Young balinese boy is getting his tooth filed by a priest in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Tooth filing or Metatah’ in Common Balinese is made to control evil human characteristics: greed, lust, anger, confusion, stupidity, jealousy, ill-will, and intoxication by either passion or drunkenness. This important life-cycle event usually occurs when a Balinese boy or girl reaches puberty. Tooth filing is not painful but very uncomfortable even for the crowd.