The Balinese Tradition of Filing Teeth
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2019
- For teens in Bali, adulthood bites different. Balinese teens come of age with a traditional ceremony that involves grinding down their upper canine teeth-a metaphorical and physical break from their animal instincts and ancestral roots. This ceremony is seen as the final responsibility a parent has to their child.
VICE Indonesia follows Gek Sri as she undergoes her own “defanging” ceremony to see how Bali’s youngest generation of adults is taking on a tradition with deep roots on the island and ask whether a new set of teeth is “adulting” or actually adulthood.
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Enamel Has left the chat.
no more ice cream
Ouch ..
Exposed dentin has joined the chat.
Lmao 😭
M *colgate sensitive relief has kicked sensodyne out of the group*
I demand this level of treatment everytime I have to go to the dentist
Lmfao I know right????
I want the headdress!
Well my parents practically have to carry me in so 🤷🏼♀️😂 sorta counts, they never offer up a buffet at my dentist though 😒
@@Emmy4ShortStack no fair!! 😂
Emmy97xox omg your funny 😂
When the dentist hits my nerve with the drill I jump in pain, I can’t even imagine this
That’s the worst pain in the world dude
@@user-pv4qq6ud9j agree
Lol im balinese and i have done this. Suprisingly i does not hurt AT ALL
J L yup then they spray cold water in there just because to make it 10000 times worse
@@agungkrishna7000 wow it seems like it would!!
it’s so interesting to hear gek talk about nikes and brands and “haters” and being a virgo and a millennial while about to undergo this ceremony. she seems to be aware of its complications, too. very strange how the internet culture that she seems to be a part of doesn’t exactly clash with her own.
cultural identity > internet/online identity i guess
@Hytham Hammer he meant her not gek
Crazy
@@cashen7384 Gek is her name.
Edit: I was wrong, according to the comment under mine, gek is a way of saying "girl"
"Gek" is like common ways to say "girl" here in Bali
"They say not to smile except in the mirror or else you'll be cursed!" *huge smile* lol
She's cursed with a terrible accent!
@@jtpf87 wdym
F in the chat for the bird.
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my teeth hurt the whole time watching this video
"You have to watch out for the haters while you're shining"
As... as someone with EXTREMELY sensitive teeth... I was in pain watching this whole video.
its not hurt at all. its not like they cut the teeth half lol
She is using the roller ball mascara!!
She is really gorgeous too
TERRIBLE MASCARA, LOL
7:30 rip birdy 😖
Steve Nikko rip
Superstition is a mother*cker. 😂
@Electric Sheep guess you missed the part about receiving bad luck if you smile before seeing your reflection
@Electric Sheep it's all "weird" in its own way. I'm sure there's things that we do now that our grandchildren will think is nonsensical. Even now, she said they ditched the tradition of the parents carrying the child and opting for socks instead. I know a few people who have even let their future husband give them a second opinion on their wedding dress. I work in a restaurant and have noticed most people don't bother with candles anymore. Traditions change all the time. Mainly because they feel some parts are unnecessary to get the message across. We can agree to disagree though
@Electric Sheep This is literally the THIRD thread you've followed me too... Didn't I banish you to the shadow realm over an hour ago? 😂😂... Go away weirdo.
Western Cultural Marxism is a PC M-F-er.
@Anthony Okafor Religions aren't stupid. What's stupid is fallowing religions that's not indigenous to you and your people like Christianity, Jewdaism and Islam.
Side eyeing the re-upload Vice!!!...I watch a lot of your vids
Oh right it's the first episode and yet it is also a recent upload
yeah i was just like “didn’t they already post this??”
Nice one, Vice. I've been fortunate enough to attend a closing ceremony for a similar ritual and it's a lot of fun!
Shes cute as hell… her whole family has beautiful women…
There's a LOT of makeup mate.
Yeah she is. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would.
@@jtpf87 that bali make up, real tone bali people its same like all indonesian
*everyone:* wtf VICE, a reupload??!
*me, a grateful subscriber:* Thanks VICE!
This was a beautiful short! Such a lush green place! Her and her sisters and her mother all looked so good, like royalty! I love the head dresses they are immaculate. Such a wonderful ceremony, this is a amazing and beautiful tradition😊
Nice to see cultural traditions kept alive
At the expense of health
Yes, but even this seems quite westernised to my opinion. Reading an old anthropological account of Bali and its traditions by Geertz and this is quite jarring as a result.
at 7:23 i wanted to cry that poor bird
Their national costume is beautiful!!!! I really respect that hair!!!!!!!!!!! I never got my canine filed down, am I full of evil energy?
I was drawn to this video by first reading about the ceremony in a 1969 issue of National Geographic. In the magazine it appears that they are really filing quite a bit from the teeth, but in this video, it appears that the filing is fairly light. Is there a difference between then and now? Is there really an intention to alter the teeth, or is this really much more ceremonial? It seems to me to be the latter.
Yes, the old way was more physically and mentally demanding. Back then, Person who about to undergo the process need to learn the basic of meditation to calm their nerve during the process. Today the ceremony is a lot more relax. In fact, more and more traditional ceremonies are more relax and following the modern health and safety guidelines.
Such a wonderful tradition and they all looks so gorgeous 🌾🌺🥰
Nice. Keep your culture and don't let outsiders sway you away from it.
Thanks
Love balinese traditional dresses
interesting to learn about this culture, through this ritual, big thanks to the comments/perspective of the main girl in this video...about what this may represent in the bigger picture.
Greetings to all Balinese over there from Javanese here.
Islam destroyed all indonesian culture, replaced by desert culture.
This is done in the US but as a dental procedure not a ritual. My daughter had to get her front teeth shaved down before she had her braces put on.
I think your daughters procedure might be a bit different
Jimena Lopez She was well buck toothed. My girl looked like the Easter bunny 🐰🤦🏾♀️
Samantha Sam .... not the exact same process. Maybe the same principle but definitely not the same procedure
i suggest you to go to Bali, not to get drunk, but to see our culture 🙂
This video was first on VICE Indonesia, then VICE Asia, and no just on VICE international??
I love stay in bali 🤙🏿 too much tradition to do but i love it, and you should search about meajar - ajar tradition
"you have to watch out for your haters when your shining"
This was already uploaded right... im not going crazy right?!?
Jenna Perry yeah they reupload bc they’ve got no other content :/
@@haleybledsoe5632 aaah valid
Its ironic the way many cultures celebrate "the right of passage" into "fill in the blank" in this case adulthood, in Indonesian culture its the filing down of teeth which means the breaking away and becoming more "human" or "civilized", while in other cultures they enhance the canine appearance of their appearance in order to achieve a higher spiritual connection to their religious icons and a higher enlightenment.
She looked allot better with her old fangs
this is just another desfiguration ritual, but at least the jews do it in a "cut"
*a lot
The goal isn't to look good
why reupload dis?? im confused.. just keep it up?
Keeping it relevant. Cause they have no new content.
i'm in bali when this video came out... what a coincidence
Beautiful ceremonial😍
They killed that little chick. I guess the photo obsession is same for Indonesians as it is for Indians. It's funny how we mix the traditional with the modern. Sometimes you just do things for traditions sake. I love how she addressed white gaze.
When p the mom said "to control ourselves" and the look she made was like..........yeah to control ourselfes
Sounds like she doesn't believe nor want to do this
Right ? Kinda annoying
No I feel like she understood the root elements of the traditions and seemed to appreciate them. She is a millennial, so she is expressing it in a different way. She made little comments like wanting to wear them with Nike's but she still understood the tradition, just made light of it all
@@delilahbrown6746 exactly!
This is a must for all Balinese Hindus who get grown up whether they want or not.
I didn't get that vibe at all. She actually seemed happy. She just seemed a little uncomfortable due to all the attention she was getting. She mentioned that she doesn't like attention.
8:23 minute....Love her, understand
Kultura of a part in the world
Call me paranoid but I wouldn’t let that “dentist “ even look at teeth
Watching this while brushing my teeth, baffled.
Wasn’t this a video 7 months ago?
**sees video that I’m sure I’ve watched already**
🤔🤔🤔
Braces: *Am I a joke to you*
* insert anime meme picture * "is it re-upload ?"
She is so beautiful the filing thing terrifies me though. It just makes me teeth tingle
I got tooth sensitivity just by watching it!!
Sensodyne has entered the chat!!!
Such beautiful teeth why?!??!
Deja-vu they change something in the matrix lol
Lol i thought that guy who came to say be ready in 15min was a chef🤣
why the re-upload?
Coins
Someone knows her facebook or instagram?
I did this myself in my sleep
Sarah Gerhardt right
That complexion is one thing women even if they put layers of foundation still cannot achieve 😍😍😍😍
Finally something I haven’t heard of yet :)
I've already seen this long ago wtf
Nope. Re upload.
It sucks that the world doesn’t revolve around you huh
I guess candy is out of the question after adulthood.
Not that bad, here they remove the perfectly healthy upper teeth between the 'fangs'. Some call it a 'passion gap'.
Wtf vice. Re-uploaded!!!!!
Sad.
At least it's not more political garbage. 👌
Anyone find that song catchy?
"Getting married?"
"No.. with you? ;)"
"No thank you."
Oh my word she is beautiful 😍🌺
What exactly do they file i didnt see any difference
If I got treated like this when I go to my dentist I would go more often
and I thought only my family is crazy...😂😂😂
Everyones makeup on point 👌 lol
This was already posted?
Watch out for the haters while you’re shining
I could't even tell a difference afterwards...
She's very pretty though, and all the ladies are in the family!!
Tho is Vietnamese. This is something else.
Just wait till they take out their teeth. Then you see the real beauty... lol. Everything is detachable. The best thing about Balinese women lol
@@jacobstaten2366 happy now?
@@jaseanthony70 Well if you are gay, why is it the best thing you can detach things from these woman? What purpose does it suit you?
@@Burnstein209 I thought you meant "rabbit" but now that I see you meant "though" it completely changes the meaning of the sentence, and I totally agree with you.
"Uploaded 4 hours ago" my ass 😂 I watched this months ago TF
I once watch it in VICE Indonesia too. I feel strange tho
@@railsloopdrown that's what it was! I knew I wasn't crazy 😂😂👌🏼
I wish I could have teeth as beautiful as her pre tooth filing 😖
Must be painful ouch
Beautiful
I’ve seen this before and I said fuck this and I’m seeing it again and the feeling is still there.
Fuck that. I would just move away.
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Sometimes I think I know what the hell theyre saying then I read the captions and no
7:28 I didn't learn enough about the chick's head being cut off
I'm a balinese hindu..., I remember when I was a kid sitting next to a priest / person who leads the prayer in the temple, and he just killed the chick just like in the video with bare hands, just in front of my eyes. I was so sad. I wish religious ceremony could have less and less violence / death. I know, they justified it with stories like "the soul of sacrificed animals will reincarnate as higher being (they mean human, maybe)". I just don't buy it. But well, who am I, just a tree hugger.
She's definitely Gen Z, not a millennial.
Great video, very poor editing on the captions.
This must be for the wealthy I don’t believe everyone can afford this ritual
A Nii definitely. It’s never mentioned in videos like these how you have to be wealthy and privileged to get this treatment.
it’s so expensive. usually families have to wait for all their children to come of age to have this done. most, if not all, balinese people have this done!
This ritual is for all Balinese Hindus wheter they're wealthy or poor. As same as other traditions in Bali it can be made simpler and cheaper than that is shown in the video.
@@sexlordadelaide4638 actualy we can do this ritual together with our other family members (big family). Ex my cousin or my uncle get married and they do this ritual, I and my bro n sis can join it. No need to wait all the children has grown up we can do this seperately.
Not really, my family is not rich; but we for some reason they can afford for this ceremony. Yes, even the clothes.
Addicted to social media, nikes, and haters.
I would like to grind all my teeth till they are pointy
Damn, I thought I had sensitive teeth. 😬
Dentist: Am I a joke to you?
a reupload?
Unless i were allowed to have some kind of anestesthia, I would be having a panic attack from the beggining
This is like a Asian quince with a tooth cleaning 😂
You all uploaded this before
Her dad is a wise man
Why r they uploading this again?
I know i watched this already..
The headless duck on the ground though... didn't see that coming!
Wait till you see a headless barbie
Neither did the duck!
If I get a filing it would be to make my canine teeth into fangs. I actually use it to break hard ass candy and it doesn't hurt like it would to others.
Love india from bali
Good to see not a lot of haters cause of the dead chick. I feel my soul clean.
wow what a royal treatment
how interesting