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    of people picked out the tattoo that goes permanent onto their skins. Tattoos are expensive and permanent onto their skins forever. Getting tattoo is a personal decision, however they should concededly earning the future into account when making living into lifestyle. If they want to get big house, they need to get high pay jobs with college degrees. Tattooed people can ignore the negative comments from the peers but hardly chance of getting the jobs. Do visual tattoos decrease their…

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    Samoan Tattoos Culture

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    from Fiji. There is a myth about two Fijian sisters who swam across the sea. On their journey they chanted, “we shall tattoo the women, not the men.” (In Fiji it is customary that the women are tattooed). Along the way the two saw a giant clam on the sea bed and dove for it. In excitement they jumbled the words and, on their return to the surface, again began chanting, “we shall tattoo the men, not the women”(A.R.). Anders Ryman, a freelance journalist, writes, “there are places in…

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    something”. The Tahitian, who are an indigenous people who live in Tahiti, used sticks with sharp bone dipped in natural made inks from berries. The stick poked in and out of the skin for hours, and the tattoos were used as representation of the person's family story. As time passed the vessel used to deliver the tattoos changed as well as the trends and meanings. Through it all tattoos remain an art form of self expression, coping with emotional and physical pain, telling your life story, and…

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    and Thinking: Honors Students and Tattoos” (2016), suggest that, for Honor students, tattoos are an act of defiance in reference to the expectations placed on them. Dundes and Francis support their claims by presenting evidence from a study the authors conducted. The author’s purpose is to explain why there is a substantial difference in the number of honors versus non-honors students who get tattoos in order to prove that honor students’ decisions to get tattoos are less likely to be based on…

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    Modern Day Tattoos Tattoos have passed from something that’s cool, or bad, to a way of life in some cases. This paper is about modern day tattoos, the meaning behind them, and the way they are perceived in the eye of the public. I have a high opinion to start with on this topic, because my easily hidden tattoos are covering a good portion of my skin. My own personal opinion of tattoos is that they hold a deep meaning for almost every person, not saying this is true for everyone, but in most…

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    Tattoos have existed for 5,200 years. The first true siting of tattoos were on three Egyptian mummies and on Iceman. Most of these tattoos were on women. These tattoos were symbols of pagan rituals. Ancient tattoos usually had some spiritual meaning which was shown through a complex work of patterns. Although tattoos have been popular and are gaining even more popularity, they are not the best for anyone. Tattoos are harmful for human health. They contain traces of metals that could lead to…

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    Getting Tattoo is a bad thing? Tattoo is a permanent art on body since the past time. It still exists in the present time. Generally, it is free for people to get the tattoo to. However, the stereotype of tattoo is negative to the world’s eyes, mostly middle aged to old people. Some of them even call it ‘a sign of bad people’. These make people who want tattoo afraid of getting it. Though tattoo is more common in today’s world, there are always conflicts between the old generation and new…

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    Tattoos are one of the most controversial things that we can do to our bodies. Even when the ink going onto somebodies’ skin does not affect us, we still have our opinion on it, and some of us are not afraid to speak up about it. Some people hate them, they think tattoos are trashy or a form of destructive vandalism on the temples that we call our bodies. Other people may be head over heels in love with the idea of being able to adorn our bodies with a permanent picture. With all the controversy…

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    Tattoos have been around for over thousands of years and are becoming more and more frequent in today’s society. The intricate ink designs have transformed from more than simple tribal markings, allowing people to use their bodies as shrines. With how available they are to get today, along with the growing number of talented artist, people are getting them for more than rebellious reasons. Body ink has become a way to showcase ones interest and tell their back stories, along with aid in the…

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    word tattoo originates from the Polynesian word “ta” which means striking something, as well as the Tahitian word “tatau” which means “to mark something”. Contemporary tattooing has evolved from a practice that was initially imported from the islands of Polynesia and later transformed into a form of working-class folk art. Tattooing is a centuries old art form with various styles, purposes, and applications. Each style has fundamentals that contribute to the distinctive appearance of its tattoo.…

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