Traditional
maori tattoo designs are some of the most popular tattoo designs around and there's a valid reason why traditional maori
tattoo art is so popular in our current multi-cultural societies.
Maori tattoo art is different from traditional tattooing in that sense that the Maori
tattoo was carved into the skin with a chisel, instead of punctured.
Traditional
Maori tattoos are known in the Maori language as ta moko:
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Ta moko: literally the words ta moko translate as to strike or to tap. The term refers to the process of tattooing in the Maori traditions.
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Moko: the tattoo design itself – the finished product.
The Maori
tattoo consists of bold spiral designs covering the
face, the buttocks and the
legs of the
Maori men.
Maori women were usually
tattoo on the
lips and
chin and in some cases on the
neck and the
back.
If you think that getting a
'tattoo' in today’s time is painful, then you should know how maori produce deep cuts into their skin with the help of some brutal tools such as the bones of albatrosses. Maori then used colored ink to be able to determine their tribe members, the color of the ink would tell their family history.
Tattooing has a sacred significance and the long, painful process of acquiring the tattoo (Maori tribe tattooing was done with bone chisels).
if you ask you will more likely be given the go ahead for a special
maori tattoo design, this
ideas it will be even more unique and you will have a one of a kind maori tattoo design that you can be proud of.
