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93Borneo's Tattoos - Tribal Body Art
Tattoos have been used in Borneo since time immemorial. It was usually used to signify certain milestone of the wearer's life. It could be the mark of his Coming of Age, Transiting from Childhood into...
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86Have Mursi on the Lip Plate
A lip plate is to the outsider more a form of body mutilation than body art but to a Mursi or Suri woman a lip plate is an expression of female maturity and a sign that she has has reached child-bearing age....
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89How to dress like a real nerd
If you are puzzled by the dress sense of nerds and wondering why they dress the way they do and how they come about their dressing, well that is exactly what I want to explain to you. Well trust me on this I...
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92Tattoos- Health Risks and Toxic Effects
Tattoo inks are not regulated by the FDA, despite increasing evidence not only of skin reactions, but also delayed effects such as skin cancer and auto-immune disorders.
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81Ear Lobes - Borneo’s Tribal Body Art
The elongated ear lobe that could be found in Borneo is a dying art. Ear lobes were elongated by piercing at an early age and brass weights ear rings are put on for the sole reason of elongating the ear...
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89Tattoos for Breast Cancer Survivors
Body art like healthcare renders strong opinions that can create heated arguments from those for tattooing and those that are against it. Some of the opinions for body art are that it’s your body and you...
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82Traditional Body Arts in Indonesia
There are many kinds of traditional body arts in Indonesia. Many ancients tribes had done it as a tradition. They pierced, painted, and did strange thing with their body.In Indonesia, the piercing tradition...
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74Customizing the Body - The Art and Culture of Body Arts
Body arts are of various types including Tattoos, body painting and face painting, piercing and even branding. Many of these art forms have been developed centuries back and are still followed as a part of...
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82A Brief History of Face Painting
When we think about face painting today, we usually think about the colorful images that are drawn onto a child’s face at places like the fair or the circus. However, that wasn’t always what face painting...
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