4. Finger Cutting in Papua New Guinea
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Grief is expressed with the hands in the Dani tribe of West Papua, New Guinea. Cutting off a finger is a way of showing the deceased how much you loved them. When a spouse passes away, the widow customarily cuts off his or her finger and buries it with the body of the beloved as a symbol of their love. The cutting is done by using extremely sharp tools such as an axe, machete or a knife, sometimes the finger is wrapped with rope before the cutting begins. That way their body and souls will be united eternally.
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