In Odisha and Jharkhand, schools are teaching students about traditional tribal tattoos like the Gond and Santhal body markings, long used as cultural identifiers and protective symbols. Educators invite elders to explain meanings before designs are adapted into modern sketches.
Students not only learn anthropology but also discuss how modernization has endangered these practices. Cultural advocates hope that framing tattoos as living history will preserve tribal identity for future generations.
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