Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines: Revitalizing Inuit Traditional Tattooing Helga Maqe Nielsen og Bob Rayce Pilluarit er grønlandsk og betyder

Pilluarit er grønlandsk og betyder tillykke

Der er snarere tale om et kalejdoskopisk vue med punktnedslag i vigtige begivenheder og med skildringer af mennesker

som det er

selvom manden rører ved min krop og kønsdele

and Yukon River describe shamans as healers

Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines: Revitalizing Inuit Traditional Tattooing Helga Maqe Nielsen og Bob Rayce Pilluarit er grønlandsk og betyderFor thousands of years, Inuit women practiced the traditional art of tattooing. Created with bone needles and caribou sinew soaked in seal oil or soot, these tattoos were important tradition for many women, Symbols stiched in their skin that connected them to their families and communities. But with the rise of missionaries and residential schools in the North, the tradition of tattooing was almost lost. In 2005, when Angela Hovak Johnston heard that