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In this maori tattoo design report i am going to let you know a few things about traditional maori tattoo designs and what you should try avoid.
You will find it helpful when going ahead and eventually deciding on what maori tattoo designs you want to get
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There are so many mistakes made by people when selecting Maori Tattoo Art that i see everyday, you will be able to avoid these common pitfalls by following these simple pointers
It seems as many people are choosing to be tattooed today and you will notice that Maori Tattoo Art are often the choice made by people looking for tribal tattoos
traditional maori tattoo art seems to be at the forefront of tattoos when it comes to choosing a tattoo and no wonder when you see maori tattoo designs, it makes perfect sence
In today’s world with so many tattoo artists and so many people looking to get a tattoos, you will find them going through and looking at other cultures in the hope of borrowing or worse of stealing other peoples designs to come up with their own tattoos This can be seen as originality or artistic flair when looking at other non traditional tattoo designs but should be avoided when looking at traditional maori tattoo designs.
To understand traditional maori tattoo art you need to understand traditional maori tattoo art terminology. As you know if you were learning about computers or any field there will be terms associated with that particular study and so it is with maori tattoo designsThe ta moko is the name of the family identification of Maori that form part of the group known as whakapapa.
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
These maori tattoos are still used by certain maori chiefs to recall their history and ancestory There are some leaders of maoris that are still alive today that would be able to look at certain designs and tell you who or from which tribe these tattoo`s belong too There are maori walking around right now in new zealand that have maori tribal tattoos that date back 2,000 years, if one of these chiefs looked at these designs, they would be able to tell how far back they go and yes some of these designs go back over 2,000 years There is a story in each maori tattoo that you see, each one tells a little bit about this maoris tribe and is unique like a finger print to each tribe
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.
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