Historical Origins of Tattoos

Historical Origins of Tattoos

Tattoos or in English is called with tattoos, tattoos or tattoo is actually derived from the word which comes from Tatau Polyneshia meaningful signal. History records found by the European tattoo when browsing to the Americas during the 18th century BC, but the actual history of the tattoo is much older than that.
Other historical sources mention that the tattoo has been known since 50 million years BC, with the discovery of human ice in the Alps with the whole body filled with pictures and dots. many cultures are familiar with tattoos, such as Japan, the Dayak (Borneo), china, tahiti, Polynesian, Russia, and Egypt. While in the Java community, the introduction of tattooing has existed since pre-colonial times

The purpose tattoo

Tattoos have a variety of purposes and functions, but it can be said tattoos are used to give an indication to the user. in Japanese society, tattoos are used as a form of ritual and then shifted into a sign of family functioning (shogun Tokugawa era), tattooed in Japanese society lies in the face. Polynesian tattoos on society functioned as a sign of maturity is for men (below the waist like shorts) and women (dipergelangan hands and feet).
In Egyptian society, tattoos are used as a sign of nobility and beauty (in the brow and wrist). whereas the ancient Dayak community, tattoo functioned as a sign of nobility (wrist and ankle) and religious rituals dedicated to stakeholders and indigenous shamans (whole body).

Shifting function tattoo

As the development of the colonial era, tattoos are used as identification for soldiers, sailors, and criminals. in Indonesia, in colonial times functioned as a sign tattooed criminals by providing a visible stamp body with hot iron formed. in the era of world war era, tattoos are a sign of recognition for the soldiers and sailors, whereas in the present tattoos began to have a function as a work of art.

Tattoos on the Indonesia

Indonesia Society has long recognized the tattoo but the tattoo be a taboo subject because of the religious elements and functions previously used tattoos as a symbol for criminals. In the 1960s, the criminals are then marked with tattoos appeared a tattoo prison term.
Joshua Barker is one of the researchers who have studied tattooing in Indonesia, Barker found that in modern Indonesian society, tattoos are still a taboo subject because it has the impression closely with criminality. In the era of the 21st century, the people of Indonesia are able to receive a tattoo as an art form even though there remains a negative impression for users tattoos. With all the above description let kumandangkan tatoo is not crime
Taken from http://www.kikil.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=56514