Morocco’s tribeswomen see facial tattoo tradition fade


Imilchil (AFP) – As a young girl growing up in the Atlas mountains, Hannou Mouloud’s family took her to have her chin tattooed with the cherished lines that generations of Moroccan Amazigh tribeswomen wore. But today, like in many of the Indigenous cultures across the world where facial tattoos were long prevalent, the practice has largely faded.

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