I’ve noticed a lot of Indian women tend to keep their hair long, is there a cultural significance to it? They’re American born so I’m not sure how that changes things. There seem to be Hindu groups that will get hot and bothered over anything these days, but I (and others) believe that they’re missing the point of what it means to be an inherently pluralistic religion.

In this way, Thais who follow Buddhism operate with a set of assumptions about the nature of the world, the beings and forces within it, and the ways these are related. Filipino LGBT participants march in Luneta. Magical tattoos are removable and can be placed back into a needle, providing a Dungeon Master with exciting options ( and DMs already have so many that newcomers may find themselves overwhelmed) for how players encounter these rare treasures and a handy way to pawn them when they see something shinier. Just take that with the caveat that, just because I couldn’t recall any Hindu groups getting twisted up over it then, doesn’t mean that no one would. Magical tattoos of this type have power because they not only draw on the power of the tattooist, but also his mentors, and the Buddha and his teachings. Weekly Rewind: SelfieWithDaughter, Magical Tattoos in Phnom Penh, and a Robot Wedding in Tokyo. Check out this old answer here about the Patil twins in Harry Potter for an example of what I mean: Hinduism and Magic: offensive? In this fake tattoo sheet you get motifs of magic mushrooms, feathers, crystals. Since the character is American-born, it could change things, depending on the nature of witchcraft in your universe. Magical tattoos that can be charged with lots of positive energy. The closest thing to western “witchcraft” might actually certain types of “folk Hinduism” which could be viewed as a kind of sympathetic magic in a religious context, but I would be careful of claiming that those practices are somehow the Hindu equivalent of witchcraft, because then you’re dealing with marginalized groups inside marginalized groups, which is fraught. Many of the Sanskrit words that could be translated as “witchcraft” just refer to the practice of yoga (the spiritual/religious kind, not the fitness kind) or could be translated as “illusion,” “psychic powers” or simply “creation.” One of these “witchcraft” words evolved into a generic term for “magic,” so that could be close (in the sense that it’s used in the Hindi translations of Harry Potter novels), but that’s also in modern Hindi and so rather detached from Hinduism specifically (because Hindi is spoken by much more than just Hindus and not all Hindus speak Hindi). There isn’t really an analogue for “witchcraft” in the western sense in Hinduism.