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12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.

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12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.

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12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.

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#12205299

29 March 2025

An elderly man in traditional attire creates calligraphy and displays portrait sketches at a small stall beside Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 28, 2025. Passersby stop to observe his work as bright red and yellow artworks hang beside him under lamplight.

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#12205300

29 March 2025

An elderly man in traditional attire creates calligraphy and displays portrait sketches at a small stall beside Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 28, 2025. Passersby stop to observe his work as bright red and yellow artworks hang beside him under lamplight.

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#12205301

29 March 2025

An elderly man in traditional attire creates calligraphy and displays portrait sketches at a small stall beside Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 28, 2025. Passersby stop to observe his work as bright red and yellow artworks hang beside him under lamplight.

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#12205302

29 March 2025

An elderly man in traditional attire creates calligraphy and displays portrait sketches at a small stall beside Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 28, 2025. Passersby stop to observe his work as bright red and yellow artworks hang beside him under lamplight.

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#12205298

29 March 2025

A young woman poses for a pencil portrait while the artist draws her on a sidewalk surrounded by displayed sketches near Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 28, 2025. Others watch the session unfold under tree cover and evening lights.

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#12205269

29 March 2025

Portrait artists sketch tourists and families along a tree-lined sidewalk beside Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 28, 2025. Finished drawings are displayed around the area as people sit for live charcoal or pencil portraits.

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#12205303

29 March 2025

Portrait artists sketch tourists and families along a tree-lined sidewalk beside Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 28, 2025. Finished drawings are displayed around the area as people sit for live charcoal or pencil portraits.

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#12205304

29 March 2025

Portrait artists sketch tourists and families along a tree-lined sidewalk beside Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 28, 2025. Finished drawings are displayed around the area as people sit for live charcoal or pencil portraits.

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#12205305

29 March 2025

Portrait artists sketch tourists and families along a tree-lined sidewalk beside Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 28, 2025. Finished drawings are displayed around the area as people sit for live charcoal or pencil portraits.

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#12205307

29 March 2025

Portrait artists sketch tourists and families along a tree-lined sidewalk beside Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 28, 2025. Finished drawings are displayed around the area as people sit for live charcoal or pencil portraits.

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#12205311

29 March 2025

Portrait artists sketch tourists and families along a tree-lined sidewalk beside Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 28, 2025. Finished drawings are displayed around the area as people sit for live charcoal or pencil portraits.

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#12199882

27 March 2025

A street artist draws portraits for tourists beside a display of sample artworks near the entrance to Ngoc Son Temple on Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 26, 2025. This area is popular for evening strolls, cultural experiences, and local artists offering personalized sketches.

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15 October 2024

An artist sketches a little girl during the 180th annual Markham Fall Fair in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on October 5, 2024.

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