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National Geographic Photo Gallery: Tattoos, Piercings, and Other Body ArtPhotographer: Chris Rainer

Click to enlarge this photograph of bathing women in Brazil. Their temporary tattoos show the women's eligibility for marriage.Women Bathing, Brazil
Ink from a tree in the Amazon Basin created the elaborate tattoos on these women in Xingu National Park. Applied with a small stick, the markings are done in a linear design, with each line depicting status and eligibility for marriage. The tattoos will last about six months.

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Click to view photograph of a scarred man from Burkina FasoClick to view a photograph of a tattooed man at the Burning Man Festival, Nevada.Click to see a photograph of tattooed Maori gang members, New ZealandClick to view a photograph of a tattooed yakuza gang member, Japan.Click to view a photograph of tattooed ''modern primitives'' in California.Click to view a photograph of tattooed twin Cuna Indians, Panama.Click to view a photograph of a tattooed Coptic Christian woman, Ethiopia.Click to view a photograph of a tattooed Maori Chief, New Zealand.Click to view a photograph of a Mursi woman with face markings and a lip plate in Ethiopia.Click to view a photograph of nude women with temporary tattoos bathing in Brazil.
Click to view a photograph of a nude Samoan man with tribal tattooing.
Click here to learn about photographer Chris Rainier.  Click here for a look at the book ''National Geographic Photographs: Then and Now.''  Click here for Web links on tattoos, piercings, and other body art  Credits for National Geographic's tattoos, piercings, and body markings gallery

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