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  2. Kakiniit - Wikipedia

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    Kakiniit. Kakiniit ( Inuktitut: ᑲᑭᓐᓃᑦ [kɐ.ki.niːt]; sing. kakiniq, ᑲᑭᓐᓂᖅ) are the traditional tattoos of the Inuit of the North American Arctic. The practice is done almost exclusively among women, with women exclusively tattooing other women with the tattoos for various purposes. Men could also receive tattoos but these ...

  3. Mehndi - Wikipedia

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    Mehndi is a popular form of body art in South Asia and resembles similar traditions of henna as body art found in North Africa, East Africa and the Middle East. There are many different names for mehndi across the languages of South Asia. There are many variations and designs. Women usually apply mehndi designs to their hands and feet, though ...

  4. Batok - Wikipedia

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    In women, for whom tattoos were largely decorative, they were also tattooed with the babalakay, usually on the throat and sometimes on the forearms, in addition to one or both thighs; and the tutungrat, a series of lines and dots on the back of the hands and fingers. [31] Women's thigh tattoos were normally hidden by the tapis. [29]

  5. Tattoo - Wikipedia

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    A tattoo is a form of body modification made by inserting tattoo ink, dyes, and/or pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to form a design. Tattoo artists create these designs using several tattooing processes and techniques, including hand-tapped traditional tattoos and modern tattoo machines.

  6. History of tattooing - Wikipedia

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    Women, on the other hand, are expected to be "lightly tattooed". This means the opposite, in which there are only a small number of tattoos which are placed in areas of the body that are easy to cover up. These images are expected to be more feminine or cute (ex. Fairies, flowers, hearts).

  7. Russian criminal tattoos - Wikipedia

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    Tattoos on the hands and fingers were common, and for women, palm tattoos showing insults were popular in the 1940s and 50s. [35] A church with three cupolas – "eternal prisoner" applied to someone with at least three convictions. [36] An eagle – denotes an authoritative thief, or an escapee from a camp. [37]

  8. Sicanje - Wikipedia

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    Sicanje. Drawing of a Bosnian tattooed woman from the late 19th century. Sicanje or bocanje was a widespread custom mostly among Roman Catholic Croat teenage girls and boys of the central regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the Dalmatia region of Croatia. [ 1][ 2] The practice, which has been widespread among Albanians (see Albanian ...

  9. Malu - Wikipedia

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    Malu. Malu is a word in the Samoan language for a female-specific tattoo of cultural significance. [1] The malu covers the legs from just below the knee to the upper thighs just below the buttocks, and is typically finer and delicate in design compared to the Pe'a, the equivalent tattoo for males. The malu takes its name from a particular motif ...

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