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OOTOBRE, 1904.)
dla TATTOOING IN CENTRAL INDIA.
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Between the wrist and the elbow, flowers, trees, words, border of situ's säri, &c. -
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Fringe of Sitas sari. & - Tattooing among Malavā Brāhmans, Chhāngatia, Sarvariyās, &e.
(Collected by Mr. D. F. Valil of Ratlam.) Tattooing is confined to the female sex only. Tattoo marks are generally made on the following parts of the body: - Forehead, nose, chin, hands, arms, breast, legs and feet. Among the local Sarvariya Brahmaņs, who are a branch of the Kanyakubja Brâhmans, a girl is tattooed immediately after her marriage. Virgins are not tattooed. Among the other Brahmaņs tattooing is commenced at sboat the seventh or the eighth year, irrespective of whether the girls are married or unmarried. No ceremony is connected with it, but molasses and sweets are distributed among the women present. Among Sarvariya Brühmaņs Natnis (female sorobats) are employed, but among others the elderly female members of the family tattoo the young girl. Only one colour is employed - green. The marks are chiefly made on bands, chin, cheeks and forehead.
On the back of the palm -
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On the fingers -
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On the feet -
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On the hand
, and the figure of Sitä сooking -
On the cheeks -
On the lower lip -
On the cbia -
On the forehead -
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