My daughter recently had her 9 days long puberty ritual as did her mother, grandmother, great-grandmother etc. Few females in the Lokono-Arawak tribe today still undergo this rite of passage, and even fewer are adorned with the ancient body tattoo art, I am happy I learned how to do it from Amerindian brothers in Brazil and teach it freely to anyone of any tribe who asks me to teach them. All I require is a genuine interest and commitment to learn and likewise pass on this important tradition among our people and tribes who have lost this art due to colonization/evangelization – as my own people had.




