Loretta and I tattooed mostly Westerners, hippies, freaks n' travelers, but also Indians. Fisherman and a lot of Indians are into tattooing. What a field to study. And then there are the Hindus and Christians who are into it. Om signs or hearts tattooed between their thumb and index fingers.
Pilgrimage is like a national sport in India.
There are hundreds of feast days. And on the feast days the Hindus go to the temples. And outside the temples there will be maybe 200 tattooers with people sitting, lined up, waiting, in front of them. These dudes work on the floor with funky battery setups. Yeah I left Switzerland in 1961 and didn't make it back here again until 1981 - 20 years man.