![]() ![]() It is only worn by married women, and is worn on the left. It is never made of silver, and women believe that the area of nose they pierce has fine blood vessels that would be harmed by silver. Commonly, the design is a ring with decoration around the lower half (on some nose rings, this extends to decorating inside the circle, creating a circle where half is empty and half is filled in with filigree), and a flat circle of gold applied to hide the end of the wire that goes through the nose. In Bahariya, the nose piercing is called the gatar or qatrah, made from 12 carat gold, with filigree and granulation. According to Lane, the nose rings of his time were an inch to a inch and a half diameter of brass, strung with beads, and worn on the right side of the nose. In Upper Egypt the nose ring is commonly called a khuzam, a name used since the 1830s. An exception is Siwa- while other women in Marsa Matruh wore nose rings, Siwi women do not. The specifics of jewelry in Egypt are regional, though some form of nose piercing has been known throughout Egypt, by urban and desert dwelling women. Much like in India, the historical record in Egypt only indicates nose piercings being worn by women. This is followed by some orthodox folk also because Ayurvedic medicine associates this location with the female reproductive organs. In India, the outside of the left side of the nose is the preferred position of the piercing. Several different types of nostril rings are found. However the spread of this fashion has resulted in both men and women having nostril piercings in the wider world. Historically in India, nose piercings were worn by women only. For example, in a 2006 survey done in the hospitality industry, 81% of hiring managers stated that piercings and tattoos affect their perception of the candidate negatively. In the United States, nose piercings may have negative connotations. Initially in America, this practice was for subcultures and was seen to be associated with minority youth. For some cultures, this practice is simply for ornament, while for others it is for religious practices. Today, nostril piercing is popular in the wider world including South America, United States of America, Canada, the Caribbean, Australia, Africa, Japan and Europe, with piercings being performed on either the left or right nostril. Since the introduction and diffusion of Indian fashion and culture in the 1960s, punks and subsequent youth cultures of the 1980s and 1990s adopted nostril piercing. Nostril piercing is also part of traditional Australian Aboriginal culture. Historically, it was often associated with Indian culture and fashion since classical times, the practice has commonly been found in South Asia. Nostril piercing is a body piercing practice which allows the insertion of jewelry into the nostrils. ![]() Drawing of an Egyptian woman wearing an engraved nose ring, as drawn by Edward Lane in his book An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians ![]()
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