Body-painting
Body-painting (also body painting and bodypainting) is when special colors are applied to a human's skin. The colors used are temporary. Depending on the material used, paintings last between a few hours and a few weeks.
Red ochre, a very ancient type of body paint.
Reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night as body painting by Danny Setiawan
Two Bodypainted Women
Body-painting can be done for various reasons. Examples are:
- to make a work of art
- to camouflage one's body
- to act in some traditional theatre
- to take part in some traditional ceremony
- to party, to create a sensation
Blacklight body painting
Three saddhus at Kathmandu Durbar Square
Kadakali painting
Huli man from Papua New Guinea
Patriotic theme
Soldier with a painted face for camouflage
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