Tattooing in Sarneth, India..
“The tattoo artist was set up on the street market in front of a row of Buddhist temples, the recipient was getting a very simple black “Aum” tattoo on his arm. I saw many street tattoo artists during my time in India, as well as many tattooed hands, Aums, swastikas and Hindi symbols.”
– Staci Civins
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75 responses to “India Ink”
The BMEzine watermark is trippy in this photo
I love posts like these. 🙂
I love posts like these. 🙂
I love posts like these. 🙂
The tattoo artist should have a notice board up
‘Free nasty disease with every tattoo’
It would be kinda hard which one to choose tho, aids, hep B etc etc
The tattoo artist should have a notice board up
‘Free nasty disease with every tattoo’
It would be kinda hard which one to choose tho, aids, hep B etc etc
The tattoo artist should have a notice board up
‘Free nasty disease with every tattoo’
It would be kinda hard which one to choose tho, aids, hep B etc etc
I live in Bolivia and people do tattoos and piercings in like random stalls at the market. I’d agree, its a cultural thing and it needs to be respected and I don’t think there have been many problems with HIV or anything! I’d say let the culture survive, if you don’t agree with it, don’t get a tattoo there.
I live in Bolivia and people do tattoos and piercings in like random stalls at the market. I’d agree, its a cultural thing and it needs to be respected and I don’t think there have been many problems with HIV or anything! I’d say let the culture survive, if you don’t agree with it, don’t get a tattoo there.
I live in Bolivia and people do tattoos and piercings in like random stalls at the market. I’d agree, its a cultural thing and it needs to be respected and I don’t think there have been many problems with HIV or anything! I’d say let the culture survive, if you don’t agree with it, don’t get a tattoo there.
sparklinglime, how would you feel say if your girlfriend got a tattoo and passed HIV to you would you still be so supportive of the ‘random stalls’?
In this day and age there are so many diseases out there and fair enough its up to the individual who takes a risk with their own lives, but what about the innocent who could die from your actions?
You dont think there have been many problems with HIV do you know that for definate I would be very interested in the statistics?
sparklinglime, how would you feel say if your girlfriend got a tattoo and passed HIV to you would you still be so supportive of the ‘random stalls’?
In this day and age there are so many diseases out there and fair enough its up to the individual who takes a risk with their own lives, but what about the innocent who could die from your actions?
You dont think there have been many problems with HIV do you know that for definate I would be very interested in the statistics?
sparklinglime, how would you feel say if your girlfriend got a tattoo and passed HIV to you would you still be so supportive of the ‘random stalls’?
In this day and age there are so many diseases out there and fair enough its up to the individual who takes a risk with their own lives, but what about the innocent who could die from your actions?
You dont think there have been many problems with HIV do you know that for definate I would be very interested in the statistics?
i think the ‘swastikas’ is a mistake, there’s actually a symbol like a mirror image swastika that’s hindu.
i think the ‘swastikas’ is a mistake, there’s actually a symbol like a mirror image swastika that’s hindu.
i think the ‘swastikas’ is a mistake, there’s actually a symbol like a mirror image swastika that’s hindu.
When I visited The Philippines I saw a lot of the same thing, plus a lot of amazing artists. I would’ve LOVED to have some work done there to commemorate my trip but I was afraid of Hep C and HIV more.
When I visited The Philippines I saw a lot of the same thing, plus a lot of amazing artists. I would’ve LOVED to have some work done there to commemorate my trip but I was afraid of Hep C and HIV more.
When I visited The Philippines I saw a lot of the same thing, plus a lot of amazing artists. I would’ve LOVED to have some work done there to commemorate my trip but I was afraid of Hep C and HIV more.
“These folks don’t get diseases because they believe in something.”
Haha, you made my day. Seldom I have the opportunity to meet someone who is out of touch with reality in that extent 😀 Hey, if they don’t get sick, people here wouldn’t have to be worried about those unsterile needles 😀 So many problems with hygiene would be fixed if only people believed enough “in something” not to get sick!
“These folks don’t get diseases because they believe in something.”
Haha, you made my day. Seldom I have the opportunity to meet someone who is out of touch with reality in that extent 😀 Hey, if they don’t get sick, people here wouldn’t have to be worried about those unsterile needles 😀 So many problems with hygiene would be fixed if only people believed enough “in something” not to get sick!
“These folks don’t get diseases because they believe in something.”
Haha, you made my day. Seldom I have the opportunity to meet someone who is out of touch with reality in that extent 😀 Hey, if they don’t get sick, people here wouldn’t have to be worried about those unsterile needles 😀 So many problems with hygiene would be fixed if only people believed enough “in something” not to get sick!
This shot was taken near the neighboring city of Varanasi, which is the most polluted city in the world with the Ganges river flowing through it, although it is the holiest for the Hindi people. About a month after I took this photo, I was attacked by a monkey and had to seek medical treatment the next few weeks afterwards as I traveled… I never once saw any gloves and only saw pots used to boil tools, no autoclaves… I wouldn’t expect anything more actually in any of the clinics and hospitals I went to.
@22, I stayed at a hotel called “Hotel Swastika” in the desert region of Rajastan, just for the sheer irony of being Jewish. Its not the same as WWII dear.
This shot was taken near the neighboring city of Varanasi, which is the most polluted city in the world with the Ganges river flowing through it, although it is the holiest for the Hindi people. About a month after I took this photo, I was attacked by a monkey and had to seek medical treatment the next few weeks afterwards as I traveled… I never once saw any gloves and only saw pots used to boil tools, no autoclaves… I wouldn’t expect anything more actually in any of the clinics and hospitals I went to.
@22, I stayed at a hotel called “Hotel Swastika” in the desert region of Rajastan, just for the sheer irony of being Jewish. Its not the same as WWII dear.
This shot was taken near the neighboring city of Varanasi, which is the most polluted city in the world with the Ganges river flowing through it, although it is the holiest for the Hindi people. About a month after I took this photo, I was attacked by a monkey and had to seek medical treatment the next few weeks afterwards as I traveled… I never once saw any gloves and only saw pots used to boil tools, no autoclaves… I wouldn’t expect anything more actually in any of the clinics and hospitals I went to.
@22, I stayed at a hotel called “Hotel Swastika” in the desert region of Rajastan, just for the sheer irony of being Jewish. Its not the same as WWII dear.