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Nose piercing is the piercing of the skin or cartilage which forms any part of the nose, normally for the purpose of wearing jewelry; among the different varieties of nose piercings, the nostril piercing is the most common. Nose piercing is the second most common varieties of piercing after earlobe piercing. ==Nostril piercing== Nostril piercing is a body piercing practice often associated with India, Pakistan, Nepal and throughout South Asia. Nostril piercing is also part of traditional Australian Aboriginal culture.〔(Stirn 2003)〕 Nostril piercing has in recent decades become popular in the industrialized nations, as have other forms of body piercing, after punks and subsequent youth cultures in the '80s and '90s adopted this sort of piercing. Today, nostril piercing is popular in the United States of America, the UK, Canada, the Caribbean, Australia, and Europe, with piercings being performed on either the left or right nostril. Both men and women have nostril piercings, though they are much more common on women. Several different types of nostril rings are found. Among the most popular are the loop, the stud with an L-bar closure, the stud with a ball closure, and the stud with a flat backing. In India the outside of the left part of the body () is the preferred position of the piercing. This practice supposedly makes childbirth easier. This is followed also because Ayurvedic medicine associates this location with the female reproductive organs. In India piercings were regarded as a mark of beauty and social standing as well as a Hindu's honor to Parvati, the goddess of marriage. Nose piercing is still popular in India. The piercings are often an integral part of Indian wedding jewelry. In Maharashtra women wear very large nose pieces that often cover the mouth or the side of the face. Pashtun and Pahari women commonly have both nostrils pierced. Many South Indian Tamil also follow this old tradition. The tradition also embraces the idea that the woman has her nose rings to pay for her funeral if she has all the gold taken from her. Nose rings or gold studs cannot be easily removed from the woman. Many women from the Asian subcontinent are cremated with just their nose studs as jewelry is removed before the funeral. Indian widows usually remove their nose studs as a sign of respect. Nose piercing has historically been strictly forbidden and is treated as a taboo among Kashmiri Muslims, this is an unusual practice in the context of South Asia as nose piercing is a common practice in the neighboring Muslim ethnic groups such as Pashtuns and Sindhis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nose piercing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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