Sicanje, bocanje or bockanje was a traditional tattoo custom practiced mostly among the Catholic Bosnian-Herzegovinian Croat community, and to a lesser extent in present-day Croatian region of Dalmatia, mainly by teenage girls, but also boys. == History == Tattooing of young girls and boys in Bosnia and Herzegovina is colloquially called sicanje, bocanje or bockanje, and it was a widespread custom mostly among Catholic Croats in the central regions.
Sicanje, bocanje or bockanje was a traditional tattoo custom practiced mostly among the Catholic Bosnian-Herzegovinian Croat community, and to a lesser extent in present-day Croatian region of Dalmatia, mainly by teenage girls, but also boys. == History == Tattooing of young girls and boys in Bosnia and Herzegovina is colloquially called sicanje, bocanje or bockanje, and it was a widespread custom mostly among Catholic Croats in the central regions.
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