Islam, Judaism, do not permit tattooing

Women’s traditional adornments in the Middle East and North Africa, especially tattooing, have virtually disappeared during the twentieth century.During and after the colonial period in North Africa, the outward appearances of wealth and privilege became increasingly tied to acquiring and displaying western status symbols. Henna, kohl, harquus, and tattooing were traditional expressions of women’s beauty, desirability, celebration, and leisure. Through the twentieth century, expensive imported western clothing and western cosmetics replaced home made cosmetics as status symbols. Harquus became associated with the unsophisticated rural poor, while lipstick and an unmarked face became associated with the urban, wealthy, educated, modern woman.
Islam does not permit tattooing, and Muslim men rarely tattooed. However, most of nominally Muslim North African and Middle Eastern women tattooed,
saying, “We have always done this, it is our tradition.” Even then, some women felt the traditional tattoos were sinful, and scorned those who tattooed.
Judaism does not permit tattooing, and North African and Middle Eastern Jewish women were less likely to tattoo than Muslim women. They marked their cheeks and brows with harquus in the same patterns as Muslim women tattooed, and occasionally tattooed because of social pressure. Ethiopian Coptic Christian women tattooed, and Christians who had made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem had "souvenir tattoos."
Present-day women who feel their religious beliefs or social situation prohibit tattooing can wear these patterns in temporary cosmetics if they wish to enjoy the beauty and heritage of this body art.

Apadravya piercing, Kama Sutra piercing

Some people practice piercing for religious or cultural reasons, while many individuals choose to be pierced for spiritual, ornamental, or sexual reasons, or as a form of rebellion in punk, heavy metal, and alternative culture in the modern West.
The apadravya is the most painful male piercing because it passes through the most sensitive part of the penis. It is generally thought of as the most pleasurable for female sexual partners, since the top of the piercing is positioned such that it contacts the G-spot in vaginal intercourse.
Variations include the shaft apadravya which pierces the shaft (not performed by many piercers); the magic cross which is a combination of the apadravya and the ampallang; and the apadydoe. If the penis has been subincised or meatotomized, the piercing is called a halfadravya.
While the ampallang passes horizontally through the glans, the apadravya passes vertically through the glans from top to bottom, almost always placed centrally and passing through the urethra.
The healing time is 4-8 months.
The apadravya piercing is mentioned in the Kama Sutra.

The three dots : Mi vida loca tattoo, See no Evil, Hear no Evil

For Hispanic and Asian gangs, three dots in a triangle, usually found on the skin between the thumb and forefinger, signify mi vida loca ("my crazy life"), and tôi không cần gì cả ("I need nothing") in Vietnamese.
In the southeast region of Turkey it is a symbol known as "Gormem, Duymam, Soylemem" meaning that "I hear nothing, I see nothing and I tell nothing".
In France, the dots stand for 'Mort Aux Vaches', in slang 'Death to cops'. It can also be interpreted as 'Fuck the World'.
For Hispanic gangs,the three dot represents a member gangbanging with each other as equals. As a Sureño (gang) symbol, the tattoo is worn between thumb and forefinger because it is believed to be harder to remove. The Sureño gang number is thirteen, using Arabic or Roman numerals, or a combination of both: 13, XIII, or X3. This signifies the 13th letter of the alphabet, the letter M, meaning "La Eme" or "The M"; the Mexican Mafia. Numerals are also incorporated into the tattoos, such as Tres Puntos ("Three dots") or X3, which is the representation for the number 13 within the Aztec numeral system.

"Los Cinco Puntos"

A tattoo consisting of five dots, four in a rectangle and one in the middle usually found on the skin between the thumb and forefinger,is known in Argentina as "Los Cinco Puntos", stands for "Muerte a los ratis" (Death to the cops), and it's supposed to represent one police officer being surrounded by four delinquents.
It is also a tattoo for Vietnamese gang members. The five dots stand for the five ts, which are, Tình, Tiền, Tù, Tội, Thù, which translates to love, money, prison, crime, revenge.
Five dot tattoos also represents a senior gang member or "OG" original gangster. The original three dots represent you and the homies gangbanging with each other. Adding two more dots represents a gangster who earns the right to command others. One surrounded by others in protection
The five dots tattoo stands for “singur intre patru pereti” (“alone between four walls”), a popular tattoo among Romanian ex-convicts and prison mates, letting anyone know their “bad boy” past.
Five dot tattoos also represents a senior gang member or "OG" original gangster. The original three dots represent you and the homies gangbanging with each other. Adding two more dots represents a gangster who earns the right to command others. One surrounded by others in protection.

Angelina Jolie has a Yantra tattoo

In Cambodia, the tattoo dates back to Angkor times.Of the many ways to ensure good fortune, the most powerful are Yantra tattoos. These bring luck, prosperity, longevity or, most commonly, protection. For this reason, many in hazardous employ seek the reassurance of a Yantra tattoo. Most are soldiers like the great king Jayarvarman VII, who was said to be magically protected "in such away that even knives and arrows hitting his body could not wound him." Cambodia. A Yantra is usually obtained from a monk. Yantra tattoos are a Khmer tattoo and the tattoo may contain ancient Khmer or Pali text.
Angelina got on her left shoulder blade a Yantra tattoo to protect herself and Maddox from bad luck and avoid accidents. The incantation translate to:
May your enemies run far away from you.
If you acquire riches, may they remain yours always.
Your beauty will be that of Apsara. (a celestial dancer from Khmer mythology)
Wherever you may go, many will attend, serve and protect you, surrounding you on all sides.

Brides of Death, Ancien Egypt

Works of art relevant to Egyptian tattoo have been ignored by Egyptologists influenced by prevailing social attitudes toward the medium. Today, there have been mummies recovered dating to as early XI Dynasty exhibiting the art form of tattoo. One is that of Amunet, a priestess of the-goddess Hathor, at Thebes. This female mummy displayed lines and dots tattooed about her body.
A second mummy "the dancer" also found depicted this same type of line pattern. This mummy also had a cicatrix pattern over her lower pubic region. The various design patterns also appeared on several figurines that date to the Middle Kingdom, these figurines have been labeled the "Brides of Death."
Another mummy found datable to about 2000 B.C. also displayed tattoos on her body resembling that of Amunet and the dancer. "Such tattoos created by grouping dots and/or dashes into abstract geometric patterns demonstrate the long duration of tattoo in ancient Nubia, as recent excavations at the Nubian site of Aksha demonstrat", said an egyptologist.
Excavators at Aksha uncovered a number of mummies of both adolescent and adult women with blue (or black-blue) tattoos in the same configurations as those found on the three Egyptian mummies from the Middle Kingdom.
These dot-and-dash patterns have been seen for many years throughout Egypt. The evidence to date suggests that this art form was restricted to women associated with ritualistic practice.

Sacred Tattoos in Wat Bang Phra, Thailand

Some tattoos in Thailand are administered by high-ranking monks. Tattoos can be sacred or magical. The ink is derived from charcoal, lampblack or Indian sepia and then mixed with herbs, sap, lizard skins, buffalow bile and all sorts; tattoos have poems, ancient symbols and spells written into them. Certain images convey certain meanings. Dragons depict strength and wisdom, wild boars fierceness. A lion signifies dignity and strength. A tiger on the chest is for protection from injury.
Invisible tattoos written in sesame oil instead of ink are for women. The design heals into a feint welt but the magic spell remains undiluted.
Once a year at Wat Bang Phra, 30 miles west of Bangkok, thousands of young men gather to be tattooed by monks. The monks too, are heavily tattooed. Wat Bang Phra’s tattoos come with promises of protection and prosperity, and the temple is the only one offering a second skin of protective spells.