Q. Answers are appreciated!
1: Who did their tattooing?
2: How did they earn their tattoos?
3: Could the women get them too?
1: Who did their tattooing?
2: How did they earn their tattoos?
3: Could the women get them too?
A. Damn savages, deserved what they got, civilization at the end of a rifle.
Maori tattoos, are they evil? can they mean something bad?
Q. Just wondering why some people say maori tattoos are evil and can put curses on you? does anyone know much about them? and can you get in trouble with the maori tribe and gangs etc???
A. Not sure why they said they can be evil because I've never heard that...tatau, or tattoos as we call them, were a very traditional rite of passage for the Maori. Each geometric or linear design (also the thickness, area on the body, and symbolism) is known to the other Maori to mean a particular thing. For instance, if you were a woman, you might have a particular linear design on your thigh to signify that you're married. Many men begin to receive tattoo's upon entering adulthood.
However, this is the traditional sense of the tattoos; present day it is not required that you receive the tattoos to prove you've entered adulthood even though some still do it. I believe a lot of the tattoos still hold their traditional meanings though.
...I mean, if you're going to go to the islands and show them off, some traditional people might be offended based upon the meaning or where it's at on your body. It's not like they'd beat you up or kill you though. They might even laugh if it's an opposite gender tattoo. I don't know, I'd research the designs if I were you. But, of course if you're just going to live where you do, I'm sure no one would know the difference or the meanings if you aren't living there.
However, this is the traditional sense of the tattoos; present day it is not required that you receive the tattoos to prove you've entered adulthood even though some still do it. I believe a lot of the tattoos still hold their traditional meanings though.
...I mean, if you're going to go to the islands and show them off, some traditional people might be offended based upon the meaning or where it's at on your body. It's not like they'd beat you up or kill you though. They might even laugh if it's an opposite gender tattoo. I don't know, I'd research the designs if I were you. But, of course if you're just going to live where you do, I'm sure no one would know the difference or the meanings if you aren't living there.
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