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Tattooing is a world of Polynesian origin, anglicized from the Tahitian "tatu", denoting the practice of making 
permanent coloured designs or figures in the skin by means of small punctures or incisions, which receive 
various dyes or pigments. The colouring is mainly dark blue and dull red. A similar custom, known as 
cicatrisation or scar-tattooing, consists in repeatedly cutting the skin at the same place so that in healing a 
raised scar is left. Both varieties of tattooing may be found among the same people, as in the case of the 
natives of the South Sea Islands. Amongst the Admiralty Islanders, the Fijians, the Gonds and the Todas of 
India, the inhabitants of the Liu-Kiu Islands and other races, colour-tattooing is or was, confined to the 
women, and the Latuka of the upper Nile Valley are an example of a people among whom scar-tattooing is 
practiced upon women only. Colour-tattooing is generally ornamental, but scar-tattooing is more frequently 
used to produce distinguishing tribal marks. The latter variety is practiced by a number of African peoples, 
while the Bangala of the Middle Congo scar the whole body for ornamental purposes. Among some peopks 
there is a connection between tattooing and marriage. Therefore, in the Solomon Islands a girl is not eligible 
for marriage until she has been subjected to an atrociously cruel process of tattooing on the face and chest, 
and the Australian aborigines inflict fearful scars on the backs of their young girls before marriage. The 
Formosans tattoo the faces of girls prior to marriage; and among the Papuans of New Guinea, unmarried 
girls are tattooed all over, except on the face, which is adorned in this way at the time of marriage. Colour-
tattooing of an ornamental kind reached its most artistic development among the Maoris of New Zealand 
and the Japanese, but both these peoples, like several others, have largely abandoned the practice. With 
the Malays, tattooing appears to have been a reward of the successful head-hunter. Sailors and some other 
groups in Western countries do some tattooing, mainly in one colour, making figures, such as stars and 
flags, on their hands, arms, and chests. 
22. Which of the following is CORRECT? 
A) Tattooing can also be used to heal cuts in the skin. 
B) In some tribes tattooing is restricted to the women 
only. 
C) In general, scar-tattooing is commonly used to look more 
attractive. 
D) In the west tattooing is restricted to sailors alone. 
E) Tattoos do not last lifelong no matter how skilfully they 
are made; in other words, colours start to fade after a few 
years. 
23. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? 
A) A raised scar in the skin often indicates the tribe the 

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