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Gauges are the most interesting thing to me. I researched gauges because I have been wearing them for a long time and I heard there is a traditional purpose of wearing them. The main topics I had in mind for researching them are the history of gauges, what they are, and the sizes they have in gauges. One thing I know about the history of gauges on the top of my head is the earliest example of gauges is there is this mummy that is dated from 3500 BC. Another thing I know is gauges can be worn for a sense of style or traditional purposes. Also, here is another note like a spoiler you can say is the biggest gauge size is double zeros. I have a lot to say about my topic but I shouldn’t spoil it for the rest of my paper so I’ll stop right now bye An ear gage is a process of ear stretching. The meaning of gauges in cultures usually is a sign of maturity in both men and women and status. Ear gauging is a tradition in some cultures. Today in our time men and women them as a sign of bodily adornment. They can be fashionable earrings too. Gold, silver, steel, stone, bone, horns, bamboo, fossilized materials, wood, silicone, amber, and glass would be the materials used to make gauges in the 3500 BC. The Mursi people of Ethopia get their ear gauged at the age of 15 to 18, they picked these ages because around this time they’ve hit puberty. The time they would wear them is at ceremonials. The men of Mursi would wear gauges for a sign of status. The men have just adopted this practice, the main people who started this in Mursi culture is the women. The Nigerian tribe would have bigger gauges than the African Fulani tribe. The Lahu people of Thailand would practice the long ear technique. The long ear technique is not having a perfectly gauged hole it’s the gauges being heavy and stretching the hole bigger but going down instead of just staying the same circled shape. In the culture of the Lahu people the women wore their gauges as a sign of beautifying. The men of Lahu would wear their gauges as a sign of greater strength. The tribe Myans wore jade plugs or flesh tunnels as a sign of wealth and status. Did you know that gauges have been a part of human history? There is this mummy called an Otzi that is the earliest example of ear gauging. The translation of this name is “The Iceman”. Otzi lived in 3500BC. The material Otzi used for his gauges is wood. Ear stretching is a popular tradition in Western culture. There is a statue on Easter Island represents stretched ear lobes. The statue was carved in 1100EC.The tribe that carved these statues is the long ears tribe. They made this in honor for their ancestors. Whenever there were newcomers the Long Ears tribe enslaved them. The newcomers carved most of the statues as forced labor. The Long ears tribe enslaved the short ears. Soon after the Short Ears ruled the island. King Tutankhamen of Egypt also had gauges. The bars through his ear were about 10mm wide. There is a unique way of how people number gauges by size. With gauges the size of gauges depends of the number it is. If the gauge number is a high number for example 18 it wouldn’t be big it would be small. The bigger the number the smaller the gauge. If the number is a small number like 0 or 2 it would be a big gauge. The smaller the number the bigger the gauge. The gauge sizes go to 18 to 00. It goes like this 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0, and 00.A 18 gauge is 10mm and 5/128 inches. A 16 gauge is 1.2mm and 3/64 inches. A 14 gauge is 1.6mm and 1/16 inches. A 12 gauge is 2mm and 5/64 inches. A 10 gauge is 2.4mm and 3/32 inches. An 8 gauge is 3.2mm and 1/8 inches. A 6 gauge is 4mm and 5/32 inches. A 4 gauge is 5mm and 3/16 inches. A 2 gauge is 6mm and ¼ inches. A 0 gauge is 8mm and 1/3 inches. A double 0 gauge is 10mm and 3/8 inches. In conclusion my whole paper is about gauges. I love researching this topic so much. I hope to research more about other things that interested. I’ll go over what my main topics in my essay were about. My first topic is explaining what gauges are. The second topic is about the history about gauges. Last but not least are the sizes of gauges and how they number it. My little summary about my essay would be about the tribes that had the traditions, the meanings from different tribes about why they wear them, and how they number it.

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