For most people using make up transforms them into beauties but in some cultures it is seen as a means of identification and for survival.
Ordinary people
Have been transformed
To look extraordinary
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These people were not TV
Nor film stars
But many you’d pass
Everyday on the street
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They use basic
Cleansers, creams, pancake
Lip gloss, and eye brow liners
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Such a phenomenon
Occurs around the globe
In different regions
Like in African, Asian
And Latin American countries
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People in the developing world
May use elaborate make up
Not only for beauty
But to identify with a tribe
During festivals and carnivals
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Many adults in western societies
May discourage children
From wearing make up
Normally during the day
For they believe
They will grow up too fast
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In parts of rural Pakistan
Parents make their children
Wear make up
Of a paste of hazelnut
And oils
To ward off disease
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Such make up is spread
All over their faces
Even contacting the eyes
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In these communities
Many view this
As protection for their children
That live in homes
With smoke during winter
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Others see make up
When applied
As warding off “the evil eye”
Or some other serious curse
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Some social scientists
Understand these beliefs
As they grasp at straws
Since the mortality rate
Among rural Pakistani infants
Are 107 per 1000
Live births
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Parents will believe anything
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Many adults in western societies
May discourage children
From wearing make up
Normally during the day
For they believe
They will grow up too fast
great lines 
brilliant, I like it 
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