India, April 6 -- From West Bengal to Tamil Nadu and Assam, you will see many individuals in political rallies with body painting the logo and prominent faces of different political parties. Body painting has become an inevitable segment of political rallies and a very effective medium to impress the voters.
Body painter Dipankar Das from Purba Medinipur, Nandigram told Afternoon Voice, "Body painting is very common during Durga Puja or in the flea market in the form of tiger or cow, depending on the theme. But since a decade body art has been hugely used for political campaigns. Some people rent their body as a canvas for the political drive. Where artwork is painted directly onto the human skin. Unlike tattoos and other forms of body art...