Amazigh tattoo morocco

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What better way to celebrate and revive an old Amazigh tradition than with a series of illustrations that are both whimsical and culturally enlightening?

A short yet educative thread about amazigh (berber) tattooing customs in north Africa, including the purposes, methods and different types of tattoos according to each specific region. Thread was taken from @auresarchives on Instagram. ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ #Amazigh - #tattoos - #berber #Morocco #algeria #libya #Tunisia - #amazightattoos - #berbertattoos - #kabyle - #chaouia - #chaoui - #Aurèsmountains - #shawiya - #shawia - #rif - #atlas - #tamezgha

A short yet educative thread about amazigh (berber) tattooing customs in north Africa, including the purposes, methods and different types of tattoos according to each specific region. Thread was taken from @auresarchives on Instagram. ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ #Amazigh - #tattoos - #berber #Morocco #algeria #libya #Tunisia - #amazightattoos - #berbertattoos - #kabyle - #chaouia - #chaoui - #Aurèsmountains - #shawiya - #shawia - #rif - #atlas - #tamezgha

500 BC Herodotus called them descendants of Troy who fled to North Africa after it was conquered by the Greeks, Sallustus called them Persian a few hundred years later and Procopus, during the Byzantine Era, called them Cananeans who fled to North Africa after David defeated Goliath. Some Berbers see themselves as native inhabitants of North Africa from as far back as 8,000 BC and others as Yemeni descendants.

Amazigh woman with Tattoos , Morocco

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