What is Falanga?
Beating on soles with blunt object
Beating on ear with both palms
Beating on the abdomen
Suspension by wrists
Beating on the soles with blunt object Methods of toure 1. Beatings: - To the soles of the feet (falanga, falaka, baatinada) - With the palms on both the ears simultaneously (el telefone) - On the abdomen, while lying on a table with the upper half of the body unsuppoed (operating table, el quirofano) 2. Suspension: - By the wrist (la bandera) - By the arms or neck - By the ankles (mercelago) - Head down, from a horizontal pole placed under the knees, with the wrists bound to the ankles (parrot's perch, jack, pau de arara) - Bhutanese technique - tight clamping of the thighs or legs with bamboo, sometimes for a number of days. The tourer may press the two sides of the clamps with his legs or may stand on the two sides of the clamps (chepuwa) 3.Near suffocation: - Forced immersion of head in water, often contaminated (wet submarine, pileta, latina) - Tying of a plastic bag covering the head and face (dry submarine) 4. Electric: - Touring with electric shocks, usually placing electricity terminals in the vagina, mouth, anus, or over testicles and nipples (picana) - Heated metal skewer inseed into the anus (black slave). 5.Forced posture: - Prolonged standing (el planton) - Forced straddling of a bar (saw horse, el cabellete)