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Tattooing the words was their way of refusing shame and practicing self acceptance, a “way of finding freedom,” Jia said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2023

Tattooing apprenticeships, which mandate 1,500 training hours, are not affected by the new regulations.

From Washington Times • Aug. 18, 2023

Tattooing was still being practiced in Europe and North America, but many of those tattooing practices had been driven underground by the time European colonization was in full swing.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

“Tattooing is different than a lot of other businesses. Tattooing is all word of mouth,” Knox said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2021

Tapum, guardian spirits, 227 Taro, prayer for good crop of, 289 Tasmanians, the, 89 Tattooing as sign of mourning, 314 Teeth of dead worn by relatives, 314 sq.,

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir