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Tattoos have been around for as
long as at least 5,000 years. This makes the history
of tattoos a long one! Almost
every ancient culture has references to tattoos.
Even the world famous ötzi the ice man’,
found high in the Alps between Austria and Italy
had ink – over 57 tats!
Tattooing has been practiced worldwide. The indigenous people
of Japan, the Ainu, wore facial tattoos. It was widespread
among Polynesian peoples, and among certain tribal groups
in the Philippines, Borneo, Africa, North America, South America,
Mesoamerica, Europe, Japan, Cambodia and China.
The word tattoo itself is a great
history and much has been made of its etymology
(see Tattoo
Etymology). One school of thought has it that
the word originates from the Polynesian tatau.
Others say it came from the Dutch, tap-toe. The
current word, tattoo, is one of the most commonly
misspelled words of the English language. Popular
misspellings include tatoo, tattoo, and tato.
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Popular tattoo designs
that women choose are often butterfly
tattoo designs (color
butterfly tattoos, tribal
black butterfly and celtic
designs), fairy
designs, heart
designs, dolphin
designs and tribal
tattoo designs, particulalry on the lower
back. An increasingly popular tattoo for women
is the dragon,
made famous by Angelina Jolie.
Popular men's tattoo designs areskull
tattoo designs", cross
designs, tribal
designs and dragon
designs. Stars
and Suns
seem are more unisex.
We have lots of links to tattoo
artists, free
flash, pictures
and designs.
A recent Playboy poll found that 36% of all people
aged 18-29 have at least one piece and other numbers
suggest that 45 million Americans are inked! There
are many sources of information regarding the
number
of people tattooed in this country and the
opinions
of Americans regarding them.
There are many great resources to learn more
about tattoos. For more on Tattoo
History visit our section. For a complete
recap visit
Wikipedia.org. For more on tribal
visit Vanishingtattoo.com, and tattoos.com
is great ezine on skin ink!
You can find some great free
tattoo pictures here and a great
gallery with lots of photos and designs here!
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