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body-marking

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
body-marking painting, tattooing, or scarification (cutting or burning) of the body for ritual, esthetic, medicinal, magic, or religious purposes. Evidence from prehistoric burials, rock carvings, and paintings indicates that body-marking existed in ancient times; ethnographic studies show that it is still practiced today. Markings may indicate religious dedication or alliance with a particular god; they may also serve as protection against some evil such as a disease, as identification with a certain group, such as the tribe, or as evidence of personal rank or status within the group. Among... Read more
cosmetics
...body paint for ornamental and religious purposes has been common among primitive peoples from prehistoric times (see body-marking ). Ointments, balms, powders, and hair dyes have also been used from ancient times. Many cosmetics originated in Asia... Read more
body decoration
...historical roots of stigmatizing body-marking are as long as those of more positive...given up the use of irreversible body-marking along with traditional corporal...of one's own; (ii) stigmatizing body-marking is lessening; this is paralleled... Read more

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