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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re south Asian and it’s very common to pierce baby girls’ ears but there’s no meaning behind it. I wish I had done it when my daughter was a baby. At five there was a lot of drama.[/quote] South Asian here, there is actually meaning behind it. Perhaps not here in the U.S., but along with the religious significance that a PP described earlier, ear piercing is part and parcel of the South Asian tradition of adornment of religious idols, women and children, which is done in a devotional sense. It is known as "alankaram" when done during worship. And of course, culturally South Asians love and place great importance on wearing jewelry, so there's that, too. [/quote]
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