#bindis

[sideblogforsonic]

I work somewhere where we are encouraged to dress up in Halloween costumes starting late September usually. I am considering dressing as Blaze some of the days. However, I am a bit concerned about the ethical implications of my doing so, since I am white, and of course while Blaze is an anthropomorphic cat, she does wear a bindi and her clothes are inspired by the Takarazuka Revue. I don’t want to do cultural appropriation, so I’m tossing this question out to Tumblr, specifically to those who are South Asian, East Asian, Hindu, etc.: if I were to dress up as Blaze, how should I go about it (should I skip the gem bindi, should I dress in one of her alternate fits, etc.), and is it okay?

[indiaartndesign]

Bihar’s Indigenous Tikuli Art!

If Madhubani and Patna Kalam had to have a baby, it would look like Tikuli art! Bihar’s indigenous art form that dates back about 800 years and borrows its proportional figures from Patna Kalam, and its themes of daily life and celebrating festivals from Madhubani, has been reinstated in the commercial mainstream of indigenous art forms, and in doing so, has provided sustainable livelihood to thousands of women. https://www.indiaartndesign.com/bihars-indigenous-tikuli-art/

[ramayantika]

Once you start wearing bindis everyday with everything you cannot go back.

[jareckiworld]

Bharti Kher — Algorithm for embodying control  (bindis on painted board, 2018)

[chennai-expression]

Not to be Big Indian Diaspora on main but

Bros I did it!! I am wearing a bindi!

[la-magia-existe-en-sus-ojos]

Brindemos por lo que pudo ser y no fue.

Ojitos mágicos.💕

[shunafaki]

IG: @miiaman

[noodle-studies]

A note on cultural appropriation...

The issue with cultural appropriation is not people's involvement with different cultures... it's choosing to adopt only the most superficially attractive parts of a culture without consideration or knowledge of its actual purpose and the discrimination people receive because of it. Appropriation and appreciation are not the same.