this people.

[MysteryChocolate]

Just shows how beauty is in the eye of the beholder ey. At least what you see here is real, not like the airbrushed illusions we are bombarded with in the "civilized" world.

[SaudaraLink]

I've had my tooth drilled without novacain (also in Indonesia). It really hurts. that must have really hurt that poor girl. 

[ItsCalledKpop]

AHHH..PAIN!!!

[sonphanthiet88]

phong tục lạ thật

[seymourLlama]

Foot binding strikes back (in another form of self-mutilation).

[goodmorningchap]

@baz1HD @archuletarox321 Think about why you feel like this is ugly. It is your concept of beauty. It is how you have been raised by society to think. They probably think you're hideous.

[AnakarayaRavenclaw]

That girl is gorgeous :D

[baz1HD]

i dont care if it looks good to them thats disgusting

[archuletarox321]

ya beauty or not i still think sharp teeth are fucking ugly LOL

[ExesandErin]

@annebanda1 She's not surprised at the tattoos, she's surprised at the incredibly high level of pain tolerance the people have. In the West, there are health and safety regulations, which of course cannot be enforced in this kind of setting. These women are very brave - they'll have no anaesthetic, they'll be so susceptible to infections... that's why the journalist's surprised. She's not trying to make out like these people are bad.

[seymourLlama]

@ExesandErin "they'll be so susceptible to infections" >> in my book, that's called being foolish.

[MeierTV]

"but we still do it"

what a boss

[topbluffa1]

@MeierTV

yeh that guy is such a G always with his 2 sheeter spliff.

[azyeennekun]

That tribal girl is beautiful

[suchafool990]

@azyeennekun the $%^ is wrong with you?

[azyeennekun]

@suchafool990 You're a fucking moron and I'm not having this discussion with you.

[suchafool990]

@azyeennekun im sorry, your shark toothed mud princess is beautiful

[ChainsawGutsFuck]

@annebanda1 Because most journalists and media outlets are manipulating scum, basically.

[TheTownEccentric]

@annebanda1 I think there's a general attitude in the west that, because people don't live like we do, they are somehow unfortunate. As if everyone wants to live the same way. Hey, it's a good way of life for me, but who am I to tell someone else that the way they live is wrong?

[milky0candy]

Is it just me, or does she kinda looks like a Na'vi

[DoctaFilthDubstep]

0:45 Is That A Joint =D

[Viktir666]

The pain in the tattoos are very temporary. I don't feel bad. The tooth filing is permanently damaging to the health though.

[Iterif1]

@Viktir666 how is it damaging her health? just wondering

[Viktir666]

@Iterif1 Destruction of the enamel, unclean tools, infections, bacteria, nerve and root exposure... the list goes on and on. It's third world ignorance and needs to stop before someone dies of an infection.

[faceless670]

lady at 2:32 wasl like "WAZApening...SUN"

[cutieepahtootie]

@annebanda1 I agree with you, but she's probably surprised because it seems like a necessity to do these things, while people choose to.

[SeregaCh]

Waa that a joint?

[xkennyPLx]

They sharpen teeth to look more attractive? That's just odd. Would you want to get a blowjob by Mileena from Mortal Kombat? ...don't answer that.

[ZombiePuppy]

"Absolutely nothing". Yeah right. You can see them getting stoned out of their minds right there.

[TheZane03]

nigga ur teeth r hideous bitch

[CherThinksPink]

@TheZane03 just like you.

[TheZane03]

@CherThinksPink so ur the girl in the video right

[CherThinksPink]

@TheZane03 yes, yes, i am and im very offended. my teeth make me look beautiful. i like them sharp. they pretty, and stuff.

[TheZane03]

@CherThinksPink stick a tampon up ur viagina

[CherThinksPink]

@TheZane03 i like how hard youre trying to piss me off. it brings out the troll in you.

[Rainboe1324]

She says she wants to do all that to look beautiful, but I think that she really already looks so pretty :D

[SuperSaibotShow]

after seeing mortal kombat 9's mileena I understand why they would want to do it.

[Ertyui7]

She would give one horrible BJ...

[joshuajmv1]

She's all like "oh yeah my pointy teeth are beautiful". Nah, they're not girl, sorry.

[RandomBrowser347]

@joshuajmv1 Physical beauty varies from area to area. In the US it isn't considered pretty, but I know that there are things Americans find attractive that people in other regions don't care for.

[ZombiePuppy]

@joshuajmv1 For their people it is. Her fangs brings all the boys to the yard.

[s3anp4ul]

Choose your character : Mileena

[Hector947]

@annebanda1 because this is 10 times more fucked up and painful

[baggedyman]

@annebanda1 Yeah, but as they said, they get infections and they get fevers for days.

[Lumerse]

Yes Omg-facts bought me here, no i'm not begging for thumbs up, and neither should anyone else.

[MrW1DEAWAK3]

@Lumerse the why post?

[Erioas]

The girl getting tattooed is so pretty. =D

[xjohannes98]

@Erioas pedophile

[deadw0mb]

LOL 2:32. These people are so chill, I wanna visit so bad.

[godsangel1011]

i feel sorry for her husband.. oral sex must be a bitch.

[KingDcome11]

@godsangel1011 there is no such thing in their culture.

[Jadespeakschinese]

@godsangel1011 #1 there is a low chance they would even do that because it would be seen as gross due to the fact of urination, they have enough sense not to do that. And 2 they are smart enough to know the point of having sharp teeth is for marriage to get cattle and prove beauty.

[fusedblue]

where do i watch whole episodes?

[elenavlada]

I ACTUALY HAD MY TEETH LIKE THIS, except i left the two front teeth as it is... it was realy painful, but i loe them!

[iiKitty03]

Did you saw her teeth look like shake. How can it look that way?

[yummyummyradish]

All shows about tribal culture should be hosted only by Bruce Parry 

[DianaBanana1775]

Some people are so damn stupid, thinking 24/7 with the primitive portion of their brain (Hindbrain)..watching a video intended to educate about different rituals and cultures, and all they can think and comment about is how that girl can give someone a blowjob with those teeth..and many Westerners accuse these people of being primitive and stupid!

[JKDJclc]

LMAO 2:32 , rape face

[lucy9359]

@annebanda1 personally I think I would prefer to leave my teeth natural and my body parts untatoed and pierced other than my 1 pair of earings and I prefer men without earings and without tatoes as well....in the west we do not consider it a must....nor do we sharpen our teeth which will clearly rot as a result!

[orasis]

@lucy9359

Yup, we drink soda and eat sugary garbage to rot our teeth!



[lucy9359]

@orasis I don't drink soda or eat the sugary garbage I am eat for health, go figure!

[UNOfreak]

how are you suppose to give ur man a blowjob with teeth like that... ouch.

[jetulik]

exterminate these shit monkeys

[amy1bacon]

@jetulik Why?



[suppbeautiful09]

imagine her trying to S a D, that would hurt haha i know dirty thought but it just popped into my head.

[SUPERIONWINS]

they dont need injections, have you seen the fat joint they are smoking?

[phuckyutube615]

stupid white girl, thats it, dont fuckin tell them how they should live. FOOL!

[JabberwocckyChamber]

@annebanda1 many times girls are FORCED in other cultures to have such things done, that and as she said, a clean, western tattoo parlor is a better place than a jungle full of deadly diseases. Name me one person, excluding someone with a thalamus problem who would be willing to have their teeth sharpened without any anesthetic and then i'll be able to take your comment seriously.

[1984MrDiesel]

Imagine getting a blowjob from the girl with the sharpened teeth....

[gijoncapital]

@1984MrDiesel the girl is fine...

[AgApE010]

@annebanda1

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I didn't condemn other cultures. I just noted that the Western woman in the video was rightly concerned from a medical standpoint in that the girl can become seriously ill and infected. No one said anything against her tattoos or her teeth.

[AgApE010]

@annebanda1

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Yes, but people in the west get tattoos with sterilized needles and products to apply on the skin afterward. Here they're just using any old dirty needle. As the man said, afterwards they get fevers and, to quote him, "feel like a dead man." That's what she was concerned about.

[573PH3IV]

We need girls like that in America.

[shishagoddess]

Bad ass. Watching these types of videos just makes me hate the way we live in America!

[FireFlysNeverDie]

You know, is seems like in so many cultures beauty is pain.

[muaspheeb]

some people r ignorant

[SebbeSucksBawlz]

is that tattoo guy smoking a joint?

[AmyDeeify]

I thought she was so pretty until I saw her teeth! :(

[sammelina12]

I couldn't do that. I know it's more complex than that - like religion, beauty, culture - but still. I'm such a wuss, but at least I can admit it.

[HustlinGangsta]

imagine a blowjob frm her....

[throneofcrap]

They're all beautiful.

[krzintegraboi]

gangster grills

[topbluffa1]

she is very pretty and her parents are the coolest.

[JesusGodHolySpirit3]

She is so pretty but now she looks like a monster awe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[atlien1980]

imagine a blowjob with that mouth  OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jonaeproductionx3]

.....Are they doing crack? 0:50

[EmilyDreamed]

she is so beautiful. THe teeth are amazing

[sammelina12]

geez, i would be freaking out they'd have to tie me down just to do that to my teeth...

[dedyiskandarz]

#SaveMentawai

[blacksultan85]

LOL look at all of those teeth lol

[virgoeyes]

hello pointy teeth

[CrazyNative4]

cool

[8317rob]

you see the teeth on her .... fu** wouldnt want to get a blow from her..lol

[Silthouted]

@8317rob hahah :D

[Mearaloves30stm]

Very pretty girl.

[panamanubian]

I´ll stick to the masai tribe instead.

[91712564]

Risky blowjob.

[Voileen]

@annebanda1

exactly. and here are westerners getting breast implants and doing crazy (and quite often very painful!) things to lose weight and look "better". We are just a society that has been taught that suffering and pain is bad and usually wrong.

I think its wonderful that these people learn how to handle their pain with a grace that allows them to gaze inward, which in turn reflects on their outward beauty

[SlicedAndDiced]

That story about the teeth sharpening made me cringe... I certainly don´t want to know how that feels like.

[nazbites]

She is pretty in the sense that she has no make up, skin care, etc, amongst her .. and I'm sure she is beautiful amongst her tribe as well.

[laskartimur]

@annebanda1 i agree wiht you. i'm a journalist. sometime journalists act as if they know evrything. they think they have the authority to judge. it sucks. journalists should only capture and report. no feelings and judment included

[jnicole93]

she is very beautiful, but i wonder if she lived in our society, woould we still see her as beautful or would she be taboo.....

[psyamin]

wow i like sharp teeth i will ask my girl friend to do it :D

[plokij121]

@psyamin

LMAO

[girlingreensocks]

you mean like the tatoos people get over here

[longfootbuddy]

shell bite your dick off

[muathai85]

imagine getting a BJ from her ouch it will get hurt :)

[richyrichPS3]

asian parana

[ASSBANG6969]

Imagine a Tribe couple doing the 69 position....

[abbazin102]

Lopooh fantasco elleh elleh ay vocah syah yah treck yah snooop! click click click yeh yeh yeh.. yeh yeh.. ye-eh! dow yah chang hang lowh?

[SWEETAgirl20]

Her skin is so beautiful.

[Georgiapeach770]

that old woman looks like gollum haha

[420y2k]

0:49 taht old man is my idol

[thesoftish]

2:30 That is one ugly ass pot smoking tribe bich!!

[leophilippines]

@SKBaneTek hahahaha

[skellagyook]

Tooth sharpening is also done by some Amazon tribes.

[MyMindIsEverything]

she will ripe your dick off and the she laughs:)))))))

[Balomega]

this is why i think we are all coming from the same roots, Makonde tribe in Africa they sharpen their teeth just like these people from Asia, and they never met each other

[jetballernew]

The look chinese to me.

[owtatowttowt]

really enjoyed this series. & the 2nd is pretty good, though av missed a few. damn.

[cannoir]

a few african tribes also do the tooth sharpening thing. I am surprised so many indigenous cultures have a lot in common.

[topbluffa1]

lol i love her dad he is so cool.

always happy and stoned.



[Malibuboomboom]

shess stunnnnnningggg

[ac120479]

2:32 - the lady is making a face like, "Hay sexy!"

[1oldschoolfool]

@ac120479 BWAAHAHAHA

[assworry]

@ac120479 hahahahhaha yah ur right lmao!!!

[JeromeLeong]

Look like witch @_@

[iceduptroopa1]

hmmmm..the spanish described visayans just how these mentawai tribes looked So could this be what visayan of the Philippines used to look like?

[topbluffa1]

i used to watch this documentary every morning wishing i had this type of life.

and yes the girl is very beautiful.

[fantabulous4337]

@topbluffa1 i am visayan... and NO we dont look like that!

[worldtravel101]

could you immage "tattoo sleeves" by this method? haha

[cosmosvision]

People all around the world like a joint or two don't they?

[PollyDick]

"Brave" is not the word I would use.

[Theblackbarbie698]

indegenouse people are all over not just america!! indonesia,china,japan,africa,a­ustralia,canada they are allover just to inform u and ouch that must hurt!!

[MissingSockk]

Beautiful cultures. Everyone should have the chance to experience this!

[annie57g]

I would die if I had to get a tattoo that way!

[annie57g]

that girl is so beautiful! wish I was her just without the pointy teeth lol

[Robfenix]

Any1 know what they are smoking?

[SPAGHETTIMONSTER1]

@Robfenix ,  "Any1 know what they are smoking?" , I don't know but they sure look happy, lol

[safvb91]

disgusting

[mogotron]

are they bunning????? XD sik lol, she is EPIC

[Tawalisi]

The tribal chick is hot but I wouldn't want her to give me a blowjob. I don't want to end up with ground meat.

[Theblackbarbie698]

@jhoso891 its not just america with tribes its alover not all natives wore red im south african and im of the xhosa and zulu tribe and i didnt wear red!!

[cannoir]

xhosa ? cool I have 2 xhosa neighbors Mbali and her sister is Nandipha.slim light brown girls of pure xhosa heritage.

i am an ingenous culture lover.yes red is symbolic , tribes across africa, asia , latin america also use it for the exact same purposes.people have a lot more in common that we think.

[Theblackbarbie698]

@cannoir thanks i think any culture is cool long as people dont think that its the best yer i knw they similar like avatar it looks more like native african than american if u think about it the braids the neclace the zulus wear the exact same things are u indegenouse...?

[EastCoastMarc]

I would suggest for those of you who consider the primitive was of tattooing to question your premise. Why is it better. Just because it is primitive? What's wrong with finding a better way (say hygienic) of doing things?

[Brian01331]

Nice smoking fatties!

[MISSEDHERSIR]

damn, get your anglo-ass out of there!

GO COLONIZE PLUTO.

[Mermanatee]

for my culture .a beautiful women has to have a penis, wait what?

[FrederickTheTooth]

I've always wanted a traditional tattoo done this way. I love the designs on the girl's shoulders and wrists. You know, even with the pointed teeth and strange eyebrows, that girl is very beautiful.

Oh, Dragonfruit, stfu...

[Kabutopuppy]

@FrederickTheTooth I agree so much with you, it is very beautiful and people who say it isn't can say that, but to me they simply can't see another form of art, that's exactly what this is, art.

[kamayarii]

The guy explaining the process/swelling is fucking awesome.

[Jakhun]

the definition of beautify is so different around the world

[dragonfruit102]

My culture, women's beauty is small abs, big butts, and bit boobs,,seriously..hehe

[dragonfruit102]

FOr my culture, a beautiful woman has to have small abs, round ass, and big boobs...that is how we define beauty..seriously..hehee

[danny1229c]

they abviously don't know what a blow job is or they'd have left her teeth !

[Slipjig9]

To me this traditional style of tatoo that is actually a right of passage, is a million times cooler than the cookie cutter tatoos you see done at your nearest shop. This actually has meaning. I cant imagine the pain she must have felt when her teeth were being sharpened.

[mattmirage]

wow.. She is so beautiful!

[indobabe]

wat? where in indonesia is this? like.. which part of the island?

[MrNightOwl88]

It's an island of the coast of Sumatra called "Mentawai"

[hassleandhurrylife19]

you are a very pretty lady but sharp teeth is just wrong

[bj616]

I dig ink and that way of doing it must be a hell of alot more painful than the traditional way.

[DigitalTransfer]

Lol, that IS the traditional way. The Japanese still do that today as well in some shops. I know of other tribes that practice it too.