A few decades ago, men and women had their six lower teeth removed in keeping with the Luo culture. If some who had attained the age of 12 died before their six lower teeth were removed, a tooth had to be knocked out from his or her lower jaw. Once the teeth were removed, the “patients” were given another dose of the mixture to relieve the acute pain. Updated Wed, August 10th 2016 at 00:11 GMT +3In Luo Nyanza, coming across someone with a big gap in his or her lower jaw isn’t strange. The new initiates were given potassium permanganate to soak the gum before the teeth cutter came in with his screw driver to pluck the teeth.

Source: Standard Digital August 09, 2016 21:00 UTC