Tatto

Art, many things can fall under the category. Tattoo, is one of those things that falls under the category of art, some people refer to it as body art. Honestly in a way it is, because it takes skill to draw the designs tattoo artists; as they like to be called, print on the body of an individual. The act of tattoo is, “a marking made by inserting indelible ink into the layers of skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons.” In today’s world these markings are mainly for beautification and decorative matters.

Although it was not always like this, tattoo was another act done by tribes. Just like how animals have their tattoos for marking, tribes identified themselves by tattoo, either body or facial, “Tattooing was widespread among Polynesian peoples…” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo). Another example is the people of New Zealand; they are country that still is inhabitant by the tribes. The people there tattoo their bodies at certain ages and each tattoo usually stands for an act or something.

Although through out history, the act of tattooing has been altered in many cases, one of them is the western use for body decoration. Other examples are the cosmetic use of tattooing on eyebrows, and such. Although it is seen as a sin in some culture for example in Islam tattoos are seen as an act of mutilating your body and damaging yourself. Just like piercing it is interesting to see how a simple act of cultural significance just becomes an act of decoration for random people, losing its cultural significance.