Fascinating programme on UK BBC 2 called 'Hidden treasures of Indian Art' http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zfmkd
One of the tribes the presenter visits is the Rabari tribe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabari
Here is a nice photo of the women's traditional tattoos: http://ignca.nic.in/ex_0006.htm
Here is another website showing lots of their textile and body art traditions:
http://www.marustali.net/doc/racost.html
The head scarves in particular convey a lot of information - number of childre, married / single / widowed etc.
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