Showing posts with label tribal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tribal. Show all posts
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Tribal nepale tattoo
Tattoo and body manipulation is as old as the first men. As soon as we could decorate our body, we did. Whether it's for beauty, health, religious or social reasons, our body is our temple, and we like to make our temple look nice, for the gods or for ourselves. It all started with a stick and some pointy object, add some color, dip in, and start to draw.
In Nepal, the art of tattooing is a long story. From the taru women who tattoo their entire bodies, to the Newar who etch their family names, to hill tribes, tattoos are part of nepale culture.
Here are some pictures of women face tattoos taken during a trip from Khaptad National park to Rara lac. These women have various reasons for tattooing their faces. One story, is that once upon a time, in King's days, the King could go to any village and choose any woman he wanted to take with him. So, to keep the women they wanted, the villages started to tattoo the women's faces. The King seeing this ugly marks, would stay away from these disfigured ladies. Another reason for face tattoo is medical. As some woman explained to us, she used to have headaches. So, she fixed her head by the dots which served as nails.
This old tradition is slowly getting lost in time, and the new generation girls laughs when we ask if they tattoo their faces:"It's for the old ladies!". Yet, going around the mountains, we saw a few young girls wearing the traditional marks. As the tattoo scene is getting bigger and bigger, let's hope that the new generation artists will not forget their cultural heritage, and keep well and alive the nepale tattoo arts...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Namaste tree
Namaste tree.
Bamboo and machine.
Namaste is derived from Sanskrit and is a combination of two words, "Namaḥ" and "te" (a shortened variant of "tubhyam"). Namaḥ means 'bow', 'obeisance', 'reverential salutation' or 'adoration' and te means 'to you' (dative case of 'you'). Therefore, Namaste literally means "bow to you" translated as "I bow to you".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namaste
Modern Tharu design
Bamboo and machine work.
Inspired by traditional tribal design of the Tharu people in nepal.
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The back of the leg.
To see traditional tattoo on tharu woman, check here.
To see traditional tattoo on tharu woman, check here.
