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🇩🇿 Algeria and 4 moreAfrican scarification Traditional skin marking practices across Africa for identity and status.Marking

🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 3 moreLip plate A large disc inserted into a stretched lip piercing as body modification.Adornment

WorldScarification Permanent skin markings created by cutting or burning for cultural identity.Marking

🇪🇬 Egypt and 4 moreKohl A traditional eye cosmetic made from crushed minerals or soot, used across Africa and Asia for thousands of years.Makeup WorldSoul patch A small patch of facial hair worn between the lower lip and the chin.Beard · 1986 🇩🇿 Algeria and 3 moreAmazigh facial tattoos Traditional geometric skin markings of North African Amazigh women.Marking

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Lip plate: Monkeyji, CC BY 2.0, source
African scarification: Kathy Gerber (kathleen.gerber), CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Scarification: John Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Kohl: Camila Zanon., CC BY 2.0, source

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