Meet the Deq Tattooist Leaving Her Mark

The Kurdish deq tattoo is a traditional form of body art with deep historical roots and significance across several cultures.

Spanning thousands of years and multiple continents, these tattoos were a long-standing common practice especially amongst older women, but the artform has witnessed a decline in recent years amongst younger generations. In this love letter to Kurdish women and their practices, meet the young woman practicing and preserving this endangered tradition against all odds.

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00:00 Intro
00:15 How Fatê's story began
00:37 Meet Fatê
1:10 What is deq?
1:43 What differentiates the deq from a modern tattoo?
02:26 Deq motifs
03:09 Meet Hatice
03:31 Fatê gives Hatice a deq
03:57 The decline of deq
04:59 How Fatê learnt to give the tattoo
05:21 Fatê's first deq
06:00 Opening her first studio
06:41 Reasons why people get the deq tattoo
07:10 Meet Ruken
07:26 Fatê gives Ruken a deq
07:39 Teaching the craft
08:00 Cultural significance of Kurdish traditions
08:18 Barriers to learning about the tradition
08:38 How Fatê researches the tradition
09:03 Importance of upkeeping this tradition
10:03 Fatê’s plans for the future

Video credits:
Producer / Director: Diren Özçelik
Executive Producer: Genevieve Ingham
Editor: Steven Kelly
Graphics: Will Minns
Videographer: Aytunç Akad
Voiceover Artist: Kiran Saggu
Translator: Nesrin Soydan
Talent: Fatma Temel
Contributor: Ruken Korgan
Contributor: Hatice Subaşı

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