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Albanian tattoo patterns: 19th century (top), early 20th century (bottom). They are symbols of the Sun ( Dielli ) and the Moon ( Hëna ); the cross (also swastika in some tattoos) is the Albanian traditional way to represent the deified Fire – Zjarri , evidently also called with the theonym Enji .
Sun and Fire symbols in Albanian traditional tattoo patterns (19th century). [1]The cross (also swastika in some tattoos) is the Albanian traditional way to represent the deified Fire – Zjarri, evidently also called with the theonym Enji. [2]
In Albanian tradition the Sun is referred to as "the Beauty of the Sky" (i Bukuri i Qiellit), [32] a phrase used for the god who rules the sky.[33]According to a modern interpretation, the ancestors of the Albanians presumably had in common with the Ancient Greek theogony the tripartite division of the administration of the world into heaven, sea, and underworld, and in the same functions as ...
A temporary tattoo is a non-permanent image on the skin resembling a permanent tattoo. As a form of body painting , temporary tattoos can be drawn, painted, or airbrushed. [ 149 ] [ 150 ]
[1] [2] The tattoo practice, which has been widespread among Albanians (see Albanian traditional tattooing) and also Vlach women, native populations of the western Balkans, predates the Slavic migrations to the Balkans, and consequently Christianity itself, tracing back to Illyrian times, although scholars documented it in the 19th century.
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Albanian culture or the culture of Albanians (Albanian: kultura shqiptare [kultuˈɾa ʃcipˈtaɾɛ]) is a term that embodies the artistic, culinary, literary, musical, political and social elements that are representative of ethnic Albanians, which implies not just Albanians of the country of Albania but also Albanians of Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro, where ethnic Albanians are a ...
A face tattoo or facial tattoo is a tattoo located on the bearer's face or head. It is part of the traditional tattoos of many ethnic groups. In modern times, although it is considered taboo and socially unacceptable in many cultures, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as well as considered extreme in body art, [ 3 ] this style and placement of tattoo has emerged in ...