Tattooed hands can be very elegant. tattooed hands, along with the face, are one of the trickiest places to get a tattoo, not only because of the pain (the palm of the hands is especially painful) but because of image that society has of them.
En Tatuantes has already reflected and advised previously on what to consider and what to do when you want to have your hands tattooed. In this article, a fellow blogger reflected on whether or not it was difficult to find a job after tattooing this place on the body, so in this post I will talk, very briefly, about why this taboo has originated.
Tattooed hands: as old as humans
The art of tattooing is one of the oldest in the world, not just on the hands.
Interestingly, tattooed hands are one of the tattoos with more history. Tattoos have always been related to rituals and tradition. Borneo residents, for example, tattooed their fingers and wrists to keep the disease away. Dayak warriors tattooed their hands after participating in fierce battles. In Okinawa, the tattooed hands of women in blue indicated their passage from adolescence to adulthood.
A western view
As always, something is frowned upon by our society It does not mean that the rest of the world sees it badly. It is interesting how this also applies, for example, to tattooed hands. They may be considered in the West taboo for his close relationship with gangs or jail. Maybe even your bad image originated in Hunter's night, a 50s movie in which a serial killer had the words "love" and "hate" tattooed on his knuckles.
Henna is an intricately designed traditional tattoo typical of many cultures.
Instead, in other cultures this bad image does not exist. Perhaps the best known case are the traditional henna tattoos, which are found in all parts of the world, especially in India and in Arab countries like Morocco. These temporary tattoos are used in rituals such as weddings and rites of passage, and in each culture in a unique way. Hands tattooed with permanent ink are not uncommon in other oriental cultures (especially in the Indian continent) to mark the social status of the tattooed person or their relationship with religion, magic ...
We leave you one tattooed hands gallery with some impressive designs. What do you think? Do you have any tattoos on this part of the body?
