Asia tattoo history and modern fact
Interesting article made a great coverage of the tattoo past history and current tattoo fashion in Asia. "Apparantly the first tattoos began accidentally—early man rubbed ash or soot from a fire into cuts and injuries to sterilize a wound. Tattooing became a rite of passage and soon evolved into a magical art."
Despite tattooing has become pretty popular again among today’s youth. Even in conservative society like Burma, pop stars, celebrities and business people show their body art and promoting it as cool and trendy. The conservative Burmese regime doesn’t like tattoos. Local journal and publication in Rangoon have to censor the models and actor has tattoo on their body by erase it with photoshop.
"In November 2007, hip-hop star G-Tone was arrested after pulling up his shirt while on stage, revealing a full tattoo on his back. He was subsequently banned from performing for six months." Tattoos in Southeast Asia have traditionally had paradoxical connotations: the sign of time spent in prison or membership in a gang or the sangha. simple tattoo fans including a wide cross section of society, from successful sportsmen and pop stars to soldiers and schoolgirls. Whether for cosmetic reasons or religious devotion, for mystical protection from evil spirits or for a simple sense of belonging.
The word "tattoo" is of Polynesian origin, meaning "to tap," Examples of tattoo cultures and rituals are found all over the world and history from the Maori to the Maya, from the Celts to the Egyptians, from the Japanese to the Vikings. In Shan ethnic group, an old ethnies originally from Burma who now live around the world , but mostly in Thailand and Laos, young man are often tattooed from the waist to the knees as a sign of virility and maturity. The ritual was performed by the village medicine man, using a long skewer to apply traditional indigo ink or natural vermilion. The process could take weeks and the subject would be drugged with opium to ease the pain. Common designs were animals, zodiac signs and geometric patterns.
Tattoos also serve for protection and courage purpose today. Karen soldiers often have a black tiger tattooed on their chests, a habit that is also practiced by some members of the Thai Border Patrol Police.
Vietnam Tattoos no longer taboos
Since the end of vietnam War in the begining of seventies the tattoo in Vietnam always been associated with crime and bad people.
“Tattoos are no longer in a negative light, like in the past, so I want to commemorate my first love by getting one. Perhaps my girlfriend will also like it,” said Hung, a customer at Tattoo Club Vietnam. – Vietnamnet
Located in a small, deep lane near the Hanoi National Economics University, Tattoo Club serves maximum of two customers per day only. The club offers a wide variety of designs, ranging from simple roses and hearts to the more complicated, dragons (the symbol of power and strength), spiders (symbol of meditation), phoenix (symbol of hero), and also create based on customers’ requests and ideas. According to the club’s manager, customers include students, intellectuals, manual laborers, artists and foreigners.
England veteran artist in Cambodia
Article about England artist who open a shop in Cambodia in 2002 after is equipment was confiscated at Vietanmese border. It was supposed take a two week vacation in Cambodia but he decide to stay. The owner of Mark’s Marks Tattoos on the Street 350 was always fascinated with tattoo since the age of five now at 43 year old got the full body almost covered.
The artist start is career in the uk but fly fast to worked in the US, New Zealand and Thailand. Today, he’s still the only foreign tattoo artist in Phnom Penh. Most of his customer are foreigner in vacation want souvenir of their trip. Is the only one worker in his shop, i do all the job alone to clean the floor to answer the phone at desk. I don’t make lot of money but, i don’t go here for that….
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Tattoo and travel
Great article by a perpetual traveler have been traveling for 10 years in 46 countries on five continents. This guy is goldmine of information about traveling around the world on his personal website http://www.vagabondjourney.com
This article talk about the different perception people have of tattoo depending the culture and the country we visit. Is maybe not a good idea to show all your tattoo without know about the culture we visit. The tattoos attract attention, in Occidents you’re sometimes perceive like criminal or sex drug and rock’n'roll dude, in Asia in general is more recognise as tradition of protection related to religion.
I do not usually walk around in public in short sleeve shirts. To do so would bring entire cities to a halt in some parts of the world. I remember one time in Calcutta when I left my hotel in a sleeveless shirt and became an attraction for a crowd of hundreds of Indians. This was the last time that I ever did this. – Wade Shepard.
Today in most of countries around the world change his perception of tattoo. Slowly people take it more like personal expression and fashion things than sign of evil people.
Tattoo laser removal video
Video of a tattoo laser removal in philippines. A specialized clinic in the asia area, the government make a special program to help people find a job by removing their tattoos for free!
Tattoo by a monk in Thailand
Tattoo performed by a buddhist monk at the Thai temple Wat Bang Phra. This is the beginning of the tattoo when the monk sharpens the needle and presses the template. You can read more about the process on the Wat Bang Phra page on Wikipedia.com.
