HISTORY OF ORIGIN TATTOO

As we know, tattoos are a carving art that is applied to body parts. Many consider that people who have tattoos tend to be evil. For some tattoo users may not know the origin of the tattoo.  Tattoos have been practiced throughout the world since the Neolithic period, at least as evidenced by the mummy whose skin is preserved, ancient art and archeological records. Both ancient art and the archaeological discoveries of tattoo tools might suggest that tattoos were practiced during the Paleolithic period in Europe. However, direct evidence for tattoos on mummy human skin only extends in the 4th millennium BC. The oldest discovery of tattooed human skin was found on the body of Ötzi Iceman, at a time between 3370 and 3100 BC. Tattooed mummies have been distributed at 49 archeological sites including in Greenland, Alaska, Siberia, Mongolia, Western China, Egypt, Sudan, Philippines and Andean locations. This also includes Amumet who was a priest of Hathor Dewi from Ancient Egypt (2134-1991 BC), several mummies from Siberia including the Russian Pazyryk culture and also from several cultures throughout pre-Colombia, South America. 

TATTOO IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 

In South India, permanent tattoos are called pachakutharathu. It was very common in southern India, especially Tamil Nadu, before 1980. In northern India, permanent tattoos are called godna. Tattoos have been used as cultural symbols among many tribal populations, as well as caste-based Hindu populations from India. In India, tattoos have many names including tarazwa, gondan and ungkala. 

EGYPT 

In Egypt the majority of tattoos are found on women to show status. They also used tattoos for healing, religion, and as a form of punishment. The tattoo might also be used in ancient medicine as part of the treatment of patients. In 1898, Daniel Fouquet, a doctor from Cairo wrote an article about the "medical tattoo" practice in Ancient Egypt, where he explained the signs of tattoos on female mummies found at the Deir el-Bahari website. 

CHINA 

The entire cemetery of Tarim (Xinjiang West China) including the Qäwrighul, Yanghai, Shengjindian, Zaghunluq and Qizilchoqa sites have revealed several tattooed mummies in Asian / Indo-European physical characteristics of the West and cultural material. This date is from between 2100 and 550 BC. In ancient China, tattoos were considered barbaric practices and are often cited in literature describing bandits and folk heroes. However, tattoos seem to have remained a part of southern culture. Marco Polo wrote about Quanzhou, "Many came here from India to have their bodies painted with needles. Wu Song was convicted with a tattoo on his face describing his crime after killing Xi Menqing to avenge his brother. 

PHILIPPINES 

Tattoos have been a part of Philippine life since pre-Hispanic colonization of the Philippine Islands. Some tattoos in the Philippines are used as a form of rank and achievement, some believe that tattoos have magical qualities. Tattoos of indigenous peoples are more famous than the Philippines, where among the northern regions of Luzon, especially among the Bontoc Igorot, Kalinga and Ifugao people. Filipino tattoos were first documented by European Spanish explorers because they landed between the Islands in the late 16th century. Before European exploration it was a tradition that expanded among the islands. Tattoos are set between groups of native Filipinos, who are sometimes a sign of Rank and power in certain communities. 

INDONESIA 

Some Indonesian tribes have a beginning [clarification needed] in their tattoo culture. One important example is the Dayak people from Kalimantan (Borneo traditional tattoo). 

SALOMO ISLANDS 

Some artifacts seen in the 3,000 years of the Solomon Islands may have been used to tattoo human skin. Duplicate pieces of obsidian were used to tattoo pigskin and then compared to real artifacts. "They conducted this experiment to find out how to use it, such as chipping, scratches and residue caused by tattoos, then compared that to use with 3,000-year-old artifacts. They found that the old and new obsidian pieces had a similar pattern which showed that they did not use them to work but to adorn human skin. 

EUROPE

The earliest possible evidence for tattoos in Europe appears in the ancient art of the Paleolithic period as designs inscribed on the bodies of humanoid sculptures. Löwenmensch statue from Aurignacian culture around 40,000 years ago and a series of parallel line features on his left shoulder. Ivory Venus from Hohle Fels, between 35,000 and 40,000 years ago also shows lines of scratches on both arms as well as on the entire torso and chest. The oldest and most famous direct evidence of an ancient European tattoo appears on the body of Ötzi Iceman, which was found in the Ötz valley in the Alps and at the end of the 4th millennium BC. Research has shown that Ötzi has 61 carbon ink tattoos consisting of 19 groups of simple dotted lines and lines on the lower spine, left wrist, back of his right knee, and on his ankles. According to accounts that are still alive, Pre-Christian Germanic, Celts and other Central and northern European tribes often used tattoos that might also paint normally. Picts may have been tattooed (or clarified) with intricate, black or dark war-inspired woad and blue designs (or maybe copper for blue tones). Julius Caesar describes this tattoo in Book V of his Gaul Wars (54 BC). 

Ahmad Ibn Fadlan wrote about his meeting with the Scandinavian Rus at the beginning of the 10th century, they depict tattoos with blue neck nails, possess dark tree patterns and other figures. Christianization in Europe often regards tattoos as a residual element of paganism and is generally legally banned. The significance of the long tattoo is open to Eurocentric interpretation. While in the mid-19th century, Baron Haussmann argued against the interior paintings of the Paris church, saying that tattoos were only used by savages to cover his naked body. That's a brief history of tattoos that we might often see. Tattoos have many meanings and are also used as a sign in the level of life.

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