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teytin235 ago

to me, he looked dead, or possibly as somebody else mentioned, in a trance. The paint looked ritualistic in nature, akin to what for example australian aboriginal men and boys paint on their body for ceremonial purposes...no insult or offence meant to their culture

teytin235 ago

also, IIRC, the ceremonial body paint aboriginals wear is supposed to make them visible to spirits. The ceremonies are all about communion with spirits and initiation. The boys wear the paint on their body during their initiation ceremonies. Pederasty was actually widespread among a lot of the tribes and sometimes involved in the initiation ceremonies of boys and young men