African tribal tattoos

Women's Tribal Tattoos


Are you searching for the perfect women tribal tattoos? Then you've come to the right place. You might have a general idea about what you want, but I'm sure you'll like to learn more about women tribal tattoos to make a final decision about your perfect match in tribal tattoos. Let me tell you more about tribal tattoos.

Since tribal tattoos are a celebration of cultural diversity all over the world, the different kinds of tribal tattoo designs originate from different cultures around the world.

Let's take the Maori tribal tattoo for instance. It originated from the Maori people of New Zealand and is also known as the "moko" of the Maori people. This tattoo has a spiral pattern to it, therefore it is used for enhancing the natural contour or expression on the face of an individual.

Another type of tribal tattoo is the Celtic tribal tattoo. This originated from people of Celtic heritage, the Welsh, the Irish and the Scots. This tattoo is often a way whereby an individual expresses their pride in their Celtic heritage. There are hundreds of Celtic tattoos and each has a specific meaning behind it. The dog Celtic symbolizes the healer of both the body and the soul, the lion Celtic symbolizes dignity, the cross Celtic symbolizes the bridge between heaven and earth and the cat Celtic symbolizes the guardians of the gates of the underworld.

Another option of a Celtic tattoo is the African tribal tattoo design. This is most often used to tell a story about life and most of them symbolize the sign of an individual's wealth, an individual's courage or protection from harm.

The North American tribal tattoo is also another type of Celtic tattoo. It was mainly used to rank individuals in Native American tribes. This kind of tattoo symbolizes an individual's wealth, family lineage and societal status.

Follow this advice if you decide to get women tribal tattoos.

To make it easier for the tattoo artist to do their job, make sure you wear loose fitting clothes to the tattoo parlor.

Make sure you are completely happy and content with the design you have in mind before you get to the tattoo parlor because removing a tattoo is extremely painful and expensive. ( By Akua Gyanewah )

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Five Things You Didn't Know About African Tattoo And Tribal Designs

Articles By Allen Stevens

With the current resurgent trend in tribal tattoos, its surprising that African tattoos are not much more common in the western world of body art designs. However as beautiful as African Tribal designs are, do you understand the meanings behind them?

Well here are five facts that explore some of the lesser know ideals behind African Tribal Tattoo designs:

Fact 1

Some African body art are drawn to give the wearer protection from harm, the symbolism in the images guarding them throughout life.

Fact 2

African body art were never meant to be merely drawings for bodily decoration. They are drawn so that the wearer of the art can take on an almost Supernatural state. Given the term scarification, represent a way for the wearer to appear more than human.

Fact 3

African scarification or tattooing, often uses symbols that reflect the wearers character, and is used as proof of courage and braver; which are the things one needs to undergo the painful application of the body art.

Fact 4

The first African tattoo found was dated back to a mummy in 1994 BC, although it is estimated that there are tattoos dating back to 2000BC; and images showing Egyptian High Priestesses with tattooed arms have been found.

Fact 5

There is a type of body art that is done by those in Africa whose skin is generally too dark for regular tattoo coloration to appear. It is called cicatrisation and it works by opening a small part of the skin to create a designed wound. They then rub ash into the wound so that when it heals, it results in a permanent raised scar.