Body-painting facts for kids
Body-painting (also body painting and bodypainting) is when special colors are applied to a human's skin. The colors used are temporary. Depending on the color used, paintings last between a few hours, and a few weeks.
Body-painting can be done for various reasons. Examples are:
- to make a work of art
- to camouflage one's body
- to act in some traditional theatre
- to take part in some traditional ceremony
- to party, to create a sensation
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Three saddhus at Kathmandu Durbar Square
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Kadakali painting
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Huli man from Papua New Guinea
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Soldier with a painted face for camouflage
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Images for kids
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Indigenous American body painting
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Indigenous body painting
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A painted orca design on a forearm.
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Body painting is not always limited to humans.
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Moche ceramic vessel at the Larco Museum in Lima, depicting a man, possibly a warrior, with face painting
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A child wearing face paint
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Fluorescent body paint will show up as bright and colourful under ultraviolet light.
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A hand marbled by dipping into floating non-toxic paint
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See also
In Spanish: Pintura corporal para niños
