Serious question: Why do Indian people...

[MisfitsFiend]

or should I say - what is the significance of a piercing in the nose?

Please only serious answers - I noticed someone older at work yesterday (50+) who just got a piercing in her nostril. I tend to believe that there is some kind of reason for this - what does it signify?

Thanks...

 

[GMElias]

don't know, but it could represent a beauty mark of some kind (this is in the back of my mind somehow)...but honestly, I just want this at the top so others can answer
-Elias

 

[MisfitsFiend]

don't know, but it could represent a beauty mark of some kind (this is in the back of my mind somehow)...but honestly, I just want this at the top so others can answer
-Elias

that's what I was leaning to as well...

 

[ITJunkie]

It may just be a cultural / religious thing whose significance escapes me.

 

[Looney]

http://www.navelring.com/information/nosepiercinginfo.htm

 

[jalaram]

From Google's results. Here is a good place to start.

 

[MisfitsFiend]

thanks, I was hoping for some first-hand knowledge from this community...

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: MisfitsFiend
thanks, I was hoping for some first-hand knowledge from this community...

/me looks in mirror

nope, not indian. no piercings either.

 

[jmolayal]

Originally posted by: TallBill

/me looks in mirror

nope, not indian. no piercings either.

/me Looks in mirror - and I am Indian.

Still no clue though...