Tattoo Art

 In this maori tattoo design report i am going to let you know a few things about maori tattoo designs and what you should try not do.

  It is helpful and useful when deciding on getting a great looking and unique maori tattoo designs

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 There are many mistakes people make when getting Maori Tattoo Art and i hope that by the end of this article you will avoid the most common mistakes made today

  It seems as many people are choosing to be tattooed today and you will notice that traditional maori tattoo art are often the choice made by people looking for tribal tattoos

  What you will find is that maori tattoo designs have be come so popular that they are often the first choice of tattoo designs when people want to get a tattoo

 Many tattoo artists and those looking to get tattoos on them, will often imitate other cultures tattoo designs to try come up with their unique designs. This is understandable in this world where there is no need to re-invent the wheel and especially with tattoo art, however saying this, it should be avoided when choosing maori tattoo designs

  If you would like a better understanding of traditional maori tattoo designs, then it you should learn the traditional maori tattoo designs lingo As you know if you were learning about maths or any field there will be terms associated with that particular study and so it is with  maori tattoo designs Whakapapa is the maori family groups that is associated and forms part of the ta moko family identification

 The reason identification through tattoos was important for the maori was that they were able to distinguish each other on the battle fields by having a look at the tattoos on their body, this also allowed them to know their family history if they moved places over centuries

  There are still Maoris that can trace their history with these maori tattoossome chiefs can look at a Maori tattoo design, read it like a book, they do this by feeling the texture, looking at the design and the precision that went into getting the tattoo and will be able to trace back some of these Maori family trees. The are designs that date back over a 2,000 year period in maori history, these chiefs have the skill and ability by looking at the design would be able to tell how far this tattoo dates back to or this particular design origins What most people don’t realise when looking at a design is that they tell a story, though they look like a swirl or twirl to us, they actually tell a full story when you know how to read these tattoos.

 So far we have dealt with the ta form but the other part or missing word is moko, and the moko part of any Maori tattoo is the actual carving out of the skin.

  Once upon a time in history when it came to getting a tattoo the maori used the bones of albatrosses to do their inking or they used brutal chiseling tools that would make any modern man cry by cutting deeply into the flesh then painting or coloring which was used to distringuish the family history and the final part was the actual pattern which would then tell you the story of this maori tribe Which will allow like an elder to look at the pattern and tell you some ones family history based on design, the moko and pattern! See there is more than meets the eye with a maori tattoo design I’m sure you have been told that Maori Tattoo Art are only supposed to be done on the face, however this is not true as they were also done on peoples bodies back in the day, what you will find looking back in history is that these people who had these designs done on their faces were important figures among the tribe and this is how they were distinguished from the other people within the tribe

 Many westerners like to imitate Maori tattoo designs and as the saying goes, imitation is a form of flattery, but not in all cases especially when getting a Maori tattoo design.One should never just take words, images or symbols from the maoritanga or Maori culture with out knowing what they are doing, as to the Maori this is seen as an insult, can you imagine walking around with some maoris family history? The only way you might find yourself in such a situation is if you go out into the world and start copying any and every maori tattoo design that you come across

  Im going to let you in on something, this is going to let you know what maoris think about the western world when they steal their tattoo designs and especially their maori tattoo designs.

 White people are know as “pakeha” and are know for never asking but just taking (in terms of culture and land) they also see most westerns as close minded never seeing other cultures, what is amazing is that the native Americans also said this about the white man in America.

  One thing that is annoying many traditional maoris as mentioned is the stealing of these tattoo designs and the reason that it is annoying them, is the fact that they foresee a day when the maori will have lost everything, they believe they have lost their land, now they are loosing something that makes the maori for who they are today, and that is the maori through their tattoo designs, they feel that this is the last thing to go in terms of spirituality before they have lost all to the west, which is quite sad as all cultures on earth are only bound as a culture through their individual rituals and unique flair such as tattoos in the maoris case.

  Ok so i have written this article i hope it hasn’t dampened your spirit about getting a maori tattoo, but now what are you going to do in terms of finding and getting the perfect maori tattoo design? Well i hope that this article hasn’t made you change your mind about maori tattoo designs, no this article was intended to help you get a better maori tattoo design, so now how are you going to go about getting a maori tattoo and how will this help or affect you going foreword with your designs?

 Well try not take a Maori tattoo design that you have seen on a chief and copy it!

Rather approach a tribe if you can and ask them if you may use their design or if this is not an option when choosing a Maori tattoo design, then try design your own design, it may look like a Maori tattoo but in reality it will not offend anyone.It is only when Maori tattoo designs are copied when someone else has already gotten that Maori tattoo already within a Maori tribe that make them feel that their spirituality is being stolen

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