The History Of Tattoos
The history and tradition of tattoos dates back to around thousand years. There has always been a tradition or ritual which plays an important part with time. There has been a belief in the past that tattoos will prevent diseases and illnesses. To differentiate various clans, tattoos played a major part in it.
Although there has been a firm belief that tattoos originated from Egypt but the fact remains that it even predates it. It actually spread to China in 2000 BC and rapidly spread to Greece.
On the way Japan too adapted tattoo as a mean of religious rite. Although tattoos spread very fast, there have been incidences of infection too during that time. It was the Borneo women folks who mastered the art of tattoos and managed to draw different forms in tattoos.
Even the western culture started to adopt tattoo and became quite famous and widely used. Even the Americans first witnessed tattoo at Chatham Square where the tattoos were put on using the style of American. The manual tattoo machine was slowly replaced by electric machine.
Tattoo has come a long way since the ancient period and has indeed become a style statement now rather than religious ritual.