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    What is the significance of a nose ring in Muslim/Hindu culture and does the nostril it's in mean anything?

    Question #79963. Asked by RamonaR. (May 06 07 10:55 AM)


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    		Aside from being a mark of beauty and status for many centuries in certain cultures (those in which a woman's wealth is displayed via the jewelry she wears), piercing of the left nostril in India seems to be thought to assist childbirth:



    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose_piercing

    May 06 07, 3:55 PM

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