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One of the ethnicity's most unique traditions that have almost vanished is the practice of ‘tattooing’ girls faces.
Helena tells how she had her face marked. “My dad said I used to be a naughty girl and decided to mark me so I could be quieter. He picked up some bones of a little squirrel that lives in the jungle, prepared an ink with genipap and started drawing. All I remember is that it was excruciating."

Ana Caroline de Lima

Print Only: $1,750.00
Framed Print: $1,982.31
Print Size: 910x610 mm
Frame Size: 1170x870 mm
Paper Type: Hahnemühle William Turner® 310gsm
Frame Colour: Brown
Exhibit: POS AD 175 09

 

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One of the ethnicity's most unique traditions that have almost vanished is the practice of ‘tattooing’ girls faces.
Helena tells how she had her face marked. “My dad said I used to be a naughty girl and decided to mark me so I could be quieter. He picked up some bones of a little squirrel that lives in the jungle, prepared an ink with genipap and started drawing. All I remember is that it was excruciating."


يُعتبر وشم وجوه الفتيات أحد أروع التقاليد الخاصة بهذه الإثنية وهي آيلة إلى الزوال.
تخبرنا هيلينا كيف تمّ وشم وجهها. "قال لي والدي إنني اعتدت أن أكون فتاةً مشاكسة لذلك قرّر وشمي كي أكون أكثر هدوءاً. فاختار عظام سنجاب يعيش في الأدغال وأعدّ حبراً من فاكهة الجنباية وبدأ بالرسم. ولا أذكر سوى أنني شعرت بألمٍ شديد."

Photographer:
Ana Caroline de Lima

Print Only: $1,750.00

Framed Print: $1,982.31

Print Size: 910x610 mm

Frame Size: 1170x870 mm

Exhibit: POS AD 175 09

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