TITLE:        Why They Made Cuts On Skin 🐊
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
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They would make hundreds of small cuts on the boy's arms, chest, and back, then

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FULL SCRIPT:
They would make hundreds of small cuts on the boy's arms, chest, and back, then rub ash and tree oil into the wounds. This would irritate the flesh and cause it to heal in raised bumps, creating scars that resembled crocodile scales. In their culture, a massive crocodile was considered a sacred creature, and a man covered in its markings carried that same strength and dominance. So after his scars healed, the boy was considered a man and they would parade him through the village to celebrate his new

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TIMED:
[000.08] They would make hundreds of small cuts
[001.68] on the boy's arms, chest, and back, then
[004.16] rub ash and tree oil into the wounds.
[006.40] This would irritate the flesh and cause
[008.08] it to heal in raised bumps, creating
[010.08] scars that resembled crocodile scales.
[012.08] In their culture, a massive crocodile
[014.16] was considered a sacred creature, and a
[016.00] man covered in its markings carried that
[018.00] same strength and dominance. So after
[020.08] his scars healed, the boy was considered
[021.92] a man and they would parade him through
[023.68] the village to celebrate his new
