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As shown in this picture of female body painting, a red dye made from
indigenous plants is often used. However, Indian girls also commonly adorn
their faces and bodies with natural pigments such as "huito," paints,
tattoos, dyes, clay, carbon, and sometimes ashes. Wet charcoal is particularly stunning for female
body painting purposes in that it dries a blue-black color. Female body
painting encompasses a wide array of indigenous Amazonian ideas, ranging from
cosmologies, mythologies, fine arts, alternative arts, to enhancing certain body
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