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The History of Tattooing
Asia
Borneo - India - Indonesia - Japan - Taiwan - Thailand

Photos from the book: Chris Wroblewski: Skin Shows 6

India is a big country with a lot of different people and traditions and religions.

Here is a girl from Gondwanaland - and one with the word "Rama" written all over her face (and on to the clothes). Rama is one of the Hindu gods..
Photos from the book: Karl Gröning: Decorated Skin, Thames & Hudson, 1997

A woman from Junagadh
Photo from the book: Marks of Civilization, UCLA 1988. 

A woman from Pondcherri
Photo by Chris Wroblewski