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or is a Serbo-Croatian name for a widespread custom mostly among Roman Catholic Croat women and girls of the central regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the Dalmatia region of Croatia. The phenomenon predates the Slavic migration to the Balkans, and consequently Christianity itself, but it was possible to trace its appearance until the middle of the 20th century. History Tattooing of women and girls in Bosnia and Herzegovina is colloquially called or , and it was a widespread custom mostly among Roman Catholic Croats in the central regions. The custom is thought to predate the Slavic migration to the Balkans and even Christianity. In the 1st century BC, the Greek historian Strabo wrote of tattooing among inhabitants of this area, namely Illyrians and Thracians, along with other customs. Vlach women from Greece, Macedonia and Herzegovina also utilized tattoos. Archaeologist Ćiro Truhelka researched these types of tattoos in the late 19th century, becoming one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BH Croats, Tattoo
BH, Bh or bh may refer to: Medicine * Bernard-Horner syndrome, a combination of symptoms that arises when a group of nerves known as the sympathetic trunk is damaged * Prehypertension, Borderline hypertensive, an American medical classification for cases where a person's blood pressure is elevated above normal, but not to the level considered hypertension * Bronchial hyperresponsiveness, a state characterised by easily triggered bronchospasm * Bundle of His, collection of heart muscle cells specialized for electrical conduction Science and technology * BH register, in computer architectures * Bohrium, symbol Bh, a chemical element * Boron monohydride, chemical formula BH, a chemical compound * Black hole Places * BH postcode area, a region in southern England served by Bournemouth postal sorting office * Bahrain (ISO 3166-1 country code BH) ** .bh, the Internet country code top-level domain for Bahrain * Belize's WMO and obsolete NATO country code digram * Belo Horizonte, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
