On the Thai island of Phuket, there is an October festival dedicated to self-mutilation as a way to worship the gods. In a small village from Papua New Guinea, an initiation ritual consists of having one's body cut a thousand times to resemble the crocodile skin. An Australian has his body pierced out of devotion for his wife. In Toronto, a woman tattoos her body by a series of third-degree burns. In New Zealand, a woman tattoos her face in a Maori tradition. In Benin, a young girl receives a facial tattoo to allow her to progress to the next stage in her life. In Japan, Yakuza receive full-body tattoos as a mark of identity. Kayan women change their bodies by wearing neck rings that create the impression of elongated necks. In Sao Paulo, a woman tattoos her body to resemble a cow. An American man spent 700 hours of his life becoming the "lizard-man".
