Tattooing is not allowed, and those who practice it are expelled from the caste.
The system of tattooing and decoration of females with ornaments is summed up in the following cases:-- 1.
By a few I was given to understand that under the Spanish regime, when killing and capturing was rife, the tattooing was for the purpose of the identification of a captive.
The only breast ornament, besides tattooing on the skin and embroidery on the jacket, is the silver plaque or disk worn nearly always by unmarried women and frequently by others.
As one travels through the crocodile-infested lake region in the middle Agúsan on a calm night, the Manóbo drums may be heard tattooing from distant settlements.
After making an infinity of inquiries, I learned that tattooing is merely for the purpose of ornamentation.
For the enormous literature on tattooing see the list of hundreds of books and articles in the catalogue of the Library of the U.
Tattooing is used among many savage tribes to-day and all over the world.
This is perhaps linked with the ancient Egyptian tattooing through the tribal mark of the modern Nubian.
Tattooing is said to be performed, concurrently with ear-boring, when girls are about ten years old.
For tattooing an entire upper extremity, at several sittings, the Korava woman would be paid from eight to twelve annas, or receive food-grains in lieu of money.
They seldom practise any deformation of the person, such as tattooing or scarification, though the Tapiro and Mafulu wear a nose-stick.
The skin is decorated with scars in various patterns, and tattooing is occasionally seen, the former being naturally characteristic of the darker skinned people, and the latter of the lighter.
Burma is one of those regions wheretattooing has acquired the rank of a fine art.
Little tattooing is seen among the Iban women though the men have adopted the custom from the Kayan.
President, tattooing on the table with his whole fist, "if you don't stop this scandal instanter, we will send you howling.
He was a puffy, swarthy personage, elegantly attired, and he leaned forward on his velvet throne, tattooing on the table with bediamonded fingers.
Then Sam spoke up about tattooing agin, and Ginger said that every man in the country ought to be tattooed to prevent the smallpox.
The faces, breasts and arms of the women were covered with black figures of various designs made with thorns, the tattooing paint being a mixture of ashes and blood.
Tattooing and painting the body were well-nigh universal.
Yet again the Andamanese can be grouped according to certain salient characteristics: the forms of the bows and arrows, of the canoes, of ornaments and utensils, of tattooing and of language.
A similar remark applies to tattooing and kindred ornamentations of the body and its members.
In due time they are consecrated by tattooing on their bodies certain figures, especially those of serpents.
Again, in Fiji it is supposed that the custom oftattooing is in conformity with the appointment of the god Dengei, and that its neglect is punished after death.
The art of tattooing has been brought to such perfection here, that whenever we have seen a New Zealander whose skin is thus ornamented, we have admired him.
In Prichard I find that they were supposed by the Portuguese to have been derived from a warlike nation of the interior, called Kho, or Gueo; who are still represented as painting and tattooing their bodies.
Nay more; the habit of tattooing seems in some cases to go along with certain other habits--by no means naturally connected with it.
In many cases the use of the sumpitan (which is by no means universal) and the habit of tattooing go together.
Further talk followed, in which Mr. Henneberry spoke of tattooing generally, but made no allusion to the person to be tattooed nor the extent of the work to be done.
Lacassagne, a French physician, has published a book on the habit of tattooing as practised in the French army.
Maybe you're the other fellow, and he's in a stormy hurry about havin' it finished up, and wants a fellow to stay in the house with him all the time so that he can take his tattooing just when he feels like it.
While there he underwent the tattooing process, which he described as the most painful torture ever endured.
It is well known that mutilations of this kind are not the only badge of race which distinguishes one group from another, for it seems plain that tattooing also originated in a desire to serve the same purpose.
Some of the Catholic women of Bosnia still practise the tattooing of the forearm or chest with the form of a Latin cross.
Branding or tattooing seems to have been occasionally practised, but essentially as a penalty or a mark of ignominy.
In Richu's reign there is found the first clear proof that tattooing was not practised in Japan for ornamental purposes.
Tattooing on the face was another form of penalty.
The Emperor Richu deemed that such notoriety was sufficient penalty for high treason, but Yuryaku inflicted tattooing on a man whose dog had killed one of his Majesty's fowls.
Tattooing is first mentioned as a custom of the Yemishi when their country was inspected by Takenouchi at Keiko's orders.
The process of tattooing is performed by persons, who make it a business of profit.
Arrapaho nation—The fingers of one hand touch the breast in different parts, to indicate the tattooing of that part in points.
It was ascertained that during the tattooing the operator had moistened the ink with his own saliva.
He claimed that his tattooing was done by electricity.
The custom of tattooing the arms, chest, or back is quite prevalent, and particularly among sailors and soldiers.
Tattooing is a peculiar custom originating in various ways.
The tattooing was done by the brother of one of the lads who was in the last stages of phthisis, and who used his own saliva to mix the pigment.
Universal tattooing in some of the Eastern countries is used as a means of criminal punishment, the survival of the persecuted individual being immaterial to the torturers, as he would be branded for life and ostracized if he recovered.
Williams has reported the case of a militiamen of seventeen who, three days after an extensive tattooing of the left forearm, complained of pain, swelling, and tenderness of the left wrist.
Quoted by Burke, Sullivan states that the custom of tattooing continued in England and Ireland down to the seventh century.
The origin of the custom he was unable to find out, but in Burmah tattooing was a sign of manhood, and professional tattooers go about with books of designs, each design warding off some danger.
The Telhas say that the tattooing needle and vermilion, which they formerly employed in their marriages, were stolen from them by Wagdeo or the tiger god.
Tattooing The Kurmis employ Brahmans for their ceremonies.
Branding and tattooing "When a boy is six or seven years old it is time for him to become a member of the Dhumkuria or common dormitory.
Tattooing is further said to allay the sexual passion of women, which is eight times more intense than that of men.
This account would just as well apply to the Kanjar gipsies, and the Nat women sometimes do tattooing like Kanjar or Beria women.
Tattooing has recently been prohibited; but it was not only a favourite adornment, but a substitute for perishable clothing.
Her thick, grey hair hangs in shocks, the tattooinground her mouth has nearly faded, and no longer disguises her really handsome features.
The custom of tattooing is said to have originated many centuries ago, when the Burmans were subject to the Shan kings in Upper Burma.
This tattooing may be done piece by piece, at intervals, to allow time for healing of the surface covered.
Besides this tattooing of imitation breeches, there are many kinds of charms, done in vermilion on the upper parts of the body and arms, as desired by the superstitious.
Others claim that thetattooing was in order to increase their attractiveness to the young men of their own kind.
Tattooing became popular, the custom spread rapidly, and now a full-grown Burman who is not the proud possessor of a pair of tattooed breeches that will last him a lifetime, is seldom found.
For example, in one tribe tattooing may be a mere matter of personal liking, of no importance and with no group-judgment upon it; yet certain habits with regard to it may become widespread.
In another tribe certain tattoos may be thought to be enjoined by the god, and their neglect deemed a matter of serious importance to the tribe as a whole; tattooing may here be said to be a part of the tribal morals.
The practice of tattooing is found pretty much over the world, notably in the Polynesian Islands and in some parts of Japan.
Before the introduction of the electrolytic method it was customary to resort to cauterization, excision, vaccination, and tattooing the pigmentary spot in order to modify or remove these congenital marks.
They say that either painting or tattooing on a hairy face or body would have a disgusting appearance.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tattooing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
