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The Notion Of Tattoo In Religions and Organizations
Hello everyone, hope you are enjoying your weekend?
There are different reasons some people love tattoos; There was a boy I met one day while coming from work, this guy had tattoos all over his body, and he approached me.
Good evening sir, “can you help me with #200 ($0.18) for transportation. I don't have any money with me.”
I looked at him and ran away from him. The reason I ran away was that I didn't expect such a person begging for money; his tattoos are worth a lot of money and the guy was very handsome. He didn't look like a beggar or someone who doesn't have money to take care of himself. His skin was glowing like some that doesn't know suffering
You know people are diabolic. That was how I concluded that it was a normal thing for this handsome young man to beg.
I began to think that the guy might be diabolic; he might be among people that used a person for ritual or blood money.
Another incident was that most of the thugs in my environment had tattoos on their body; This made me realize that most of the people with tattoos are not good
persons, though my mother had told me the importance of tattoos because she had them in her hands. Therefore, I knew that not all people with tattoos are bad.
In addition, I met a lady, and after several months of friendship, I asked her the meaning of tattoos in her body, and she said “I love tattoos because it boosts my self-confidence."
Based on the facts I gathered from people, the following are drivers behind The fascination of tattoos:
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Fashion
My mother has tattoos in her hands, and I asked her one day, mummy, what is the meaning of these tattoos in your hands?
She replied, “When I was very young, tattoos were one of the best fashions you could give yourself. I did it because I love it so much. There were many friends of mine that went extra miles to get good tattoos on their body because they wanted beautiful tattoos. tattoos were like ornaments to our body. There was one of my friends that had tattoos on the back of her neck, arms and belly. The tattoo made her more beautiful to the extent many men were fighting to have her as a wife. Her tattoos were very attractive and charming! Her tattoos motivated some of us to do our own. Therefore, tattoos are beautiful and fashionable to some people.”
Mark of Identification
This is different from Tribal marks. There are families that use tattoos as a mark of identification; Such a tattoo is drawn into the body of any family member.
Some families are using tattoos as a Mark of identification.
There was a story of a family that lost their 2 years old boy: The family had a unique tattoo for all family members. This tattoo was introduced by their forefathers during war, and it was over 400 years ago. After 25 years, the little boy has grown up to be a man, and he was recognized by the tattoo on his stomach. If not for the tattoo, he wouldn't have been recognized.
Families, tribes and cultures are using tattoos as a Mark of identification.
Initiation
I came across a guy last year in my area; he was initiated to court when he was in school; I saw a tattoo like Scorpion on his shoulder, but it wasn't exactly a scorpion. I asked him the meaning of the tattoo, “Look, this is a tattoo that I got when I joined a court (secret society) in the school. I joined the court because I was intimidated by students like me;
I was beaten up several times in the school by members of another court. I couldn't withstand them unless I joined the court. That was how I joined another court so that I could get revenge. I was given this tattoo on the day of initiation.”
There are tattoos that are not for fashion's sake, such a tattoo in my friend's body is beyond physical manifestation.
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Business
Tattooing is a big time business for people that are doing it- it is a big time job for many people. Tattoo is a source of business for specialists. There is a popular specialist man, specializes in different kind of tattoos; He has many young men and women learning from him, built a house and has cars from the business.
Healing
There was a movie I watched some years ago, it was a Chinese movie. The man was beaten to death and he was taken to their native doctor. The doctor did some kind of tattoo on his back and that was how the man was healed.
A tattoo is a tool to boost mental health and mental health: it makes one endure pain and reduces pain.