Modern primitive

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Modern primitives or urban primitives are people in developed nations who engage in body modification rituals and practices while making reference or homage to the rite of passage practices in "primitive cultures". These practices may include body piercing, tattooing, play piercing, flesh hook suspension, corset training, scarification, branding, and cutting. The motivation for engaging in these varied practices may be personal growth, rite of passage, spiritual, sexual, or curiosity.

Roland Loomis, also known as Fakir Musafar, is considered the father of the modern primitive movement.^{[citation needed]} The 1989 RE/Searchbook Modern Primitives is largely responsible for the promotion of the concept of modern primitivism.

Although many of the types of body modification seem new, they almost all have roots back to another culture's history. People who are a part of this culture are often devoted to it and may practice it daily, weekly, monthly, at conferences, gatherings or whenever. The rituals may be done in groups of people or individually. Safety and how-to information are proliferated in publications, web communities, and at conferences. Modern Primitivism is a culture that is slowly spreading, both in the main stream as tattoos and body piercings become common place, and in the the modern primitive culture as more people who find it to be their calling become exposed to the culture and the practices through increasingly accessible media.