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In the Sankarea manga and anime, Rea's father, Danichirou has a row of dots on his forehead:

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What are these dots for and why are they there?

Jon Lin
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I believe those are called bindi. They signify the third eye or the chakra of wisdom.

According to wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindi_%28decoration%29, people wear it as a fashion statement nowadays...

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  • I haven't seen such bindi in real life, though... Usually, it is a single dot. – nhahtdh Jul 30 '13 at 12:54
  • @nhahtdh true, it *is* usually a single dot, but if you just do a google image search on bindi, you'll find that there are a lot of variations. Like I said, rather than some kind of religious or spiritual reason, many people have the bindi as a fashion statement or fad. – ton.yeung Jul 30 '13 at 15:35