Mohan Gurung Interview Posted
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Wednesday March 19th, 2008 @ 3:21 PM
Filed under: Interviews, Tattoos
I think in definitely far less controversial territory than the previous piece, I’ve just posted a quick interview with Mohan Gurung of Mohan’s Tattoo Inn, located in Kathmandu, Nepal, about his tattoo art and what it’s like to be a part of the rapidly changing culture in this small Hindu nation just north of India. As always, click through for the interview, and return here to comment.
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15 Responses to “Mohan Gurung Interview Posted”
Besides the fact that the traditional backpiece about midway down doesn’t fit the body at all, this guy seems pretty neat! Thank you for posting another literate and interesting interview.
Ace on March 19th, 2008 at 3:26 pmThe quantity of the interviews here has gone up, but the content of modblog has seriously gone down. I’d give up short, mediocre interviews for interesting posts any day. It seems like it’s all just here’s an interview with someone semi-notable, here’s some people from brazil, and here’s some suspension. Where’s the interesting content?
sleepwalker33 on March 19th, 2008 at 3:35 pmNice to see tattoo culture spreading in modern quality, even in pretty poor countries.
Stormchaser on March 19th, 2008 at 3:43 pmWhat a wonderful counterpiece to the recently posted indian street-tattoo-machine that story is!!!
sleepwalker33 - Feel free to submit content. If you have some specific requests other than cutting back on the amount of reading you have to do, post your suggestions.
Shannon on March 19th, 2008 at 3:48 pmI’m going to Nepal this summer and I definitely plan on stopping in.
Mari on March 19th, 2008 at 4:14 pmTo be honest, i reckon the interviews are great. Ones like this i enjoy just as much as skullboy or wandalaput, because these seem like more ‘real’ people if you know what i mean, you can see where they are coming from a lot easier than some self destructive montreal punk or a bugchasing sadomasochist. In my opinion, it is all good reading, and the interviews at the moment are what keep me coming back =]
What worries me are posts that seem to be put up just to spark debate. A pigs ear tattooed, and a military tattoo put next to a gun? They are of no real value to people interested in bodymod, they seem to be there just to give people another reason to argue!
I say more interviews, more interesting piercings/tattoos/suspensions, less pigs ears!
On topic, i think its funny how i never thought of tattoos as such a worldwide thing, just because 90% of what i see comes out of the west. And that coverup is amazing!
Legacy on March 19th, 2008 at 4:28 pmLegacy - Even though they have done so, they’re not put up to stir debate — I saw the pig’s ear in the store and just thought it was neat, and I figure a military sniper-sort with a “deadly” tattoo on his shooting hand is as reasonable to post as an EMT with a medical-themed tattoo…
Shannon on March 19th, 2008 at 4:30 pmLoved it - And I love the increase of interviews. Even though I prefer some over others, I always enjoy reading them.
rhiannon on March 19th, 2008 at 4:43 pmSuch beautiful work and I really want to visit Nepal one day. Now I have another reason to get there.
monica on March 19th, 2008 at 4:44 pmI was at school with the late Prince Nirijan of Nepal (obviously before his older brother decided to open fire on them all and killed him…) and, given that this was a person from a conservative family, in a conservative country and at one of the most conservative institutions there was, he was actually fairly out there. One of the cool kids. This might have been limited to pierced ears, a risque haircut, jewellery and a small tattoo but one can guess that this was the start of a trend that would have expanded once he was free of the very restrictive school rules there. Not strictly relevant but…
bluelube on March 19th, 2008 at 6:21 pmI <3 the Ganesh tattoos. I think the interviews are interesting.
Whiskas on March 19th, 2008 at 6:22 pmthe Ganesh and Buddha tattoo’s inspired me
jonnycore on March 19th, 2008 at 7:39 pmive always not wanted to differ n stick to
one theme from my body
but i just cant go past a Ganesh and Buddha tattoo
maybe even Shiva…
The Ganesh tattoos are beautiful, and I would like to spend some time with Mohan… he seems very at peace.
demoiselle on March 19th, 2008 at 9:35 pmThat cover up is amazing! Personally I thought that it was quite interesting to see not only Hindu tattoos but that Japanese type designs are popular in the area as well.
Absinthe on March 20th, 2008 at 1:09 pm“you can see where they are coming from a lot easier than some self destructive montreal punk or a bugchasing sadomasochist.”
Maybe I’m biased, but I’m not sure it was the sadomasochism that made that guy hard to understand…
TrinityVA on March 21st, 2008 at 12:12 pmLeave a Comment