Friday, August 6, 2010

Nude Female and Male Body Painting

Nude Female and Male Body PaintingNude Female and Male Body Painting

Nude Female and Male Body PaintingNude Female and Male Body Painting

Nude Female and Male Body PaintingNude Female and Male Body Painting

Nude Female and Male Body PaintingNude Female and Male Body Painting

Huito is a black dye, and it takes weeks to fade away. In some parts of America, a material known as Huito is used to paint the bodies and faces. They use wet charcoal and other materials available in the local surrounding.

People here have been using indigenous materials to paint their body and body parts. The art of body painting is not a new phenomenon in the countries of South America, too. The use of henna or Mehandi has become popular in the Western countries, too, since last two decades. People paint their hands and legs and other parts of body with Henna during auspicious ceremonies like weddings.

This type of body painting with Henna has been a fashion in India and the Middle East since many years. It is a colour extracted from a plant of Henna; it is also known as Mehandi. In India the women and men are fond of using Henna. Same practice can still observed in the indigenous populations of the countries like New Zealand, Australia, the PacificIslands, and certain parts of Africa.

The painting of bodies was also coined with celebrating of auspicious occasions like New Year or a dance party. Such was the thinking in past. The markings that the people make on their bodies are thought to have magical powers with which one could ward off evil spirits or the tribal enemies.