Bindi (decoration) "Bindu chakra" represented by crescent moon, they are commonly known as "Chandrakor" in this region, outside Maharashtra they are popularly known as "Marathi bindi". In Bengal region a large round red bindi is worn, brides in this region are often decorated with "Alpana" design on forehead and cheeks, along with bindi. In southern India a smaller red bindi is worn with a white tilak at the bottom, another common type is a red tilak shaped bindi. In Rajasthan the bindi is often worn round, long tilak shaped bindi are also common, as well as the crescent moon on some occasions.
Bindi Cole Strong" (2007), an exhibition at the Koorie Heritage Trust, Melbourne. This work focused on the media's portrayal of Indigenous communities. Cole also photographed elite Indigenous sportsman for the calendar "Men in Black". Cole's portrait of boxer Anthony Mundine, "Do you like what you see", won the Boscia Galleries Award for Photography at the Victorian Indigenous Art Awards. As well as photography, Cole's approach to art includes the use of video, text and installation. Bindi Cole's "Not Really Aboriginal" is a series of photographs including portraits and group photographs in which the faces of the subjects are blackened with paint. "Not