escapefromcrete: fyeahnorthafricanwomen: Rif Mountains <3 Indigenous tattoos!  Almost all Amazigh women traditionally had facial tattoos and often were tattooed on their hands and feet as well, with designing varying by region and Ait.  This tradition is now nearly dead and only old women are found with these tattoos.

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<3 Indigenous tattoos!  Almost all Amazigh women traditionally had facial tattoos and often were tattooed on their hands and feet as well, with designing varying by region and Ait.  This tradition is now nearly dead and only old women are found with these tattoos.

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Tuareg woman (by Helga)

Tuareg woman (by Helga)

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danceswithfaeriesunderthemoon: Evening Fire, Algeria By Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak

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Evening Fire, Algeria By Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak

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