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English: Burmese tattooing
Every Burman who has any self-respect is tattooed in blue from the waist, about the top of the cloth to the knee. The figures of tigers, ogres and so forth are encircled with scroll lettering. The tattooing on the body and arms is in red, and is intended to secure immunity from sword or gun-shot wounds, or success in love.
Deutsch: Die eintätowierten Birmane.
Die eintätowierten Muster unter der Hüfte pflegen Tiere, im besonderen Tiger, von allerlei Schnörkeln umgeben, darzustellen. Die Figuren auf dem Oberkörper und den Armen sollen Unverletzlichkeit gegen Schwert und Schusswaffen oder Erfolg in der Liebe bezwecken.
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Author Philip Adolphe Klier
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