The tribe where beautiful women live with hard luck: Men have been blocking their noses for a shocking reason

The Apatan women wear nose plugs made from a dark piece of wood.

The symbol of maturity and the transition to mature women, the closing of the nose, is a ceremony that takes place when a girl comes in her first period, broadcasts Telegragraphy.

Since 1970, this practice of putting corks into the nose has not been applied, but there are women in this tribe who still have their noses. Located within the borders of the Ziro Valley, deep into the rural area of rural Arunachal Pradesh lies the Apache tribe, also called Now.

Their centuries - old Okons, especially the ritual closing of their noses and tattoos on women's faces, have gradually decreased since 1970, becoming the echo of a past era.

Tapes and tattoos are designed to protect women.

Legend tells the story of a time when these unusual practices arose from need as a shield against tribal thieves. In each attack, women died first because the robbers took them and took them away.

Thereafter, chief Appatan decreed that the most beautiful of them would carry the load of visible ornaments ʹ large noselike plugs known as bulging hurlo, carefully set to avoid any malicious stare. Completing these corks, the complex tattoos on the faces of these women served the same role, masking a lure that could attract unwanted attention.

The tribe is also known for its fertile marshes.

Situated in the midst of a green expanse of fertile marshes, this tribe lives mainly from the abundance of rice fields and the abundance of its waters.

They still respect the rhythms of Donny-Polo, their amary belief worships the heavenly dance of the Sun (Donny) and the Moon (Polo). While the habit of closing women's nose with heavy wooden corks and their tattooed disdain is slowly falling into oblivion.