Lars Krutak - "The Tattoo Hunter"

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Dubbed the 'tattoo anthropologist,' Lars Krutak spent four years traveling around the world in search of unusual tribal tattoos, scarification and body modification rites of the few tribes left in the world.

In some cases Krutak partook in the rites and the tribes gave him some tattoos or scarification marks on his body.

He has a show on the Discovery Channel called "The Tattoo Hunter" where it unveils the journey he took to discover the practices of the remaining tribal life on hte earth.

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Extreme Branding | Scarification New Tattoo?

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There's a growing movement among those practicing body modification and tattooing to move towards scarification as the means of putting designs in their skin.

Among a number of people this is evidently considered a spiritual experience of some sort.

As scarification or body branding gains in popularity, it will be interesting to see the quality of branding designs which emerge, and if they'll reach the variety and quality of tattoo designs.

They definitely give a different look than tattoos.

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