Show I lair hair cutting no light matter among indians A haircut for a member of alie e pl aroa tribe of venezuelan indians on the upper orinoco river Is not only a laborious job but it involves tho the careful gathering and burial of all the clip clippings plugs three men work on one patron who sits on a log two of the barbers in turn hold their long knives under locks lacks of hair the third man strikes a sharp blow with a piece of wood cutting oft off the hair that rests on the keen edges the process goes on until it Is possible to see the customers scalp behind the wool then mien comes the work of cleaning up every single hair Is picked oft off the ground which has been swept clean in preparation for the operation the clippings clappin s are buried in a hole a foot deep and the ground packed down tightly the indians believe that it if an enemy should find one of the hairs and give it a sharp pull it would have the effect of pulling the brain of the forder owner against his skull and thus killing hilling him it la Is believed also that it if anyone steps on a hair lying on the ground it will glie the former owner a headache |