Fakir Musafar
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Roland Loomis (born August 10, 1930 in Aberdeen, South Dakota), better known as Fakir Musafar is considered the father of the modern primitive movement. He has experimented on his own body with body modification techniques such as body piercing, tight corseting, branding, tattooing, suspension, temporary infibulation amongst others.
He gave himself his first body piercing when he was twelve. He performed the O-Kee-Pa suspension in 1966 or 1967. His first public appearance as Fakir Musafar was at the First International Tattoo Convention in Reno, Nevada in 1977.
His partner is Cleo Dubois.
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