Dayak Tribe Tattoos, Kalimantan Indonesia

 

Tattooing is already a trend in the world out there, so the symbol of freedom modify self and body, but in our country Indonesia tattoos have existed long ago.

Do not be surprised if you get into the Dayak village and meet with old people who decorated a variety of beautiful tattoo in some parts of his body. Tattoos for the Dayak community is not just decoration, but it has very deep meaning.

Because tattoos for the Dayak community should not be made at will because he is a party of tradition, a person's social status in society, as well as the appreciation rate on the ability of a person.

Therefore, there are certain rules in making a good tattoo picture choice, social structure someone wearing tattoos and tattoo placement.

However, in reality tattoos have the same meaning in the Dayak community, namely as a "torch" in one's journey towards the nature of eternity, after death.

For the Dayak tribes who lived around Borneo and Sarawak in Malaysia, the tattoo around the fingers indicate the person who likes to help the tribe as healers. The more tattoos on his arms, showing him more and more help and more wise in the science of medicine.

For the Dayak Dayak Kayan in Kenya and East Kalimantan, many people describe the tattoo is already strong wander. Each village has a different motif tattoo, tattoo indicating the number of owners have visited many villages.

Different with the nobility who make tattoo, a common motif for the nobility is the hornbill bird that is endemic to Borneo sacred.

There is also a tattoo made in the thigh. Dayak women have a tattoo on the thigh very high social status and are usually fitted in the portion below the calf bracelets.

Motif tattoo on the thigh is usually also a symbol resembling a tiger tattoo-shaped face. The difference with a tattoo on the hand, there is a line transverse to the calf, called nang klinge.

Tattoos are very rarely encountered in the knees. Nevertheless, there is also a tattoo on the knee in men and women are usually made at the end of tattooing on the body. Tattoos are made above the knee and calf curled up to resemble a snake, a dog is actually called imitation or cast buvong asu.

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