Tattooing practice fading among Tharu women

By Avinash Chaudhary,Dhangadhi, Jan. 24: The traditional practice of tattooing on the arms and legs of married women in the Tharu indigenous community in Kailai is gradually disappearing. This decline is supposedly due to societal ridicule faced by those with tattoos. The younger generation, in particular, no longer wants to make tattoos. In the past, Tharu women used to tattoo pictures of household goods and animals on their legs and arms.