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Watched recently the "Sin Nombre" movie (and want to see Christian Poveda's last documentary too, "La Vida Loca"), and made some researches about the Mara Salvatrucha 13 and the Mara 18, how they grow up in North America and later on, after being expulsed, in South America : double sentence. First, the US fueled civil wars in South American countries (Iran-Contra) and provoked massive exodus to the South of the States; second, they contributed to destabilize the social and economical structures of the same states by sending back the Mara's gang members.
Was as well wondering if any connections existed between the ancient tatoo traditions (Maoris, pre-american civilization, etc.) and the Maras.
Some tatoos are, from a aesthetical point of view, very interesting (how they follow - or not - the curves of the head, the tension between symetry and asymetry, etc.). Was also interested in how they are shot by the photographs (btw last pic is from Christian Poveda himself), the point of view on the tatoos - and the people themselves - and its meaning.
But I'm still amazed by their "no-future" meaning : their tatoos make them human targets (for the police and for the other gangs) and forbid them any further social rehabilitation (even though I've seen that the tatoos can be erased by laser). So I wanted to know the kind of "Loca" the Maras are grabbed by.
Was as well wondering if any connections existed between the ancient tatoo traditions (Maoris, pre-american civilization, etc.) and the Maras.
Some tatoos are, from a aesthetical point of view, very interesting (how they follow - or not - the curves of the head, the tension between symetry and asymetry, etc.). Was also interested in how they are shot by the photographs (btw last pic is from Christian Poveda himself), the point of view on the tatoos - and the people themselves - and its meaning.
But I'm still amazed by their "no-future" meaning : their tatoos make them human targets (for the police and for the other gangs) and forbid them any further social rehabilitation (even though I've seen that the tatoos can be erased by laser). So I wanted to know the kind of "Loca" the Maras are grabbed by.
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