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Tuesday Aug 30, 2005
Ancient Tattoos Banned
The Berbers are an ancient tribe of people living primarily in Morocco and Algeria. Desert dwellers, the Berbers have many beautiful and artistic traditions most typically rug-making and tattooing.
The traditional Berber tattoo is a female-centric form of body art, using symbolic images most often on the face and hands as a form of protection and tribal identification.
Currently, most Berbers identify as Muslim at this point, and in the Muslim religion tattooing is forbidden. Henna tattoos are often used as a replacement, and sometimes women draw on the traditional facial tattoos with marker.
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