TATTOO IS WHAT ??
Tattoos interpretation in outline is ; "Images or symbols painted on the surface of the skin " , or in other words can also be interpreted as " the art of body tattooing " .
The word tattoo itself designations historically originated from the Tahitian language ; " Ta - tu or Ta - tau " which supposedly means giving a score mark or symbol . In every country in the world each have differences in spelling and language designation for a tattoo , as our country Indonesia, for example , we call it the title says ; " Tattoos or Rajah " and also in other countries , including; the British call it " Tattoo " , Danish " Tatovering " , Norwegian " Tatovering " , Swedish " Tatuering " , German " Tätowierung " , French " Tatouage " , Italian " Tatuággio " , Spanish " Tatuaje " , Dutch " Tatoeage " Brazilian " Tatuagem " Finnish " Tatuointi " , Polish " Tatuaz " Hawaiian " cocoa " , Portuguese " Tatuagem " , Lithuanian " Tatiuruote " , Estonian " tätoveering " , Inuktitut " Tunniit " Slovenian " Tetoviranje " , Turkish " Dövme " , Hungarian " Tetoválás " , Japanese " irezumi / Horimono " , Icelandic " húðflúr " , Greenlandic " Kakiorneq " , New Zealand ( Maori ) " Moko " , Polynesia in general " Mana " , etc. .
HISTORY OF tATTOO
Many historical evidence about these tattoos were found . If examined from the roots of its history , the art of making tattoos can be said to be the oldest was first born in ancient Egypt in 4000 BC . until the experts came to the conclusion that in making tattoo art has existed since 12,000 years BC .
The conclusion is reinforced by the discovery that the human body has been frozen ice on the mountains near the border between Austria and Italy in 1992 ( see figure : The Iceman ) . The body has been estimated more than 5000 years old , there were 58 strokes in his body tattoos of lines . Indicates the art of making tattoos they have done in the past .
WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THE ANCIENT TRIBES TATTOO MAKES WORLD ?
Amunet such communities in Egypt and ancient tribes such as the Maya , Inca , Ainu , Polynesians Maori , Artec , etc. . In the range of 4000-2000 BC , tattoos are part of a ritual that has value and functionality are quite high , and is also used as a symbol of a person's level of religiosity .
For example, the New Zealand Maori Tattoos perform rituals to make spiral -shaped carvings on the face and buttocks . According to them , this is a good sign for the offspring ( see figure : Maori Tattoo ) . And it was also done by most people in the Solomon Islands , tattoo etched on her face as a ritual to mark a new stage in their lives .
Ancient Greeks wore tattoos as identification of members of their intelligence , aka spies during the war . Here tattoo shows the rank of the spy . Unlike the Romans , they wore tattoos as a sign that someone is coming from the slave , they do so in order to distinguish the race of the nobles , and Tattoos also dirajahi to each body of the prisoner.
The Nuer tribe in the Sudan using tattoos to mark rites of initiation in boys . The Indians paint and sculpt the body to add to the beauty of their skin or show a certain social status in the tribe .
SPREAD THE ART TATTOO IN THE WORLD
Can be concluded that the people of Egypt is the culprit growing proliferation of tattoos in the world . In ancient times the Egyptians known as a strong nation , because their expansion to other nations make the tattoo art also spread kesetiap country , as areas to the Greek , Persian , and Arabic to all of Asia .
Tattoos aka Wen Shen or Rajah began merambahi countries around taon 2000 BC China . Wen Shen supposedly means " body acupuncture " . keep in mind , just like the Romans , the ancient Chinese people wear tattoos to signify that a person had been imprisoned . Meanwhile, in China alone , tattoo culture in some ethnic minorities , which have been inherited by their ancestors , such as ethnic Drung , Dai , and Li , but only the women who come from ethnic Li and Drung , who has a habit of tattooing the face .
History customs Drung ethnic Tattoo appear around the end of Emperor Ming dynastic period ( about 350 years ago ) , when they were attacked by a group of other ethnic groups and at the time they arrested some women from ethnic Drung to serve as slaves . In order to avoid the occurrence of rape , the women are then tattooed their faces to make them look less attractive in the eyes of the kidnapper . Although now the women Drung ethnic minorities is no longer in a state threatened by attacks from other ethnic minorities , yet they still continue to maintain these customs as a symbol of strength maturity . The girls from Drung ethnic minorities face tattooed when they were aged between 12 and 13 years as a symbol of maturation itself . There are several different explanations of why women are tattooed face . Some people say , that the Drung ethnic woman considers air- tattoos look more beautiful and the Drung ethnic Adam would not marry a woman who does not have tattoos on his face .
In Indonesia, the Mentawai people in the Mentawai islands , the Dayak tribe in Kalimantan , and Sumba in NTB tribe , had known tattoo since ancient times . example Mentawai tribe , his tattoo was not made in vain . Prior to the manufacture of tattoo done , there Enegaf aka Harvest initiation ceremony conducted in Puturkaf Uma ( traditional house gallery Mentawai tribe ) . The ceremony was led by Sikerei ( shaman ) . Once the ceremony is completed, then the process of her tattoo done . Tattoos , for traditional Mentawai people , has many meanings , signs , and symbols . The degree of a person can be seen from the tattoo on his body . Tribal tattoo can also indicate a person , how many families , as well as the accomplishments he's achieved . Mentawai tattoo that looks static and odd proportions it is sipemakainya wealth for themselves .
