With an increased tolerance and popularity of
tattoo in
modern society, how many of you know about the
tattoo culture? How many world
famous religious or regional
tattoo culture do you know ?
Little research has ever been done on the existence and structure of
tattoo culture in modern society.
Tattoo Culture examines the rituals and social significance of tattooing in cultures around the world.
The record of human history shows that
tattoos have served in many various and diverse cultures as rites of passage, marks of status and rank, symbols of religious and spiritual devotion, decorations for bravery, sexual lures and marks of fertility, pledges of love, punishment, amulets and talisman, protection and as the marks of outcasts and convicts.
tattoo design is a form of body
modification. The word
'tattoo' can refer to the act or practice of
tattoo art, or to a specific tattooed opening in the body. Some people practice tattoo for religious or other cultural reasons, while many individuals, particularly in the modern West, choose to be tattoo for spiritual, ornamental, or expresion reasons.
So if a
tattoo is in your future you will be in good company as man will forever be
tattooing symbols on his skin as a way of showing the world what kind of person he is.
