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About Tattoos
Tattoos have become increasingly popular in
recent decades in many parts of the world, particularly in
North America, Japan, and Europe. The growth in tattoo culture
has seen the influx of new artists into the industry, many
of whom have technical and fine art training, and that coupled
with advancements in tattoo pigments and the ongoing refinement
of the equipment used for tattooing has led to a marked improvement
in the quality of tattoos being produced. Movie stars, models,
popular musicians and sports figures are just some of the
people in the public eye who are commonly tattooed, which
in turn has fueled the acceptance of tattoos within mainstream
popular culture.
An August, 2005 telephone poll conducted by
Zogby International asked 1,042 U.S. residents to give their
opinions of tattoos as an art form. A majority of the respondents—54
percent—said tattoos were a form of art, while 40 percent
said they were not.
Interestingly tattoo is very often misspelled.
Tattoo is often spelled tatoo or tatto.
In many traditional cultures tattooing has enjoyed
a resurgence, partially in deference to their cultural heritage.
Historically, a decline in traditional tribal tattooing in
Europe occurred with the spread of Christianity. A decline
often occurred in other cultures following European efforts
to convert aboriginal and indigenous people to Western religious
and cultural practices that held tattooing to be a "pagan"
or "heathen" activity. Within some traditional indigenous
cultures, tattooing takes place within the context of a rite
of passage between adolescence and adulthood. From
Wikopedia
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