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Tattoos hold rich historical and cultural significance as permanent markings on the body, conveying personal, social, and spiritual meanings. However, religious interpretations of tattooing vary widely, from acceptance and endorsement to strict prohibitions associating it with the desecration of the sacred body.
Typical markings include vertical lines from the lower lip that extend to beneath the chin. [2] According to tattoo anthropologist Lars Krutak, the width of the lines and the spacing between them were traditionally associated with each of the nine groups of Hän Gwich’in. Girls would be tattooed to identify their group.
40 Finger Tattoo Design Ideas to Get You Started. ... Finger Tattoos for Women. ... #18 Subtle Symbols. A pair of tattoos that incorporate simple black shapes and dots.
Women in some parts of the country tattooed their hands and other visible parts of the body (such as brow, cheeks, wrist, or below the neck) with Christian symbols and stećak ornaments. Boys were also tattooed with the same symbols mostly above the elbow on the right arm, chest, forehead, and pointer finger.
Tattoos of yantra designs were believed to hold magic power, and were used much like the kolam tattoos of India. For these people, religion is closely tied to the notion of magic, health, and good fortune. [3] The script used for yantra designs varies according to culture and geography. In Cambodia and central Thailand, the Khom script is used.
Albanian tattoo patterns: 19th century (top), early 20th century (bottom). They are symbols of the Sun and the Moon ; 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. [1]
Rapa Nui tattoo tools, Manchester Museum. Tattoos, as well as other forms of art in Rapa Nui, blends anthropomorphic and zoomorphic imagery. [3] The most common symbols represented were of the Make-Make god, Moais, Komari (the symbol of female fertility), the manutara, and other forms of birds, fish, turtles or figures from the Rongo Rongo ...
Kakiniq (singular) or kakiniit (plural) [2] is an Inuktitut term which refers to Inuit tattoos, [3] while the term tunniit specifically refers to women's facial tattoos. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The terms are rendered in Inuktitut syllabics as ᑲᑭᓐᓃᑦ ( Kakinniit ), ᑲᑭᓐᓂᖅ ( Kakinniq ), and ᑐᓃᑦ ( Tuniit ).