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Tribal Hawaiian arm tattoo

Hawaaiian tribal tattoos were very significant and important in Hawaiian culture. The Hawaiians have tattoo gods and each time a member of the community gets a tattoo, prayers had to be done in the temple.

Tribal Hawaiian tattoos, known as Kakau, has been practiced for thousands of years and for a variety of reasons:

• Personal identification: tattoos are used for personal identification
• Talisman: tattoos were believed to offer protection
• A symbol of mourning for a loved one.
• Adornment

Hawaiian tribal tattoos were mostly black, the tattoo ink was made of a mixture of kukui nuts and sugarcane juice.

The Hawaiian tattoo designs are and bold and some of the designs include:

• Lizards: the Hawaiians had a great respect and fear for lizards.
• Sea turtle tattoos
• Dolphins
• Tropical flowers
• Arrows

Typical places to get Hawaiian tribal tattoos for males and females are below:

Male: the legs, arms, face and torso

Female: the hands, wrist and tongue

Check out some great Hawaiian Tribal Tattoos at Chopper Tattoo Now.