Some tribes in Papua New Guinea use scarification to help them resemble the crocodiles of the Sepik river and evoke their power. The rite-of-passed results in remarkable body-covering markings.

https://www.wildfrontierstravel.com/en_GB/blog/the-crocodile-men-of-papua-new-guinea

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