Permanent tattoos have been a symbol of many events, expressions and often a memorial of loved ones. Tribal tattoo designs are often applied so the world can see how the wearer sees the events going on around him or her, whether it be positive or negative. All in all, these markings were and still are the most important cultural markings in the world today.

In most cases, tribal tattoos refer to special events and highlights in the life of the individual, such as the coming of age and the moment when they are married. Generally, men are those who are decorated or awarded with such emblematic distinctions. Nonetheless, there are some tribal tattoos that are applied to women when they bare children as well as when they reach their own age of passing.

To this day, in remote regions of the world where groups of people are considered members of tribes, they still use the primitive methods of tattooing. The modern day tattoos mimic the way it was done years ago, to a certain extent.

In the tribes in those remote areas, these tattoos are applied using one or both of two ways. One way is to pinch the skin until it breaks, and then not allowing the wound to heal. This creates a scar that is noticeable by not only the tribe that the individual belongs to, but also to the other tribes in the region. In the other processes, a corrosive material is used to dye the skin.

In each case, the wounds, whether created as a result of the pinching or cutting of the skin or the application of corrosive substances (usually poisons that are found in animals in the wilderness), are not allowed to properly heal until scar tissue has been formed. Generally, such tribes have heavy pigmented skin, making the scarring that they produce bulky and noticeable.

Once the scarring has been successfully created, then the individual will have the opportunity to decorate the scarred tissue with vegetable and animal derived colors, usually applied and worn during specific celebrations according to the particular religious ritual that each tribe has.

Unlike popular belief, the tribal tattoos are often not permanent. For example, Hindu brides wear a decoration on their hands and feet during the festivities of a wedding. It is said that the brides should cover every inch of skin on their hands and feet in elaborate designs. It is a custom that brings good luck and fortune to the couple being married. It also symbolizes that the bride is to do no household chores during the time she is wearing the colorful designs.

Nowadays, the markings are used as they were in the past. They indicate the tribe and the individual’s standing in the tribe. It help individual to be distinguished as belonging to one from one tribe as to the next, separating small tribes from each other.

An example of the way this ancient tribal process is used in today is the marks of many inmates getting tattoos that represent particular groups inside prisons.

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