They were also known to perform body modification and mark themselves for identification, and or beauty. The Bedai had tattooed themselves, and mainly on their faces. (2) They also painted their bodies in a type of war paint, and wore very little clothes which like the tattoos are similar customs of the Irish Picts who were known to be the tattooed and or painted people who went to war naked as described by Julius Caesar. This ancient ritual of tattooing, and in particular facial and head tattoos I have found more often than not shows a common thread or family link to other ancient tribes who was also practiced the art of tattooing over the last such as the Hebrews, Israelites, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Hindoos, Lybians, Greeks, Irish Picts, Sarmatians , Massagetes, Illyrians,Dacians and Thracians.
The Bedai Indians like many other American Indians also practiced what is called skull flattening or head binding which is a form of body alteration that utilized cradleboards to alter the shape of their skulls. This method of changing the shape of their skull by artificial means was also practiced bymany other Indian tribes around the world such as the Maya, Inca, and the Elongated Human Skulls of Paracas Indians of Peru. There were quite a few other tribes in North America who practiced head binding such as the Chinookan tribes (pictured to the left) of the Northwest and the Choctaw of the Southeast. In ancient times, the Asiatic Huns and Alans had also practiced a similar cranial deformation which later became a custom of the East Germanic tribes who were ruled by the Huns.Source:
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