Polynesian tattoo designs
However, when speaking of the word tattoo or tattoo art, nothing comes to mind faster than word of Polynesia. Polynesian tattoo designs have been almost completely intertwined with the art of the tattoo itself. The word tattoo goes back to the Oxford Dictionary Inglese a Polynesian word "tatau" with "ta" means at hand, and "nanny" is an onomatopoeic reference to the continuous action and the final syllable "u" simply means color.
Polynesian tattoo designs most often refers to art "tribal" because it draws its origins in the pre-colonial tribal groups in the islands of Polynesia. Tattoo designs here range from lines, dots, curves and lines with symbols of animals, masks and other figures. Including protection against damages are traditionally used in a spiritual sense, for example, as a guide for the user against misfortune,
Polynesian tattoo designs are classified into two categories: Enata and Etua. The designs are Enata, safe to say, natural designs that embody the user. It provides the user a kind of identity that this design reflects its history, land of origin, type of work or employment and even social status. Etua the other hand, are more spiritual and magical as they are the symbols of protection granted to a village or a tribe by the gods. However, today's designs bring a little 'less weight.
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