Tag: Indigenous cultures
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Tattoos Represent Status, Spiritual Devotion Among Haida
The Leader Post delves into the age-old practice of tattooing by the Haida peoples: …the Haida practiced tattooing for generations before European contact. “The tattoo marks themselves were indicative of status, spiritual devotion and decoration,” the centre explains on its website. Individuals expressed their part in a social unit, a moiety, or a lineage through…
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Portraits of Cultures on the Brink of Extinction
Before They Pass Away is a powerful documentary series by photographer Jimmy Nelson featuring dozens of cultures around the world whose people live in seclusion and are at risk of fading away. Traveling across five continents, the English photographer manages to embrace the various cultures he has encountered and highlights each of the 35 tribes’ unique…
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