Thursday 16 August 2012

India Inked

During the Arubathimoovar festival, an endless procession of young men were busy getting tattoos. The real permanent deal, no two-week henna job. Why at the festival we're not sure, but perhaps being swept up in religious fervor makes for eager customers?

Tattooed Love Boys? (Apologies to The Pretenders). The guys on the left in their school uniforms give away how young they are. Getting inked.
How do you say "ouch" in Tamil? The men responsible for the show, the tattoo artists.

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