ampallang

Also known as palang

The palang () or ampallang is a male genital piercing that penetrates horizontally through the entire glans of the penis.

Key facts

Piercing.name: Ampallang
Piercing.image: Ampallang cropped.jpg
Piercing.image_size: 200px
Piercing.location: Glans
Piercing.jewelry: Straight barbell
Piercing.healing time: 5 months

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The palang () or ampallang is a male genital piercing that penetrates horizontally through the entire glans of the penis.

==History== 150px|thumb|Two Dayak Kenyah men wearing ampallang-like penis accessories. Photo collection of the Tropenmuseum. Penis piercings of proto-Malay origin predated European contact with tribes in (among others) the Philippines and Borneo (Dayak people). Thomas Cavendish claims that in the Philippines the practice was an invention of the women to prevent sodomy (the Philippines variant included a spur).

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