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! colspan="2"| Fakir Musafar
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| '''Birth Date'''
| 10 August [[1930]]
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| '''Birth Place'''
| Aberdeen, South Dakota
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| '''Death Date'''
| Living
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| '''Occupation'''
| piercer, writer, teacher
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| '''Website'''
| [http://www.bodyplay.com/ http://www.bodyplay.com/]
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'''FGM''' is a politically charged and highly negative term that is short for '''Female Genital Mutilation'''. It refers to the Islamic and African practices of [[Female Circumcision|female circumcision]], [[Clitoral Removal|clitoral removal]], and [[Infibulation|female infibulation]]. Major campaigns are being waged around the world to stop the practice outright which is non-consensually forced on young girls — though there are many people (largely women who have had the procedure themselves) who feel it is culturally important to protect.
'''Fakir Musafar''' (born as Roland Loomis, August 10, [[1930]]) is the widely accepted father of the [[Modern Primitive|modern primitives]] movement.


Performing FGM (which can include procedures such as [[Hood splitting|hood splitting]] and [[Female Circumcision|labial removal]], and under some definitions even [[Female genital piercing|female genital piercing]]) in many Western countries carries with it jail time of up to 40 years and authorities actively prosecuting these cases. Before involving oneself in any such act, even between consenting adults, you would be highly advised to speak with a lawyer.
Quoted from Fakir's [http://www.bodyplay.com/ homepage]:
:Fakir Musafar is known worldwide for his fifty years of research and personal exploration of primitive body decoration and [[Category:Rituals|rituals]]. Fakir has introduced concepts and practices for the "body-first" approach to explore spirituality in art, [[Body modification|body modifications]], [[BDSM]] and what he calls "[[Body play|body play]]". Fakir's practices have been shown and his views expressed in the [[1985]] film [[Dances Sacred and Profane]] and in ReSearch publication's [[1989]] book [[Modern Primitives (book)|Modern Primitives]] (a word Fakir coined in [[1979]] to describe himself and a few kindred spirits).
:Born in [[1930]] on what was then an Indian Reservation, Fakir is a depression baby from Aberdeen, South Dakota. He studied electrical engineering and has a B.S.E. degree from Northern State University (South Dakota) plus an M.A. degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. For many years he held executive positions in San Francisco advertising agencies and operated his own ad agency in Silicon Valley. Fakir has had, over the years, a very checkered career path that included such odd occupations as Instructor in Demolitions & Explosives (U.S. Army 1952-54) and teacher of ballroom dancing at Arthur Murray's. All the while, he was privately practicing what his inner spirit revealed to him as a valid but non-sanctioned way (in this culture) to reach spirit through the body. In [[1979]], he made his first public coming out at the first [[International Tattoo Convention|International Tattoo Convention]] in Reno, Nevada. Since then, he has seen as his "life work" writing, speaking and teaching others what he has experienced and learned by doing body play.


'''Warning, the following is very graphic'''
In 2002, he had an exhibit of his photos at the Fahey/Klein Gallery. [http://www.faheykleingallery.com/photographers/musafar/exhibition/spirit_flesh/musafar_ex_spirit_frames.htm [1]] He also released a book of his photos, titled [[Spirit + Flesh]].


:''"The child, completely naked, is made to sit on a low stool. Several women take hold of her and open her legs wide. After separating her outer and inner lips, the operator, usually a woman experienced in this procedure, sits down facing the child. With her kitchen knife the operator first pierces and slices open the hood of the clitoris. Then she begins to cut it out. While another woman wipes off the blood with a rag, the operator digs with her sharp fingernail a hole the length of the clitoris to detach and pull out the organ. The little girl, held down by the women helpers, screams in extreme pain; but no one pays the slightest attention.The operator finishes this job by entirely pulling out the clitoris, cutting it to the bone with her knife. Her helpers again wipe off the spurting blood with a rag. The operator then removes the remaining flesh, digging with her finger to remove any remnant of the clitoris among the flowing blood. The neighbor women are then invited to plunge their fingers into the bloody hole to verify that every piece of the clitoris is removed."''
== External links ==
 
* [http://www.fakir.org Fakir.org]
-Excerpt from Hosken Report, Somalia Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females, Fourth Revised Edition, 1993 (Women’s International Network News)"
* [http://www.bodyplay.com/ bodyplay.com]
 
* [http://news.bme.com/2005/02/25/spiritflesh-the-energy-pull-part-1-fakir-rants-raves/ BME article: The Energy Pull: Part I]
In some contexts FGM may stand for female genital ''modification'', but to avoid confusion that term seems to have dropped out of fashion.
* [http://news.bme.com/2005/01/15/suspensions-tensions-today-part-i-fakir-rants-raves/ BME article: Suspensions and Tensions: Part I]
* [http://news.bme.com/2004/05/08/suspensions-tensions-today-part-ii-fakir-rants-raves/ BME article: Suspensions and Tensions: Part II]
* [http://news.bme.com/2004/09/29/suspensions-tensions-today-part-iii-fakir-rants-raves/ BME article: Suspensions and Tensions: Part III]
* [http://news.bme.com/2003/11/15/suspensions-tensions-yesterday-fakir-rants-raves/ BME article: Suspensions and Tensions: Yesterday]
* [http://news.bme.com/2003/07/04/body-play-state-of-grace-or-sickness-part-i-fakir-rants-raves/ BME article: Body Play: States of  Grace or Sickness Part I]
* [http://news.bme.com/2003/08/14/body-play-state-of-grace-or-sickness-part-ii-fakir-rants-raves/ BME article: Body Play: States of Grace or Sickness Part II]
* [http://news.bme.com/2003/05/18/beauty-eye-of-the-beholder-fakir-rants-raves/ BME article: Beauty: Eye of the Beholder?]


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
* [[MGM]]
* [[Body Play]]
* [http://middle-east-info.org/league/somalia/fgmpictures.htm FGM Info]
* [[Modern Primitive]]

Latest revision as of 03:33, 17 September 2023

Fakir Musafar
FakirMusafar.jpg
Birth Date 10 August 1930
Birth Place Aberdeen, South Dakota
Death Date Living
Occupation piercer, writer, teacher
Website http://www.bodyplay.com/

Fakir Musafar (born as Roland Loomis, August 10, 1930) is the widely accepted father of the modern primitives movement.

Quoted from Fakir's homepage:

Fakir Musafar is known worldwide for his fifty years of research and personal exploration of primitive body decoration and. Fakir has introduced concepts and practices for the "body-first" approach to explore spirituality in art, body modifications, BDSM and what he calls "body play". Fakir's practices have been shown and his views expressed in the 1985 film Dances Sacred and Profane and in ReSearch publication's 1989 book Modern Primitives (a word Fakir coined in 1979 to describe himself and a few kindred spirits).
Born in 1930 on what was then an Indian Reservation, Fakir is a depression baby from Aberdeen, South Dakota. He studied electrical engineering and has a B.S.E. degree from Northern State University (South Dakota) plus an M.A. degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. For many years he held executive positions in San Francisco advertising agencies and operated his own ad agency in Silicon Valley. Fakir has had, over the years, a very checkered career path that included such odd occupations as Instructor in Demolitions & Explosives (U.S. Army 1952-54) and teacher of ballroom dancing at Arthur Murray's. All the while, he was privately practicing what his inner spirit revealed to him as a valid but non-sanctioned way (in this culture) to reach spirit through the body. In 1979, he made his first public coming out at the first International Tattoo Convention in Reno, Nevada. Since then, he has seen as his "life work" writing, speaking and teaching others what he has experienced and learned by doing body play.

In 2002, he had an exhibit of his photos at the Fahey/Klein Gallery. [1] He also released a book of his photos, titled Spirit + Flesh.

External links

See Also

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