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Most people still view Tattoo Art as synonymous with Crime Officers. Cynical views are always directed to someone who has Tattoo. Although in fact the average criminals like to wear Tatto but not everyone who has Tattoo is a villain.

Tattoo is Art, a symbol of free soul expression. This time Gistink.Info tries to get to know Tattoo a bit about history and culture.

History Notes that TATTOO comes from the Tahitian language "tatu" which supposedly means sign. Although the historical evidence of this tattoo is not so much, but experts conclude that this tattoo art already existed since 12,000 years BC. Ancient tattoos such as rituals for ancient tribes such as Maori, Inca, Ainu, Polynesians, etc. When you take a trip to Egypt, try maen-maen to pyramids, maybe you can find the oldest tattoo there. Because according to history, the Egyptians are the cultivators of tattoo flourishing in the world. The Egyptians were known as a nation of great prominence, so because of their expansion of the laen nations, the art of tattoo is also widespread, such as to the regions of Greece, Persia, and Arabia.

What is the reason for the ancient tribes in the world make Tattoo? The ancient Greeks wore tattoos as identifiers of members of their intelligence services, aka spying war at the time. Here the tattoo shows the rank of the spy. different from the Romans, they wore tattoos as a sign that someone was from a slave class, and Tattoo was also dirajahi to every body of the prisoners. Maori tribes in New Zealand make Tattoo-shaped carvings of spirals on the face and buttocks. According to them, this is a sign for good offspring. In the Solomon Islands, Tattoos are inscribed on the faces of women as rites to mark new stages in their lives. Almost the same as above, the Nuer tribe people in Sudan wear Tattoos to mark the initiation rite on boys. The Indians paint the body and carve their skin to add beauty or show a certain social status.